# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-hesseman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:36:18.497Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-hesseman"
name: "Howard Hesseman"
slug: "howard-hesseman"
description: "Howard Hesseman was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. He appeared regularly on television and in film from the 1970s to 2010s, with his other noteworthy roles including Sam Royer in the last two seasons of One Day at a Time and a supporting role as Captain Pete Lassard in the film Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)."
tagline: "American actor (1940–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard_Hesseman_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1940-02-27"
deathDate: "2022-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.360788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381606/"
    handle:    "nm0381606"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump