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Moses Gunn

Known for acting · Born 2 October 1929 · Died 16 December 1993 · aged 64 · St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

70 credits

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

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Known for

Shaft

1971

Heartbreak Ridge

1986

Ragtime

1981

Rollerball

1975

Father Murphy

1981

The NeverEnding Story

1984

Shaft's Big Score!

1972

Bates Motel

1987

The Hot Rock

1972

Remember My Name

1978

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Firestarter

1984

Acting (70)

1993Homicide: Life on the StreetRisley TuckerSeries
1992MemphisTio WigginsFilm
1991Perfect HarmonyZekeFilm
1991Brother FutureIsaacFilm
1990Murder Times SevenSam PaxtonFilm
1989Tales from the CryptUncle Ezra ThornberrySeries
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceBenFilm
1989A Man Called Hawk · 13 episodesSeries
1989SnoopsChance Dennis Sr.Series
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceBen · 2 episodesSeries
1989The Luckiest Man in the WorldVoiceFilm
1988Dixie LanesIsaacFilm
1987Leonard Part 6GiorgioFilm
1987Bates MotelHenry WatsonFilm
1986Heartbreak RidgeStaff Sergeant WebsterFilm
1986AmenSeries
1985Certain FuryDr. FreemanFilm
1985Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in FreedomHannibalFilm
1984The NeverEnding StoryCairon - Empress' ServantFilm
1984FirestarterDr. PynchotFilm
1984The Cosby ShowDr. Lotus, Joe KendallSeries
1984Highway to HeavenSeries
1984The Killing FloorHeavy WilliamsFilm
1984The House of Dies DrearRiver Lewis DarrowFilm
1982Amityville II: The PossessionTurnerFilm
1982HotelAlbertSeries
1982American PlayhouseMill Hand, Heavy Williams, HannibalSeries
1981RagtimeBooker T. WashingtonFilm
1981Hill Street BluesSeries
1981Father Murphy · 35 episodesSeries
1980The Ninth ConfigurationMaj. NammackFilm
1980The ContenderGeorge Beifus · 5 episodesSeries
1978Remember My NamePikeFilm
1978Vega$DomoSeries
1977RootsKintangoSeries
1976Quincy, M.E.Series
1976Law of the LandJacobFilm
1976The First Breeze of SummerMilton EdwardsFilm
1975RollerballCletusFilm
1975The JeffersonsSeries
1975Cornbread, Earl and MeBenjamin BlackwellFilm
1975Carter's ArmyPvt. Doc HayesFilm
1975SwitchAlexoSeries
1975Aaron Loves AngelaIkeFilm
1975The Secret of the PondSharbeeFilm
1974Little House on the PrairieJoe Kagan · 5 episodesSeries
1974Good Times · 6 episodesSeries
1974Amazing GraceWelton J WatersFilm
1974Movin' OnSeries
1974The CowboysJebediah Nightlinger · 12 episodesSeries
1974Legacy of BloodJoe MattinglyFilm
1973The Iceman ComethJoe MottFilm
1973Moving TargetC.B. EvansFilm
1972Kung FuIsaac MontolaSeries
1972The Hot RockDr. AmusaFilm
1972Shaft's Big Score!Bumpy JonasFilm
1972MaudeSeries
1972Haunts of the Very RichSeacristFilm
1972Eagle in a CageGeneral GourgaudFilm
1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the BandMr. MillerFilm
1971ShaftBumpy JonasFilm
1971Wild RoversBenFilm
1971Great PerformancesMilton EdwardsSeries
1971The SheriffCliff WilderFilm
1970McCloudSeries
1970The Great White HopeScipioFilm
1970WUSAClothoFilm
1969Hawaii Five-OWilly StoneSeries
1968Of Mice and MenCrooksFilm
1964Nothing But a ManMill HandFilm