Moses Gunn

Personal Info

Birthday

October 2, 1929

Day of Death

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Moses Gunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

The Cosby Show

Great Performances

Hawaii Five-O

Tales from the Crypt

Hotel

Switch

Vega$

Roots

Filmography

1992
Memphis
as Tio Wiggins
1991
Perfect Harmony
as Zeke
Brother Future
as Isaac
1990
Murder Times Seven
as Sam Paxton
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Ben
The Luckiest Man in the World
as Voice
1988
Dixie Lanes
as Isaac
1987
Leonard Part 6
as Giorgio
Bates Motel
as Henry Watson
1986
Heartbreak Ridge
as Staff Sergeant Webster
1985
Certain Fury
as Dr. Freeman
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Hannibal
1984
The House of Dies Drear
as River Lewis Darrow
Firestarter
as Dr. Pynchot
The Killing Floor
as Heavy Williams
The NeverEnding Story
as Cairon - Empress' Servant
1982
Amityville II: The Possession
as Turner
1981
Ragtime
as Booker T. Washington
1980
The Ninth Configuration
as Maj. Nammack
1978
Remember My Name
as Pike
1976
Law of the Land
as Jacob
The First Breeze of Summer
as Milton Edwards
1975
Aaron Loves Angela
as Ike
The Secret of the Pond
as Sharbee
Rollerball
as Cletus
Carter's Army
as Pvt. Doc Hayes
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Benjamin Blackwell
1974
Amazing Grace
as Welton J Waters
Legacy of Blood
as Joe Mattingly
1973
The Iceman Cometh
as Joe Mott
1972
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
as Mr. Miller
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Seacrist
Shaft's Big Score!
as Bumpy Jonas
The Hot Rock
as Dr. Amusa
Eagle in a Cage
as General Gourgaud
1971
Shaft
as Bumpy Jonas
Wild Rovers
as Ben
The Sheriff
as Cliff Wilder
1970
The Great White Hope
as Scipio
WUSA
as Clotho
1968
Of Mice and Men
as Crooks
1964
Nothing But a Man
as Mill Hand