Howard Hesseman Autographs
Howard Hesseman (February 27, 1940 – January 29, 2022) was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati (for which he earned two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series) 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 (the husband of lead character Ann Romano) 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).
Hesseman was born in Lebanon, Oregon, on February 27, 1940. His parents divorced when he was five, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather, a police officer. He graduated from Silverton High School in 1958. Hesseman attended the University of Oregon, and was later a founding member of the San Francisco-based improvisational comedy troupe The Committee with fellow actor David Ogden Stiers. Early in his acting career, he used the alias Don Sturdy, the name he also used as a radio DJ on underground FM station KMPX in San Francisco in the late 1960s.
Under the alias of Don Sturdy, Hesseman made his first television appearances, including the episode "Public Affairs: DR-07" of the show Dragnet in 1968. He portrayed a hippie named Jesse Chaplin, the editor of an underground newspaper. In this Dragnet episode, his character was a panelist on a TV show opposite Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon.
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Traded items with a signature of Howard Hesseman
The most expensive item with a signature of Howard Hesseman (WKRP Cast Signed 11x14 Loni Anderson Howard Hesseman Tim Reid Jan Smithers) was sold in September 2025 for $879.99 while the cheapest item (Howard Hesseman Signed Color Photograph) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2009. The month with the most items sold (8) was January 2022 with an average selling price of $17.49 for an autographed item of Howard Hesseman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2023 with $413.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.77 was August 2012. In average, an autographed item from Howard Hesseman is worth $24.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Howard Hesseman were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | HOWARD HESSEMAN and LONI ANDERSON signed WKRP IN CINCINNATI photo Original~Rare | $309.95 |  |
| HOWARD HESSEMAN and LONI ANDERSON signed WKRP IN CINCINNATI photo Original~Rare | $309.95 | |
| HOWARD HESSEMAN and LONI ANDERSON signed WKRP IN CINCINNATI photo Original~Rare | $309.95 | |
| HOWARD HESSEMAN SIGNED & LONI ANDERSON SIGNED 3x5 INDEX CARD AUTOGRAPH - WKRP | $45.90 | |
| HOWARD HESSEMAN SIGNED & LONI ANDERSON SIGNED 3x5 INDEX CARD AUTOGRAPH - WKRP | $45.90 | |
| HOWARD HESSEMAN SIGNED & LONI ANDERSON SIGNED 3x5 INDEX CARD AUTOGRAPH - WKRP | $45.90 | |
 | Howard Hesseman Signed 4x6 Index Card WKRP In Cincinnati Autographed | $29.97 | |
| Howard Hesseman Signed 4x6 Index Card WKRP In Cincinnati Autographed | $29.97 | |
| Howard Hesseman Signed 4x6 Index Card WKRP In Cincinnati Autographed | $29.97 | |
| LONI ANDERSON HOWARD HESSEMAN AUTO/AUTOGRAPHED 11x14 PHOTO (WKRP) PSADNA AUTH. | $210.98 | |
| LONI ANDERSON HOWARD HESSEMAN AUTO/AUTOGRAPHED 11x14 PHOTO (WKRP) PSADNA AUTH. | $210.98 | |
| LONI ANDERSON HOWARD HESSEMAN AUTO/AUTOGRAPHED 11x14 PHOTO (WKRP) PSADNA AUTH. | $210.98 | |
| WKRP Cast Signed 11x14 Loni Anderson Howard Hesseman Tim Reid Jan Smithers | $879.99 | |
| WKRP Cast Signed 11x14 Loni Anderson Howard Hesseman Tim Reid Jan Smithers | $879.99 | |
| WKRP Cast Signed 11x14 Loni Anderson Howard Hesseman Tim Reid Jan Smithers | $879.99 | |
Latest News about Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman, the D.J. Johnny Fever in ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dies at 81 (01/31/2022): Mr. Hesseman played a fallen radio star who landed in the Midwest on the popular sitcom, which captured the misadventures of a struggling station. WKRP In Cincinnati Star Howard Hesseman Is Dead At 81 (01/30/2022): WKRP in Cincinnati alum Howard Hesseman has passed away at the age of 81. 
