Howard Hesseman - wikipedia Howard Hesseman This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( March 2013 ) Howard Hesseman Hesseman in 2014 ( 1940 - 02 - 27 ) February 27, 1940 ( age 78 ) Lebanon, Oregon, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1968 -- present Howard Hesseman ( born February 27, 1940 ) is an American actor best known for playing DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati, Captain Pete Lassard in Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment, Sam Royer on One Day at a Time and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected film appearances 4 References 5 External links Early life Hesseman was born in Lebanon, Oregon, the son of Edna ( née Forster ) and George Henry Hesseman. His parents divorced when he was five, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather, a police officer. He graduated from Silverton High School in 1958. Hesseman attended the University of Oregon, and was later a founding member of the San Francisco - based improvisational comedy troupe The Committee with fellow actor David Ogden Stiers. Early in his acting career, he used the alias Don Sturdy, the name he also used as a radio DJ. Career Under the alias of Don Sturdy, Hesseman made some television appearances, including one episode of Dragnet in 1968 in which he portrayed a hippie named Jesse Chaplin, the editor of an underground newspaper. In this Dragnet episode, his character was a panelist on a TV show opposite Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon. He played a bit part in two final - season episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. In the episode `` Sam for Town Council, '' Hesseman has an exchange with Emmett Clark ( Paul Hartman ), who is running for town council against Sam Jones played by Ken Berry. Hesseman plays a character named Harry seen preparing fishing tackle outside a sporting goods store and complaining to Emmett how poor the fishing has been at a nearby fishing spot. Emmett promises to stock the pond with big perch in exchange for Harry 's vote. Harry agrees and wears a campaign button supporting Emmett in the race. In the episode `` Goober Goes to an Auto Show '', Hesseman, also credited as Don Sturdy, plays the Counterboy, serving hot dogs and root beers to Goober and his old trade school rival Roy Swanson, played by Noam Pitlik. Hesseman made several appearances as Mr. Plager, a member of the group therapy ensemble on The Bob Newhart Show, who was later revealed to be gay. He became a playwright in the sixth season of the show, writing a play about the characters in the group. In several other episodes of the show, Hesseman 's voice can be heard as a TV announcer. In 1969, he appeared uncredited with The Committee ( though at the time using the name Don Sturdy ) in several sketches on The Dick Cavett Show, and appeared in one sketch with guest Janis Joplin. The handprints of Howard Hesseman in front of Hollywood Hills Amphitheater at Walt Disney World 's Disney 's Hollywood Studios theme park Hesseman is best known for his role as anti-disco disc jockey John `` Dr. Johnny Fever '' Caravella on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati from 1978 to 1982, a role Hesseman prepared for by working as a DJ in San Francisco at KMPX - FM for several months. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1980 and 1981 for his portrayal of Fever. In 1986, he was in the Disney cult classic Flight of the Navigator. He reprised the role in nine episodes of The New WKRP in Cincinnati, and also directed several episodes of the 1991 - 93 series revival. Hesseman is also remembered for his role as teacher Charlie Moore on the ABC series Head of the Class from 1986 to 1990. He also played Sam Royer, the man who married Ann Romano ( Bonnie Franklin ) on One Day at a Time from 1982 to 1984. In 1994, Hesseman introduced lost footage of Joplin in a documentary on Woodstock. He made two appearances on Saturday Night Live, one in which he paid tribute to, and told jokes about, the recently deceased John Belushi and the other in which he mooned President Ronald Reagan. NBC showed a picture of Reagan, and Hesseman mooned the president off camera. He also encouraged the viewing audience to moon the picture and send pictures in to NBC. In 1995, Hesseman played the role of the Marquis de Sade in Quills at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, California, which included one scene in which he was fully naked. In 2001, Hesseman had a role on three episodes of That ' 70s Show. In 2006, he appeared in three episodes of the ABC television series Boston Legal, playing the unorthodox Judge Robert Thompson, as well as an episode of House. During his appearance as Judge Thompson, Hesseman paid homage to his role as a teacher in his earlier ABC series by hearing a court case while sitting atop the judge 's bench, just as the character of Mr. Moore taught his class atop his desk. In 2007, he played The Chemist on HBO 's John From Cincinnati. He has guest - starred as an announcer at a horse track on Psych, in the episode `` And Down the Stretch Comes Murder ''. Hesseman guest - starred on the 2007 season premiere of NBC 's ER, playing a man tripping on magic mushrooms who may or may not have been an orthopedic doctor from another hospital. Hesseman starred in The Sunshine Boys at the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, from September to November 2010. In February 2011, he had a guest role as Dr. Elliot D. Aden in the CSI : Crime Scene Investigation episode titled `` Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead '' from season 11 ( episode 16 ). Dr. Aden was head of Department of Defense project called Stonewall at W.L.V.U., which did research in fringe psychological concepts such as E.S.P. and out - of - body experiences. In April 2018, Hesseman was seen promoting the WKRP in Cincinnati television series and other classic television series on the MeTV television network. Selected film appearances Petulia ( 1968 ) - Hippie ( uncredited ) Some Kind of a Nut ( 1969 ) - Bartender ( uncredited ) Billy Jack ( 1971 ) - Drama Teacher The Christian Licorice Store ( 1971 ) - Last Party Guest Cisco Pike ( 1972 ) - Recording Engineer Steelyard Blues ( 1973 ) - Frank Veldini Jory ( 1973 ) - Santa Rosa Bartender ( uncredited ) Kid Blue ( 1973 ) - Confectionary Man Shampoo ( 1975 ) - Red Dog Prisoners ( 1975 ) Whiffs ( 1975 ) - Dr. Gopian The Sunshine Boys ( 1975 ) - Mr. Walsh, Commercial Director Tunnel Vision ( 1976 ) - Senator McMannus Jackson County Jail ( 1976 ) - David Silent Movie ( 1976 ) - Executive The Big Bus ( 1976 ) - Jack The Other Side of Midnight ( 1977 ) - O'Brien Tarantulas : The Deadly Cargo ( 1977 ) - Fred The Ghost of Flight 401 ( 1978 ) - Bert Stockwell Loose Shoes ( 1978 ) - Ernie Piles, War Correspondent Americathon ( 1979 ) - Kip Margolis Private Lessons ( 1981 ) - Lester Honky Tonk Freeway ( 1981 ) - Snapper Doctor Detroit ( 1983 ) - Smooth Walker This Is Spinal Tap ( 1984 ) - Terry Ladd Silence of the Heart ( 1984 ) - Carl Lewis Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment ( 1985 ) - Pete Lassard Clue ( 1985 ) - The Chief ( uncredited ) My Chauffeur ( 1986 ) - McBride Flight of the Navigator ( 1986 ) - Dr. Louis Faraday Inside Out ( 1986 ) - Jack Heat ( 1986 ) - Pinchus Zion Amazon Women on the Moon ( 1987 ) - Rupert King ( segment `` Titan Man '' ) Rubin and Ed ( 1991 ) - Ed Tuttle Little Miss Millions ( 1993 ) - Nick Frost Munchie Strikes Back ( 1994 ) - Munchie ( voice ) Out - of - Sync ( 1995 ) - Det. Caldwell Gridlock 'd ( 1997 ) - Blind Man The Sky Is Falling ( 2000 ) - Yogi Cook The Mesmerist ( 2002 ) - Mr. Valdemar Teddy Bears ' Picnic ( 2002 ) - Ted Frye About Schmidt ( 2002 ) - Larry Hertzel Man About Town ( 2006 ) - Ben Giamoro Domestic Import ( 2006 ) - Lou Kimmelman Martian Child ( 2007 ) - Dr. Berg The Rocker ( 2008 ) - Gator Halloween II ( 2009 ) - Uncle Meat All About Steve ( 2009 ) - Mr. Horowitz Bigfoot ( 2012 ) - Mayor Tommy Gillis How to Become an Outlaw ( 2014 ) - Lawyer Silver Skies ( 2016 ) - Billy Dirty Politics ( 2016 ) - Big Oil Wild Oats ( 2016 ) - Vespucci References ^ Jump up to : Baker, Jeff ( April 30, 2014 ). `` 17 actors you ( maybe ) did n't know were from Oregon ''. The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 2016 - 02 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Howard Hesseman Biography ( 1940 - ) ''. filmreference.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015. ^ Jump up to : Hoover, Eleanor ; Riley, Sue ( November 12, 1979 ). `` WKRP on TV ''. People. Retrieved 22 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Howard Hesseman ''. IMDb. Retrieved 23 June 2015. External links Howard Hesseman on IMDb Howard Hesseman at the Internet Broadway Database WorldCat Identities BNE : XX1560524 BNF : cb141868842 ( data ) GND : 1026886538 ISNI : 0000 0001 1875 1214 LCCN : no2001055273 VIAF : 39586803 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard_Hesseman&oldid=865344515 '' Categories : 1940 births American male film actors American male television actors Living people People from Lebanon, Oregon Male actors from Oregon 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors University of Oregon alumni Hidden categories : BLP articles lacking sources from March 2013 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013 Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans تۆرکجه Deutsch فارسی Français Nederlands 日本 語 Português Simple English Suomi 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 23 October 2018, at 10 : 25 ( UTC ). 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