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