William Sanderson

ACTOR

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Prolific and versatile character actor William Sanderson was born on January 10, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee. His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father was a landscape designer. William served two years in the US Army. Following his military service he attended Southern Methodist University. He earned both a BBA degree and a JD law degree from Memphis State University. William went to New York to try his luck as an actor. He studied his craft with Herbert Berghof and William Hickey.Sanderson began his acting career in off-Broadway stage productions and appeared in several independent pictures. He gave a superbly lively and intense performance as vicious racist and escaped convict Jessie Lee Kane in the brutal exploitation feature Fight for Your Life (1977). William was likewise marvelous as gentle toymaker J.F. Sebastian in the fantastic science-fiction cult favorite Blade Runner (1982). He has played his fair share of loathsome bad guys (he refers to these particular characters as "prairie scum"), such as nasty lout Calvin in Raggedy Man (1981), lowlife hick Lee Dollarhide in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) and weaselly criminal Snow in McQuade - den uovervindelige (1983). Not surprisingly, considering his distinctive Southern drawl, he has also appeared in such westerns as the comedy De red mod øst (1994), En ærlig mand (2001), Monte Walsh (2003), Andersonville (1996), Gods and Generals (2003) and the acclaimed TV mini-series De red mod nord (1989) (one of several projects in which Sanderson has acted alongside Tommy Lee Jones). Sanderson gave a lovely and touching portrayal in a rare lead role as emotionally dysfunctional recovering alcoholic ukulele minstrel Stanley Myer in the poignant indie drama Stanley's Gig (2000). He achieved his greatest popularity, however, as flaky backwoodsman Larry on the hit sitcom Newhart (1982) on which he uttered the memorable catchphrase, "I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl." More recently Sanderson had a terrific role as conniving hotel proprietor E.B. Farnum on the sensationally gritty cable western TV series Deadwood (2004). Among the TV shows William has done guest spots on are Forsvarerne (1997), Kamæleonen: En mand på flugt (1996), Skadestuen (1994), Strengt fortroligt (1993), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), Sirens (1993), Matlock (1986), Babylon 5 (1993), Vore værste år (1987), The Twilight Zone (1985), Knight Rider (1982), Coach (1989), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) and Starsky and Hutch (1975).He has also done voices for numerous cartoon characters, radio commercials and books on tape. Outside of his substantial film and TV credits, William has acted on stage in productions of such plays as "The Taming of the Shrew," "When Ya Comin' Back, Red Ryder?," "Insect Comedy," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Dutchman," "Fishing," "Authentic Life of Billy the Kid," "Tobacco Road," and "Scotch Rocks." William Sanderson lives in Burbank, California, with his wife Sharon Wix. - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)

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Streaming Availability

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Releases by Year

William Sanderson on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1976 to 2017. See the full graphs of the number of William Sanderson movies released per year from 1982 till 2017.

Top Genres

William Sanderson works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Sci-Fi Genre flixes. 36% of William Sanderson movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that William Sanderson worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that William Sanderson has worked on is 5.8.

5.8 / 10

William Sanderson's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

It's 1944 in the small town of Gregory, Texas. Divorcée Nita Longley has been brought into the town by the telephone company to work as its switchboard operator, a job which requires her to...

6.8/1094 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Last Man Standing (1996)

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

6.4/10101 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Animation
Jumanji (1996)

Sister and brother Judy Shepherd (Debi Derryberry) and Peter Shepherd (Ashley Johnson) move to a new house with Aunt Nora Shepherd (Melanie Chartoff). In the attic, they find an unusual ...

6.3/1022 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Horror,Thriller
Mirror Mirror (1990)

A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces.

5.6/10104 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Action,Drama,Sport
Last Man Standing (1987)

Roo Marcus (Vernon Wells) is a down-and-out guy with a troubled past who was recently released from a mental institution, where he suffered through inhumane conditions and shock therapy. ...

5.1/1090 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Drama
Disappearances (2006)

Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a ...

4.9/10118 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

An ex cop turned insurance investigator (John Heard) tries to hold his life together as he investigates the death of a music producer who may have been murdered.

4.4/1085 min

Available in 10 platform(s).