Background
Sanders, Richard Kinard was born on August 23, 1940 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Irvine and Thelma Sanders.
Sanders, Richard Kinard was born on August 23, 1940 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Irvine and Thelma Sanders.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1962; postgraduate (Fulbright scholar), London Academy Music and Dramatic Art, 1962-1963.
After graduating from Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas he was enrolled in the Fine Arts Department at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) as an acting major from 1958 to 1962. After graduation, Sanders studied Shakespearean theatre in England on a Fulbright Scholarship, and served a stint with the Peace Corps in the states of Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Sanders joined Gordon Jump and Frank Bonner in reprising his original WKRP role on The New WKRP in Cincinnati in the early 1990s.
Besides being an actor, Sanders is a screenwriter, having written, among other works, several episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati.
In 1993, he starred in the computer game Day of the Tentacle as the voice of Bernard.
Volunteer Peace Corps, Northeastern Brazil, 1966-1969. Member Writers Guild American, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of television and Radio Artists, Actors Equity Association.