Moses Gunn

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

68

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-10-02

Deathday

1993-12-16 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Moses Gunn

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.

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Known For

The NeverEnding Story
7.2%

The NeverEnding Story

Apr 6, 1984

Heartbreak Ridge
6.9%

Heartbreak Ridge

Dec 5, 1986

Tales from the Crypt
8.0%

Tales from the Crypt

Jun 10, 1989

Firestarter
6.3%

Firestarter

May 11, 1984

Rollerball
6.3%

Rollerball

Jun 25, 1975

The Cosby Show
7.0%

The Cosby Show

Sep 20, 1984

The Cosby Show
7.0%

The Cosby Show

Sep 20, 1984

Shaft
6.4%

Shaft

Jun 25, 1971

Roots
7.4%

Roots

Jan 23, 1977

Kung Fu
7.6%

Kung Fu

Oct 14, 1972

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Acting

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1992
Memphis as Tio Wiggins
1991
Perfect Harmony as Zeke
1991
Brother Future as Isaac
1990
Murder Times Seven as Sam Paxton
1989
Snoops as Chance Dennis Sr.
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Uncle Ezra Thornberry
1989
The Women of Brewster Place as Ben
1989
The Luckiest Man in the World as Voice
1989
A Man Called Hawk
1988
Dixie Lanes as Isaac
1987
Leonard Part 6 as Giorgio
1987
Bates Motel as Henry Watson
1986
Heartbreak Ridge as Staff Sergeant Webster
1986
Amen
1985
Certain Fury as Dr. Freeman
1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom as Hannibal
1984
The Cosby Show as Dr. Lotus
1984
The Cosby Show as Joe Kendall
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
The House of Dies Drear as River Lewis Darrow
1984
Firestarter as Dr. Pynchot
1984
The Killing Floor as Heavy Williams
1984
The NeverEnding Story as Cairon - Empress' Servant
1982
Amityville II: The Possession as Turner
1982
Hotel as Albert
1981
Ragtime as Booker T. Washington
1981
Father Murphy
1981
Hill Street Blues
1980
The Contender as George Beifus
1980
The Ninth Configuration as Maj. Nammack
1978
Vega$ as Domo
1978
Remember My Name as Pike
1977
Roots as Kintango
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Law of the Land as Jacob
1976
The First Breeze of Summer as Milton Edwards
1975
Aaron Loves Angela as Ike
1975
Switch as Alexo
1975
Rollerball as Cletus
1975
Carter's Army as Pvt. Doc Hayes
1975
Cornbread, Earl and Me as Benjamin Blackwell
1975
The Jeffersons
1974
Movin' On
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Amazing Grace as Welton J Waters
1974
Legacy of Blood as Joe Mattingly
1974
Good Times
1974
The Cowboys as Jebediah Nightlinger
1973
The Iceman Cometh as Joe Mott
1973
Moving Target
1972
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band as Mr. Miller
1972
Kung Fu
1972
Haunts of the Very Rich as Seacrist
1972
Maude
1972
Shaft's Big Score! as Bumpy Jonas
1972
The Hot Rock as Dr. Amusa
1972
Eagle in a Cage as General Gourgaud
1971
Shaft as Bumpy Jonas
1971
Wild Rovers as Ben
1971
The Sheriff as Cliff Wilder
1971
Great Performances as Milton Edwards
1970
The Great White Hope as Scipio
1970
WUSA as Clotho
1970
McCloud
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Willy Stone
1968
Of Mice and Men as Crooks
1964
Nothing But a Man as Mill Hand
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