Moses Gunn

Actor Oct 2 (died age 64) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. 1964–1993 (29 year career)

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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

Film

The NeverEnding Story

Cairon - Empress' Servant

Film

Heartbreak Ridge

Staff Sergeant Webster

Film

Firestarter

Dr. Pynchot

Film

Rollerball

Cletus

Film

Shaft

Bumpy Jonas

Film

Ragtime

Booker T. Washington

Film

Amityville II: The Possession

Turner

Film

The Ninth Configuration

Maj. Nammack

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (44)

Memphis

1992

as Tio Wiggins

Perfect Harmony

as Zeke

Brother Future

as Isaac

Murder Times Seven

as Sam Paxton

The Luckiest Man in the World

1989

as Voice

The Women of Brewster Place

as Ben

Dixie Lanes

as Isaac

Bates Motel

as Henry Watson

Leonard Part 6

as Giorgio

Heartbreak Ridge

as Staff Sergeant Webster

6.9

Certain Fury

1985

as Dr. Freeman

5.1

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

1985

as Hannibal

The NeverEnding Story

1984

as Cairon - Empress' Servant

7.2

Firestarter

1984

as Dr. Pynchot

6.3

The House of Dies Drear

1984

as River Lewis Darrow

The Killing Floor

1984

as Heavy Williams

7.3

The Neverending Story (German extended edit)

1984

as Cairon

Amityville II: The Possession

1982

as Turner

5.8

Ragtime

1981

as Booker T. Washington

7.0

The Ninth Configuration

as Maj. Nammack

Remember My Name

as Pike

The First Breeze of Summer

1976

as Milton Edwards

Law of the Land

as Jacob

Rollerball

as Cletus

The Secret of the Pond

1975

as Sharbee

Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975

as Benjamin Blackwell

Aaron Loves Angela

as Ike

Carter's Army

as Pvt. Doc Hayes

Amazing Grace

as Welton J Waters

Legacy of Blood

as Joe Mattingly

Moving Target

The Iceman Cometh

as Joe Mott

The Hot Rock

as Dr. Amusa

Haunts of the Very Rich

as Seacrist

Shaft's Big Score!

as Bumpy Jonas

Eagle in a Cage

as General Gourgaud

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

as Mr. Miller

Shaft

as Bumpy Jonas

Wild Rovers

as Ben

The Sheriff

as Cliff Wilder

The Great White Hope

as Scipio

WUSA

as Clotho

Of Mice and Men

as Crooks

Nothing But a Man

as Mill Hand

Television (26)

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Risley Tucker

8.1

Tales from the Crypt

1989

as Uncle Ezra Thornberry

Snoops

as Chance Dennis Sr.

A Man Called Hawk

The Women of Brewster Place

as Ben

Amen

The Cosby Show

as Dr. Lotus

Highway to Heaven

Hotel

as Albert

Hill Street Blues

Father Murphy

The Contender

as George Beifus

Vega$

as Domo

Roots

as Kintango

Quincy, M.E.

The Jeffersons

Switch

as Alexo

Little House on the Prairie

as Joe Kagan

Good Times

Movin' On

The Cowboys

as Jebediah Nightlinger

Maude

Kung Fu

as Isaac Montola

Great Performances

as Milton Edwards

McCloud

Hawaii Five-O

as Willy Stone