Known for Acting
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).
Born
August 9, 1926
Died
April 3, 2016 (age 89)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Filmography
41 films, 36 shows
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
2022 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Clue (1985) has become a cult classic film and is loved by multiple generations. Yet there has never been a documentary created to tell the behind the scenes stories...until now.
Hard Ground
2003 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Billy Bucklin escapes while being transported to Yuma prison and plans to form an army of desperadoes to control the Mexican border...
Kiss of a Stranger
1999 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
Nova, a rising TV personality, after declaring that all handsome men in L.A. are gay, falls for a hunky stranger who is totally smitten with her - so she thinks. Her sexy stranger disappears without a trace. Her grief over unexplained deaths in her social circle is only made worse when we find that she is carrying the stranger's baby. The plot thickens and the anxiety is great as Nova struggles to find out who this stranger is and why he is stalking her.
Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire
1999 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Two brothers share a house in LA's Fairfax district: Tony's a feckless actor, Chris is an accountant. Both are in relationships on rocky ground. As these emotions swirl, Tony meets his US Postal Service letter carrier, a single mom named Kathy who's come to LA from Wyoming with her daughter, a budding actress. Chris meets Anna, an Italian beauty working in the States for a few months wrangling animals on movie sets. Chris also befriends Clive, an aging and crusty man whose longing for his recently-deceased wife is a portrait of true love. Can Clive's example help Chris sort out his love life, and can Tony grow up enough to see the possibilities with Kathy and her daughter?
Trippin'
1999 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Greg is near the end of his senior year in high school, wanting to go to the prom, eyeing Cinny (the school's beauty with brains) from afar, and regularly trippin', daydreaming about being a big success as a poet, a student, a lover. His mom wants him to apply to colleges, but Greg hasn't a clue. One of his teachers, Mr. Shapic, tries to inspire him, too. He finally figures out he can get close to Cinny if he asks her for help with college applications. But friendship isn't enough, he wants romance and a prom date. So, he tells a few lies and, for awhile, it seems to be working. Then, things fall apart and Greg has to figure out how to put the trippin aside and get real.
Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · 2h 7m
country: United States
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.
Hoodlum
1997 · 2h 10m
country: United States
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Conspiracy Theory
1997 · 2h 15m
country: United States
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 · 2h 10m
country: United States
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
'Weird Al' Yankovic: (There's No) Going Home
1996 · 56m
country: Unknown
Parody of The Disney Channel's "Going Home" music series. Features "Weird Al" Yankovic in concert from Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre performing spoofs of many popular songs, Al travelling on the bus with his band and in their hotel room as well as tongue-in-cheek interviews with Al and his family.
Maverick
1994 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Marked for Murder
1993 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn't used to playing by the rules, and he's frustrated with the corruption and impotence of the police. When he takes action against a local drug lord, the conflict becomes personal.
White Men Can't Jump
1992 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
City Slickers
1991 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
No Holds Barred
1989 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for, but Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network.
How I Got Into College
1989 · 1h 26m
country: United States
High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a way to get into Ramsey College, Jessica's top choice of schools. It won't be easy, since the college is highly selective and Marlon's grades are hardly impressive. That means the lovelorn teen will have to find a way to score high on the SATs and win over the college admissions committee.
Cousins
1989 · 1h 49m
country: United States
When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.
The George McKenna Story
1988 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Washington plays a school principal in a tough inner city Los Angeles high school out to rid it of drugs, gangs, low moral of teachers, and restore educational values. Based on a true story.
Wisdom
1986 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
Murphy's Law
1986 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Smart Alec
1986 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A young filmmaker arrives in Hollywood and tries to get his first movie financed.
Clue
1985 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Clue 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. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
Fletch
1985 · 1h 38m
country: United States
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
Do You Remember Love
1985 · 1h 40m
country: Unknown
Barbara Wyatt-Hollis is an English professor who begins to experience the effects of Alzheimer's. The film documents her decline and the emotional turmoil it causes for her. It also shows how the changes impact her husband, George, and their children. The film also looks at the process by which families can be educated and supported to deal with the impact of the disease, as well as what is done for those afflicted.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Fear City
1984 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Get Crazy
1983 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.
One Shoe Makes it Murder
1982
country: United States
Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer.
Continental Divide
1981 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Inside Moves
1980 · 1h 53m
country: United States
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
Flesh & Blood
1979 · 3h 9m
country: United States
A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother.
The Kid from Left Field
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A bat boy guides the San Diego Padres to the World Series with the secret help of his dad, a baseball has-been who now sells refreshments in the stands.
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a veterinarian's office, and working with all the animals begins to affect his outlook on life.
Fire Sale
1977 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his department store while he's gone. Though he doesn't think much of him, Benny hands the responsibility over to his son, Russell. While Russell doesn't get much respect from his parents, he's better off than his brother, Ezra, whom Benny has gone so far as to disown. Ezra is currently battling with his work (coach of a high school basketball team that hasn't won in ages) and his wife (who keeps nagging him that she wants to have a baby as soon as possible) at the same time.
Silver Streak
1976 · 1h 54m
country: United States
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976 · 1h 35m
country: United States
To beat out competing ambulance services, an ace driver, an office secretary/paramedic and a suspended cop resort to some outrageous behavior to help people in distress. They're a crew whose condition is even more critical than their clients!
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976 · 1h 15m
country: United States
The story of how jazz great Louis Armstrong got his start playing in Chicago clubs, how he was framed on a drug charge, and his travels throughout Europe, where he first gained worldwide fame.
Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975 · 1h 35m
country: United States
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
A Shadow in the Streets
1975 · 1h 30m
country: United States
An ex-convict trying to straighten his life out takes a job as a parole agent in an experimental project to help former inmates.
Get Christie Love!
1974 · 1h 14m
country: United States
Get Christie Love! is a 1974 made-for-television film starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female police detective who is determined to overthrow a drug ring. This film is based on Dorothy Uhnak's crime-thriller novel, The Ledger.
Cool Breeze
1972 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.