Henry Gale Sanders (born August 18, 1942) is an African-American actor best known for his role in Charles Burnett's 1977 neo-realist film Killer of Sheep.
He has also appeared extensively on television, on such programs as The Rockford Files, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Knight Rider, Knots Landing, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey, Married...
with Children, Dr.
Quinn, Medicine Woman, NYPD Blue, and The Mentalist.