Henry G. Sanders

Born: 1942-08-18

Henry Gayle Sanders is an American actor known for his TV roles as Prosper Denton on Queen Sugar, Samuel Carter on 9-1-1, Uncle Chester on Hap & Leonard, Cedric on the miniseries DMZ, and Robert E. On Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as well as the TV movie of the same name. He's known for his film roles as Arthur Holloway in Samaritan, Pastor Jack in Roman J. Israel Esq., Cager Lee in Selma, Red Henderson in Whiplash, Martin in Rocky Balboa, Cesar's Trainer in Play It to the Bone, and Sandy in Bull Durham. He has also had roles in a number of TV movies. He's guest starred on numerous TV shows including Shameless, American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, The Mentalist, CSI, Cold Case, Eleventh Hour, Heartland, Commander in Chief, Joan of Arcadia, The West Wing, Boomtown, NYPD Blue, Moesha, Sliders, ER, Murphy Brown, The Young and the Restless, L.A. Law, Alf, Matlock, Married... with Children, Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting, Cagney & Lacey, Highway to Heaven, What's Happening Now?, 227, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, Knots Landing, Night Court, Knight Rider, Diff'rent Strokes, St. Elsewhere, The Greatest American Hero, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and The Rockford Files.


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Whiplash

as Red Henderson
Released: 2014-10-10

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue...

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Samaritan

as Arthur Holloway
Released: 2022-08-25

Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is...

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Child's Play 3

as Major
Released: 1991-08-30

Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a...

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Rocky Balboa

as Martin
Released: 2006-12-20

His Wife is dead and his Son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses...

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Roman J. Israel, Esq.

as Pastor Jack
Released: 2017-11-17

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others...

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Breathless

as Man with Pipe
Released: 1983-05-13

Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange...

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Bull Durham

as Sandy
Released: 1988-06-15

Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and...

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You Again

as Chaplain
Released: 2010-09-23

History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean...

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Selma

as Cager Lee
Released: 2014-12-25

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a...

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No Man's Land

as Heath
Released: 1987-10-23

A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted....

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Made in Heaven

as Henry
Released: 1987-11-06

Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start...

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Little John

as Merle
Released: 2002-05-05

The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child...

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Kuffs

as Building Owner
Released: 1992-01-10

George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is...

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Play It to the Bone

as Cesar's Trainer
Released: 1999-12-25

Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard...

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Carnival of Souls

as Officer Soby
Released: 1998-08-21

A young woman is pursued in reality and in her subconscious by the sadistic carnival clown who...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

as Harry
Released: 1989-04-09

A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his...

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Killer of Sheep

as Stan
Released: 1978-11-14

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a...

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Choose Me

as Hospital Administrator
Released: 1984-08-29

Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships...

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Callie & Son

as Tanner
Released: 1981-10-13

A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give...

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The Inheritance

as Blacksmith
Released: 1997-04-06

A beautiful orphan of mysterious parentage is asked by her adoptive family to help find a...

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Berkeley

as Gadsen
Released: 2005-10-08

Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for...

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Endangered Species

as Dr. Ross
Released: 1982-09-10

A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of...

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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

as Harve
Released: 1979-01-02

A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to...

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Rainbow Drive

as Marvin Burgess
Released: 1990-01-01

A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to...

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The Man Who Fell to Earth

as uncredited
Released: 1987-08-22

In this made-for-TV movie, an alien lands on earth, and decides that he needs to take a job in...

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Ride with the Wind

as Dr. Dailey
Released: 1994-04-18

Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have...

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The Ambush Murders

as Old Con
Released: 1982-01-05

An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen;...

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Hobson's Choice

as Tubby Wadlow
Released: 1983-12-21

Daughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.

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Kicks

as Garage Attendant
Released: 1985-03-11

A wealthy man with a penchant for living on the edge and engaging in dangerous, life-threatening...

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Something So Right

as Officer
Released: 1982-11-30

Joey lives with his mother. His father isn't around, he doesn't like school, he is bored and...

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In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

as Ellis Watley
Released: 1995-03-12

Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his...

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Crimes of the Mind

as Judge Maynard
Released: 2014-05-11

The true story of Carolyn's Raeburn's daughter who graduated from high school at the age of 16....

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Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie

as Robert E.
Released: 1999-05-22

As Colorado Springs' Commisioner, Sully opposes a deal to mine for copper to make electricity....

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My Brother's Wedding

as Beat-up man
Released: 1983-09-13

A young African-American man living in Los Angeles without direction in his life reluctantly...

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Session Man

as Louie
Released: 1991-01-01

When personal and creative differences threaten to destroy a musical supergroup during the...

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Panama Red

as John
Released: 1976-10-31

A hippie musician needs to make $60,000 through selling high grade Panama Red in just three days...

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Weekend Pass

as Officer Henry
Released: 1984-02-03

Four Navy recruits fresh from boot camp graduation in San Diego spend a weekend pass together...

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Dying to Love You

as Attorney
Released: 1993-03-16

Roger Paulson is lonely after his divorce. He thinks he has finally found the woman of his...

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Manhood

as Police Officer
Released: 2003-01-23

A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.

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The Boss' Son

as Charles
Released: 1978-10-02

Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working...

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Blue: The American Dream

as China Banks
Released: 2016-05-11

Gary "Blue" Meekins is a medium-weight fighter struggling to box his way to the American dream,...

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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as Al Melden
Released: 1986-10-21

A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.

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Deadly Sunday

as Johnny
Released: 1982-01-02

A family on vacation stops at a roadside restaurant where a gang of criminals are holding the...

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A Time to Live

as Fred
Released: 1985-10-27

The problems of a mother who helps her son in his struggles against muscular dystrophy. From the...

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No Place to Hide

as James Henderson
Released: 1974-09-12

In New York in the late 60s, a politically motivated group of students plans bombings of company...

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Independence Day

as Charles
Released: 1976-11-10

In this drama that was a UCLA student thesis expanded to feature length, two African-Americans...

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Jive Turkey

as Sam Kingston (as Henry Sanders)
Released: 1974-11-01

In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black...

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Blues

as Pop Boudreaux
Released: 2008-01-01

Chile and Head, two wannabe thugs, get more than they bargained for when they duck into a blues...

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The Devil's Garden

as Cult Member with Cigar
Released: 1973-01-01

Bizarre Rituals of Forbidden Ecstasy on the Island of the Possessed

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Grey's Anatomy

as Dr. Hudson
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Bill Gibson
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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American Horror Story

as Willie
First aired: 2011-10-05

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...

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American Horror Story

as Mr. Royale
First aired: 2011-10-05

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...

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The West Wing

as Ambassador Tiki
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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L.A. Law

as Judge Robinson Lowry
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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L.A. Law

as Judge Andrew Robertson
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Married... with Children

as Murray
First aired: 1987-04-05

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally...

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9-1-1

as Samuel Carter
First aired: 2018-01-03

Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Skycap
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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The Mentalist

as Willie Shubert
First aired: 2008-09-23

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and...

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Hill Street Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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Highway to Heaven

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-19

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-01

Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's...

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-03

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...

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ALF

as George
First aired: 1986-09-22

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

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Moonlighting

as Investigator #1 (as Henry Sanders)
First aired: 1985-03-03

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...

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Moonlighting

as Train Passenger in Dream Sequence
First aired: 1985-03-03

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...

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Miami Vice

as Trick Baby
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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Joan of Arcadia

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-26

Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No...

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Sliders

as Harold
First aired: 1995-03-22

In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite...

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Matlock

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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Commander in Chief

as Gavin Kester
First aired: 2005-09-27

Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an...

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-01-30

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC....

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The Greatest American Hero

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-03-18

The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red...

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Knight Rider

as Hotel Security Guard
First aired: 1982-09-26

Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead...

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Cold Case

as Ronnie Collins
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Night Court

as Leo Bell
First aired: 1984-01-04

Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to...

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ER

as Phillip
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Hunter

as Police P.R. Man
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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The Division

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-01-07

The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and...

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Knots Landing

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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Good Times

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-02-08

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1,...

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Moesha

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-01-23

Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May...

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Palmerstown, U.S.A.

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-03-20

Palmerstown, U.S.A. is a drama series. It centers on the lives of two 9-year-old best friends,...

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Cagney & Lacey

as Det. Cummings / Sgt. Trask
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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The Atlanta Child Murders

as Judge Clarence Cooper
First aired: 1985-02-10

The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS....

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The Jeffersons

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-18

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Merlle
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Boomtown

as Police Sergeant Miller
First aired: 2002-09-29

Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many...

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Eleventh Hour

as Sam Tewsbury
First aired: 2008-10-09

Dr. Jacob Hood is a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government who...

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Heartland

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-06-18

Dr. Nathaniel Grant is a pioneering organ-transplant surgeon who takes risks that other doctors...

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Beauty and the Beast

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-25

Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron...

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Kingston: Confidential

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-03-23

Kingston: Confidential is an American mystery crime drama that aired on NBC for 13 episodes...

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