Sanders attended Carnegie Institute of Technology's (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) Fine Arts Department as an acting major from 1958 to 1962. There he was a classmate of Rene Auberjonois and Aubrey Wilson, amongst others.
After graduation, Sanders studied Shakespearean theatre in England on a Fullbright Scholarship, and served a stint with the Peace Corps in Brazil.
In addition to being an actor, Sanders is a scriptwriter, having written, amongst other things, several episodes of ''WKRP in Cincinnati''.
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