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Moses Gunn

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Moses Gunn

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 2, 1929 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 17, 1993) was an American actor. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for The Poison Tree and played Othello on Broadway in 1970. Description above from the Wikipedia article Moses Gunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Acting
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetRisley Tucker
1992MemphisTio Wiggins
1991Perfect HarmonyZeke
1991Brother FutureIsaac
1990Murder Times SevenSam Paxton
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceBen
1989The Luckiest Man in the WorldVoice
1989A Man Called Hawk
1989Tales from the CryptUncle Ezra Thornberry
1989SnoopsChance Dennis Sr.
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceBen
1988Dixie LanesIsaac
1987Leonard Part 6Giorgio
1987Bates MotelHenry Watson
1986Heartbreak RidgeStaff Sergeant Webster
1986Amen
1985Certain FuryDr. Freeman
1985Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in FreedomHannibal
1984FirestarterDr. Pynchot
1984The NeverEnding StoryCairon - Empress' Servant
1984The House of Dies DrearRiver Lewis Darrow
1984The Killing FloorHeavy Williams
1984The Cosby ShowDr. Lotus
1984Highway to Heaven
1984The Cosby ShowJoe Kendall
1982Amityville II: The PossessionTurner
1982HotelAlbert
1981RagtimeBooker T. Washington
1981Hill Street Blues
1981Father Murphy
1980The Ninth ConfigurationMaj. Nammack
1980The ContenderGeorge Beifus
1978Remember My NamePike
1978Vega$Domo
1977RootsKintango
1976Law of the LandJacob
1976The First Breeze of SummerMilton Edwards
1976Quincy, M.E.
1975Carter's ArmyPvt. Doc Hayes
1975Cornbread, Earl and MeBenjamin Blackwell
1975Aaron Loves AngelaIke
1975RollerballCletus
1975The Secret of the PondSharbee
1975The Jeffersons
1975SwitchAlexo
1974Amazing GraceWelton J Waters
1974Legacy of BloodJoe Mattingly
1974Movin' On
1974Good Times
1974The CowboysJebediah Nightlinger
1974Little House on the PrairieJoe Kagan
1973The Iceman ComethJoe Mott
1973Moving Target
1972Shaft's Big Score!Bumpy Jonas
1972Haunts of the Very RichSeacrist
1972Eagle in a CageGeneral Gourgaud
1972The Hot RockDr. Amusa
1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the BandMr. Miller
1972Maude
1972Kung FuIsaac Montola
1971ShaftBumpy Jonas
1971Wild RoversBen
1971The SheriffCliff Wilder
1971Great PerformancesMilton Edwards
1970The Great White HopeScipio
1970WUSAClotho
1970McCloud
1968Of Mice and MenCrooks
1968Hawaii Five-OWilly Stone
1964Nothing But a ManMill Hand