Henry G. Sanders

Henry G. Sanders

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Houston, Texas, USA, 1942-08-18

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	The Devil's Garden	Cult Member with Cigar	30
2	1973	Five on the Black Hand Side	Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)	68
3	1974	No Place to Hide	James Henderson	39
4	1974	Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes	Sam Kingston (as Henry Sanders)	39
5	1976	Panama Red	John	45
6	1976	Independence Day	Charles	0
7	1978	The Boss' Son	Charles	0
8	1978	Killer of Sheep	Stan	65
9	1979	The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel	Harve	60
10	1981	Callie & Son	Tanner	67
11	1982	Deadly Sunday	Johnny	0
12	1982	The Ambush Murders	Old Con	90
13	1982	Endangered Species	Dr. Ross	49
14	1982	Something So Right	Officer	50
15	1983	Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home		37
16	1983	Breathless	Man with Pipe	59
17	1983	My Brother's Wedding	Beat-up man	67
18	1983	Hobson's Choice	Tubby Wadlow	0
19	1984	Weekend Pass	Officer Henry	24
20	1984	Concrete Beat	Lt. Lucas	40
21	1984	Choose Me	Hospital Administrator	60
22	1985	Deadly Messages	Gym Attendant	60
23	1985	Kicks	Garage Attendant	60
24	1985	A Time to Live	Fred	85
25	1986	Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI	Al Melden	50
26	1987	Tonight's the Night	Disc Jockey	10
27	1987	The Man Who Fell to Earth		53
28	1987	No Man's Land	Heath	60
29	1987	Made in Heaven	Henry	66
30	1988	Bull Durham	Sandy	66
31	1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder	Harry	65
32	1990	Rainbow Drive	Marvin Burgess	46
33	1991	Session Man	Louie	61
34	1991	Child's Play 3	Major	59
35	1992	Kuffs	Building Owner	58
36	1993	The Switch	Hank	100
37	1993	Dying to Love You	Attorney	35
38	1994	Ride with the Wind	Dr. Dailey	0
39	1995	In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped	Ellis Watley	43
40	1997	The Inheritance	Blacksmith	57
41	1998	Carnival of Souls	Officer Soby	37
42	1999	Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie	Robert E.	82
43	1999	Play It to the Bone	Cesar's Trainer	55
44	2002	Little John	Merle	59
45	2003	Manhood	Police Officer	36
46	2005	Berkeley	Gadsen	54
47	2006	Rocky Balboa	Martin	69
48	2008	Blues	Pop Boudreaux	0
49	2010	You Again	Chaplain	63
50	2014	Crimes of the Mind	Judge Maynard	48
51		Rebel	James Henderson	0
52	2014	Whiplash	Red Henderson	84
53	2014	Selma	Cager Lee	74
54	2016	Blue: The American Dream	China Banks	0
55	2017	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Pastor Jack	63
56	2018	Family Feud	2096 Descendant	25
57	2022	Samaritan	Arthur Holloway	67
58	2024	I Don't Know	Brad	0
59	2024	Good Men	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Merlle	86
2	1974	Good Times		80
3	1975	The Jeffersons		73
4	1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries		71
5	1977	Kingston: Confidential		50
6	1979	Knots Landing	Stan	69
7	1979	Knots Landing	Casey Hale	69
8	1980	Palmerstown, U.S.A.		55
9	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
10	1981	Hill Street Blues	Jerome	76
11	1981	The Greatest American Hero	Policeman	72
12	1982	Cagney & Lacey	Det. Cummings / Sgt. Trask	69
13	1982	Knight Rider	Hotel Security Guard	76
14	1982	St. Elsewhere	Neil Baldwin - Guard	55
15	1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		63
16	1984	Night Court	Leo Bell	74
17	1984	Miami Vice	Trick Baby	75
18	1984	Hunter	Police P.R. Man	72
19	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
20	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Skycap	75
21	1985	The Atlanta Child Murders	Judge Clarence Cooper	60
22	1985	Moonlighting	Investigator #1 (as Henry Sanders)	75
23	1985	Moonlighting	Train Passenger in Dream Sequence	75
24	1986	Matlock		71
25	1986	L.A. Law	Judge Robinson Lowry	71
26	1986	L.A. Law	Judge Andrew Robertson	71
27	1986	Starman	Coach Carl Newman	68
28	1986	Heart of the City		50
29	1986	ALF	George	77
30	1987	Married... with Children	Murray	77
31	1987	Beauty and the Beast		75
32	1989	Father Dowling Mysteries	City Hall Guard	73
33	1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Robert E.	76
34	1994	ER	Phillip	78
35	1995	Sliders	Harold	76
36	1996	Moesha		69
37	1999	The West Wing	Ambassador Tiki	83
38	1999	Snoops	Michael Williams	70
39	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Bill Gibson	76
40	2001	The Division	Frankie	70
41	2002	Boomtown	Police Sergeant Miller	65
42	2003	Joan of Arcadia		72
43	2003	Cold Case	Ronnie Collins	78
44	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Hudson	82
45	2005	Commander in Chief	Gavin Kester	77
46	2007	Heartland		65
47	2008	The Mentalist	Willie Shubert	84
48	2008	Eleventh Hour	Sam Tewsbury	66
49	2011	Shameless	Jelly	82
50	2011	American Horror Story	Willie	81
51	2011	American Horror Story	Mr. Royale	81
52	2018	9-1-1	Samuel Carter	82

Henry G. Sanders

Film

Television