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 |
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Most Rating | 5.79 |
Birthday | 1942-08-18 |
Place of Birth | Houston, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | Henry Gayle Sanders, Henry Sanders, Henry Gale Sanders, |
1988
Bull Durham
6.649/559
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relations...
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Bull Durham
2006
Rocky Balboa
6.875/3367
His Wife is dead and his Son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ R...
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Rocky Balboa
1978
Killer of Sheep
6.429/112
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
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Killer of Sheep
1997
The Inheritance
5.7/9
A beautiful orphan of mysterious parentage is asked by her adoptive family to help find a husband for their niece, but when two suitors both fall for...
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The Inheritance
1974
Jive Turkey
3.9/8
In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game.
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Jive Turkey
2002
Little John
7.071/7
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her k...
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Little John
2008
Blues
0/0
Chile and Head, two wannabe thugs, get more than they bargained for when they duck into a blues joint while on the run from the cops. The seventy-year...
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Blues
1982
Deadly Sunday
0/0
A family's weekly Sunday drive turns terrifying when desperate jewel thieves detour them and hold them hostage.
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Deadly Sunday
1974
No Place to Hide
3.6/16
In New York in the late 60s, a politically motivated group of students plans bombings of company offices who do business with dictators in Middle Amer...
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No Place to Hide
1999
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
8.25/20
As Colorado Springs' Commisioner, Sully opposes a deal to mine for copper to make electricity. In order to sway Sully's decision, Mr. Garrick threaten...
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Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
1993
Dying to Love You
3.5/2
Roger Paulson is lonely after his divorce. He thinks he has finally found the woman of his dreams...until he uncovers her web of lies.
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Dying to Love You
1983
Breathless
5.857/227
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a hig...
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Breathless
1984
Weekend Pass
2.4/5
Four Navy recruits fresh from boot camp graduation in San Diego spend a weekend pass together out on the town in Los Angeles before shipping out for f...
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Weekend Pass
2014
Whiplash
8.382/14776
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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Whiplash
1985
A Time to Live
8.5/2
The problems of a mother who helps her son in his struggles against muscular dystrophy. From the true story of Peter and Mary-Lou Weisman.
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A Time to Live
1976
Panama Red
4.5/3
A hippie musician needs to make $60,000 through selling high grade Panama Red in just three days to pay back a drug smuggler known as The Money Man.
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Panama Red
2003
Manhood
4.5/3
A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.
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Manhood
1983
My Brother's Wedding
6.7/15
A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly...
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My Brother's Wedding
1998
Carnival of Souls
3.744/43
A young woman is pursued in reality and in her subconscious by the sadistic carnival clown who raped and murdered her mother.
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Carnival of Souls
1976
Independence Day
0/0
In this drama that was a UCLA student thesis expanded to feature length, two African-Americans come from Tennessee to Los Angeles. The man will not ma...
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Independence Day
1993
The Switch
10/1
Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk...
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The Switch
1987
Tonight's the Night
1/1
The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the shiest man throw away his fears and participate i...
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Tonight's the Night
1978
The Boss' Son
0/0
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby...
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The Boss' Son
2010
You Again
6.283/1221
History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl from her past, is set to be her sister-in-law. Befo...
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You Again
2014
Selma
7.398/2153
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...
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Selma
1999
Play It to the Bone
5.6/152
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unava...
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Play It to the Bone
1991
Child's Play 3
5.875/1522
Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew hi...
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Child's Play 3
1990
Rainbow Drive
4.4/5
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
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Rainbow Drive
2017
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
6.332/1231
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontma...
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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
1982
Endangered Species
5.1/20
A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
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Endangered Species
1995
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
4.3/3
Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in char...
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In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
1983
Hobson's Choice
0/0
Daughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.
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Hobson's Choice
1994
Ride with the Wind
0/0
Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets K...
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Ride with the Wind
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
6.9/7
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
2016
Blue: The American Dream
0/0
Gary "Blue" Meekins is a medium-weight fighter struggling to box his way to the American dream, but Harlem's mean streets threaten to turn him into an...
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Blue: The American Dream
1982
Something So Right
7/2
Joey lives with his mother. His father isn't around, he doesn't like school, he is bored and doesn't take orders from anyone. In other words he is a r...
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Something So Right
1984
Choose Me
6.115/26
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose...
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Choose Me
1987
Made in Heaven
6.667/72
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follo...
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Made in Heaven
1973
The Devil's Garden
3/2
Bizarre Rituals of Forbidden Ecstasy on the Island of the Possessed
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The Devil's Garden
2022
Samaritan
6.728/1913
Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was report...
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Samaritan
1986
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
5/1
A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.
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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1981
Callie & Son
7/5
A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to weal...
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Callie & Son
1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
6/3
A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalach...
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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1987
The Man Who Fell to Earth
5.5/4
In this made-for-TV movie, an alien lands on earth, and decides that he needs to take a job in order to raise money to build a spaceship so he can get...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
2014
Crimes of the Mind
4.8/9
The true story of Carolyn's Raeburn's daughter who graduated from high school at the age of 16. Laura was bright, popular and enthusiastic about the f...
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Crimes of the Mind
1992
Kuffs
5.767/195
George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is pregnant. To top it off, George's brother Brad is killed...
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Kuffs
1991
Session Man
5.1/8
When personal and creative differences threaten to destroy a musical supergroup during the recording of an album, studio guitar player McQueen is brou...
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Session Man
1982
The Ambush Murders
9/1
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims t...
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The Ambush Murders
1987
No Man's Land
6/92
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy t...
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No Man's Land
1985
Kicks
6/1
A wealthy man with a penchant for living on the edge and engaging in dangerous, life-threatening activities becomes romantically involved with a femal...
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Kicks
Rebel
0/0
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Rebel
2005
Berkeley
6.5/4
Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative busi...
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