Henry G. Sanders

Henry G. Sanders

Birthday: 1942-08-18

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA

Biography: 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.

Movies

Bull Durham
Bull Durham

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

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Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa

When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweigh...

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Crimes of the Mind
Crimes of the Mind

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

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Made in Heaven
Made in Heaven

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

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Session Man
Session Man

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

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Kuffs
Kuffs

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

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Choose Me
Choose Me

Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and ...

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Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep

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

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The Inheritance
The Inheritance

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

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The Ambush Murders
The Ambush Murders

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

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No Man's Land
No Man's Land

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

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Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

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

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Kicks
Kicks

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

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The Devil's Garden
The Devil's Garden

The plot revolves around a wealthy businessman who becomes entangled in a web of deceit and passion,...

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Little John
Little John

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

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Blues
Blues

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

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Deadly Sunday
Deadly Sunday

A family's weekly Sunday drive turns terrifying when desperate jewel thieves detour them and hold th...

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No Place to Hide
No Place to Hide

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

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Samaritan
Samaritan

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

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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

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

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Callie & Son
Callie & Son

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

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Breathless
Breathless

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

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Dying to Love You
Dying to Love You

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

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Weekend Pass
Weekend Pass

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

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Berkeley
Berkeley

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

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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

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

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The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth

An alien lands on Earth, and decides that he needs to a job in order to raise money to build a space...

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Whiplash
Whiplash

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

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A Time to Live
A Time to Live

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

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My Brother's Wedding
My Brother's Wedding

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

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Panama Red
Panama Red

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

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Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls

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

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Independence Day
Independence Day

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

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The Switch
The Switch

Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the...

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Tonight's the Night
Tonight's the Night

The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the...

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The Boss' Son
The Boss' Son

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

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Child's Play 3
Child's Play 3

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

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Play It to the Bone
Play It to the Bone

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

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Selma
Selma

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

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You Again
You Again

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

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Rainbow Drive
Rainbow Drive

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

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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.

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

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Endangered Species
Endangered Species

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

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In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

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

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Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice

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

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Ride with the Wind
Ride with the Wind

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

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

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

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Blue: The American Dream
Blue: The American Dream

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

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Something So Right
Something So Right

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

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Good Men
Good Men

After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitu...

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I Don't Know
I Don't Know

A failed cartoonist scores a dangerous win at a high-stakes poker game, and flees the criminal under...

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Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home

An award winning high school football coach finds himself out of work, and switching roles with his ...

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Concrete Beat
Concrete Beat

A newspaper columnist becomes determined to clear a woman who is blamed for the death of her child i...

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Manhood
Manhood

Filled with both laughter and tears, Manhood is a fascinating exploration of the interpersonal relat...

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Family Feud
Family Feud

Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infi...

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Deadly Messages
Deadly Messages

When Laura unearths an old Ouija board in her closet, her roommate, Cindy, uses it and encounters th...

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Five on the Black Hand Side
Five on the Black Hand Side

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American f...

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The Ladies Club
The Ladies Club

A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrat...

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Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie

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

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