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Bill Henderson

Actor

Bill Henderson

Born August 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USADied April 3, 201639 films

William Randall Henderson (March 19, 1926 – April 3, 2016) was an American television and film actor, and jazz singer. Beginning in the mid-1970s, he frequently appeared on television and in film in minor and supporting roles. Henderson's film credits include Inside Moves (1980), Clue (1985), City Slickers (1991) and White Men Can't Jump (1992).

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Clue posterFirst watchClue19857.2as CopClue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Lethal Weapon 4 poster6.6Lethal Weapon 41998Maverick poster6.9Maverick1994Conspiracy Theory poster6.6Conspiracy Theory1997White Men Can't Jump poster6.7White Men Can't Jump1992Fletch poster6.8Fletch1985City Slickers poster6.5City Slickers1991Silver Streak poster6.7Silver Streak1976The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension poster6.0The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension1984

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 2003Hard GroundJunior Gunn
  2. 1999Kiss of a StrangerBuster
  3. 1999Smiling Fish & Goat On FireClive Winter
  4. 1999Trippin'Gramps Reed
  5. 1998Lethal Weapon 4Angry Patient
  6. 1997HoodlumMr. Redmond
  7. 1997Conspiracy TheoryHospital Security
  8. 1996Ghosts of MississippiMinister
  9. 1994MaverickRiverboat Poker Player
  10. 1993Marked for Murder
  11. 1992White Men Can't JumpBill Henderson
  12. 1991City SlickersBen Jessup
  13. 1989No Holds BarredCharlie
  14. 1989How I Got Into CollegeDetroit High School Coach
  15. 1989CousinsValhalla Band
  16. 1988The George McKenna StoryGoodman
  17. 1986WisdomTheo
  18. 1986Murphy's LawBen Wilcove
  19. 1986Smart AlecJulie's Agent
  20. 1985ClueCop
  21. 1985FletchSpeaker
  22. 1985Do You Remember LoveWendell
  23. 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionCasper Lindley
  24. 1984Fear CityNicky's Doctor
  25. 1983Get CrazyKing Blues
  26. 1982One Shoe Makes it MurderChick
  27. 1981Continental DivideTrain Conductor
  28. 1980Inside MovesBlue Lewis
  29. 1979Flesh & BloodFight Reporter
  30. 1979The Kid from Left FieldBrad Linquist
  31. 1977Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
  32. 1977Fire SalePsychiatrist (uncredited)
  33. 1976Silver StreakRed Cap
  34. 1976Mother, Jugs & SpeedCharles Taylor
  35. 1976Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
  36. 1975Cornbread, Earl and MeWatkins
  37. 1975A Shadow in the StreetsLeroy Marcus Benson
  38. 1974Get Christie Love!Sgt. Stoner Martin
  39. 1972Cool BreezeMinister (uncredited)