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6 unusual facts about Howard Hesseman


Don Sturdy

"Don Sturdy" is also a pseudonym used by Howard Hesseman.

Eric Lassard

Lassard's immediate family features his wife, who is only seen briefly during the first movie and is never named, and a brother, Captain Pete Lassard (played by Howard Hesseman), who is approximately 15 to 20 years younger, and head of a precinct that has one of the worst crime rates in the city until the fresh graduates eventually snag a gang that's been terrorizing the streets.

Joseph Paul Cretzer

Cretzer was portrayed by Telly Savalas in Alcatraz — The Whole Shocking Story (1980) and by Howard Hesseman in Six Against the Rock (1987).

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1979–1980

Only two sketches appeared, on December 8, 1979 (host: Howard Hesseman) and February 9, 1980 (host: Chevy Chase).

Trent Harris

He wrote and directed the offbeat 1991 comedy Rubin and Ed, in which Crispin Glover and Howard Hesseman wander the desert looking for a suitable place to bury a frozen cat.

Wingy Manone

In the episode, Johnny Fever (Howard Hesseman) does a live remote from a stereo shop owned by huckster Del (Hamilton Camp), but an out-of-work DJ (Garry Goodrow) shows up with a gun and hijacks the broadcast.


William G. Schilling

In 1986, Schilling was cast in the role of Doctor Harold Samuels in the American television sitcom Head of the Class, alongside Howard Hesseman and later Billy Connolly.


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