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Richard Sanders (born 1940 or 1941) is a retired American actor and screenwriter. He played quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982). Most of his acting career has been on television. Early life and education Sanders was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Thelma S. and Henry Irvine Sanders. After graduating from Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas, he was enrolled in the Fine Arts Department at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) as an acting major. There, he was a classmate of René Auberjonois and Aubrey Wilson, among others. Career After graduating from college, Sanders studied Shakespearean theatre in England on a Fulbright Scholarship, and served a stint with the Peace Corps in the states of Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Sanders joined Gordon Jump and Frank Bonner in reprising his original WKRP role on The New WKRP in Cincinnati in the early 1990s. He has guest-appeared on other television shows, including Lou Grant, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Alice, Newhart, Murder, She Wrote, Designing Women, and Married... with Children, and has also acted in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generations, the animated series Inhumanoids, the horror film Lovers Lane, and the Robert De Niro/Cuba Gooding Jr. film Men of Honor. Besides being an actor, Sanders is a screenwriter, having written, among other works, several episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati. In 1993, he starred in the computer game Day of the Tentacle as the voice of Bernard Bernoulli. Personal life Sanders resides in Woodinville, Washington. He is married to Marilynn Marko-Sanders. Filmography Film Television References External links Richard Sanders at IMDb. Discover the Richard Sanders popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Richard Sanders books.

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  • My Life Undone synopsis, comments

    My Life Undone

    Richard L. Sanders

    In this memoirwarts and allauthor Richard L. Sanders finally opens up about the litany of mistakes, tragedies, betrayals, and other unbelievable events in his life since the public...

  • The Phoenix Requiem synopsis, comments

    The Phoenix Requiem

    Richard L. Sanders

    Death. Destruction. Despair. These are the hallmarks of the Dread Fleet. It is an unstoppable force that, when summoned to do so, will scourge the galaxy in a Holy Reckoning, seeki...

  • Legacy of the Phoenix synopsis, comments

    Legacy of the Phoenix

    Richard L. Sanders

    More than thirty years ago, the galaxy nearly ended at the hands of the Dread Fleet and isotome weapons. But thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of a few brave souls, disaster was...

  • The Ask synopsis, comments

    The Ask

    Richard Sanders

    The Ask is the opening chapter of Dead Heat, a genrebending, characterdriven, wordburning thriller about politics, love and the haunting pain of memory. The Pure Plot Pitch: I did...

  • State Missouri v. Richard Sanders synopsis, comments

    State Missouri v. Richard Sanders

    Eastern District, Division Three Court of Appeals of Missouri

    Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Defendant also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motio...

  • Screams Along the Sky synopsis, comments

    Screams Along the Sky

    Richard Sanders

    The LitCrit Take: A genre bending, character driven, wordburning thriller about visionary art, spiritual inspiration, hidden symbols and unsolved murders. The Pure Plot Pitch: Wha...

  • Betraying Nexus synopsis, comments

    Betraying Nexus

    Richard L. Sanders

    Jason is a member of Nexus, a secret organization with a singular purpose: eliminate crime and protect the innocent. As a Nexus operative, he is a Mind Bender and can implant thoug...

  • La Conspiration Du Phoenix synopsis, comments

    La Conspiration Du Phoenix

    Richard L. Sanders

    A la surface, la galaxie semble paisible. L'humanité prospère de la capitale du monde jusqu'aux confins du Corridor. Mais pour ceux qui peuvent voir les signes, il est clair que qu...

  • Boss synopsis, comments

    Boss

    Mike Royko

    "The best book ever written about an American city, by the best journalist of his time.” Jimmy BreslinNew edition of the classic story of the late Richard J. Daley, politician and ...

  • The Phoenix Conspiracy synopsis, comments

    The Phoenix Conspiracy

    Richard L. Sanders

    On the surface, the galaxy seems peaceful. Humankind prospers from the Capital World to the far reaches of The Corridor. But to those who can see the signs, it's clear something is...

  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance synopsis, comments

    Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

    Richard Powers

    “Dazzling and audacious. . . Nothing short of astounding.” Philadelphia InquirerThe critically acclaimed debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory and the...

  • Secrets of Silverwind synopsis, comments

    Secrets of Silverwind

    Richard L. Sanders

    Youth should never be blessedor cursed, reallywith so much power as he had. A situation made even worse by the sheer torment, utter loss, deep betrayal, and unrequited love that ea...

  • Children Are Diamonds synopsis, comments

    Children Are Diamonds

    Edward Hoagland

    This is not the Africa of Isak Dinesen, nor the Africa of Joy Adamson. This is the Africa of civil wars and tribal massacres, where the Lord’s Resistance Army recruits childsoldier...

  • The Constitution of the United States synopsis, comments

    The Constitution of the United States

    Founding Fathers

    Both enshrining the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens in law, and curbing the power of those who rule them, the US constitution is one of the most significant documen...

  • Imperial Spain 1469-1716 synopsis, comments

    Imperial Spain 1469-1716

    J. H Elliott & NEIL PINCHES

    The story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European countries is a remarkable and dramatic one. With the marriage ...

  • In the violence of the beast synopsis, comments

    In the violence of the beast

    CD Sanders

    August 16, 1997: Civil Prosecutor Frank Benninger's review of Interpol Agent David Connelly, former Lieutenant of the British Army. The complaint is hereby brought before the "Coun...

  • Insurgents of Civilization synopsis, comments

    Insurgents of Civilization

    Richard L. Sanders

    Within the enormous megastructure of Civilization, The Lord Protector watches over the last remnants of human society. It is a paradise of structure, order, and peace. And while it...

  • The Phoenix War synopsis, comments

    The Phoenix War

    Richard L. Sanders

    A fearful Empire anticipates King Akira's next move: will he abandon them to the corrupt hands of Caerwyn Martel or doom them to bloody civil war, leaving them defenseless against ...

  • Lunch with the FT synopsis, comments

    Lunch with the FT

    Lionel Barber

    Lunch with the FT has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 30 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the worl...

  • The Controversialist synopsis, comments

    The Controversialist

    Martin Peretz

    Featured in the Wall Street JournalFrom his deep involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s to his almost forty years at the head of the New Republic, Marti...

  • Insurgents of Wasteland synopsis, comments

    Insurgents of Wasteland

    Richard L. Sanders

    In danger and on the run, some of the hybrids seek refuge in the most desperate of all places. Wasteland. A lawless, desolate outland filled with outcasts, exiles, and unthinkable ...

  • How to Live to 100 synopsis, comments

    How to Live to 100

    Ariane Sherine & David Conrad

    If you're reading this, you probably want to live to a hundred.And why wouldn't you want to live a superlong life, if you could remain in good health? You'd get to meet your greatg...

  • The Phoenix Darkness synopsis, comments

    The Phoenix Darkness

    Richard L. Sanders

    The hour is grim for the Empire, which has split into opposing sides. Civil War rages between Queen Kalila Akira and Steward Caerwyn Martel. As all Imperial forces are dragged into...

  • Unspoken Words, Unanswered Questions synopsis, comments

    Unspoken Words, Unanswered Questions

    Richard Sanders

    This selfcontained short story is taken from the opening of Dead Line, a novel described as “a tightly woven, mindspinning tapestry” (Split Seed Review), “a fluid, snaky thriller o...

  • The Phoenix Reckoning synopsis, comments

    The Phoenix Reckoning

    Richard L. Sanders

    As Kalila's forces battle the Rotham invasion, Blackmoth is attempting to detonate an isotome weapon in close proximity.After a coup against White Rook, Raidan now controls the Org...

  • NEAR and the Accidental God synopsis, comments

    NEAR and the Accidental God

    Richard L. Sanders

    A depressed but ingenious roboticist is forced to grapple with the larger questions of life after his science exceeds his designs.

  • Goliath synopsis, comments

    Goliath

    Matt Stoller

    “Every thinking American must read” (The Washington Book Review) this startling and “insightful” (The New York Times) look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism has t...

  • The Trump Survival Guide synopsis, comments

    The Trump Survival Guide

    Gene Stone

    National BestsellerDon’t despair. Don’t retreat. Fight back.A calltoaction for Democrats, moderate Republicans, and other antiTrump dissenters, detailing the history of s...

  • The Phoenix Rising synopsis, comments

    The Phoenix Rising

    Richard L. Sanders

    As the most serious threat ever facing the galaxy now looms over themweapons able to destroy starsCalvin and his enterprising crew continue their mission to expose and eliminate th...

  • The Phoenix Crisis synopsis, comments

    The Phoenix Crisis

    Richard L. Sanders

    A storm is brewing. Eager war fleets patrol the edges of human space, waiting.The leaders of the Phoenix Conspiracy are poised to usher in The Hour of Ascension. And it is up to Ca...