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Moses Gunn

Acting

Born October 2, 1929 · St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Died December 16, 1993

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

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1976 · nominated

Filmography40 titles

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as Risley Tucker

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Uncle Ezra Thornberry

The Killing Floor

1984as Heavy Williams

The House of Dies Drear

1984as River Lewis Darrow

Good Times

1974

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Joe Kagan

Kung Fu

1972as Isaac Montola

Hill Street Blues

1981

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Highway to Heaven

1984

Roots

1977as Kintango

Nothing But a Man

1964as Mill Hand

The Jeffersons

1975

Brother Future

1991as Isaac

The NeverEnding Story

1984as Cairon - Empress' Servant

McCloud

1970

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Willy Stone

The Cosby Show

1984as Joe Kendall

Ragtime

1981as Booker T. Washington

Heartbreak Ridge

1986as Staff Sergeant Webster

Maude

1972

The Women of Brewster Place

1989as Ben

Amazing Grace

1974as Welton J Waters

The Hot Rock

1972as Dr. Amusa

Movin' On

The Ninth Configuration

1980as Maj. Nammack

Shaft

1971as Bumpy Jonas

Firestarter

1984as Dr. Pynchot

Rollerball

1975as Cletus

Shaft's Big Score!

1972as Bumpy Jonas

Wild Rovers

1971as Ben

Great Performances

1971as Milton Edwards

The Iceman Cometh

1973as Joe Mott

Eagle in a Cage

1972as General Gourgaud

Amityville II: The Possession

1982as Turner

Aaron Loves Angela

1975as Ike

WUSA

1970as Clotho

Certain Fury

1985as Dr. Freeman

Carter's Army

1975as Pvt. Doc Hayes

Leonard Part 6

1987as Giorgio