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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 2, 1929
Died
December 16, 1993
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Moses Gunn
0.5 Popularity
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
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
0.0
Tio Wiggins
Memphis
1992
6.1
Zeke
Perfect Harmony
1991
6.8
Isaac
Brother Future
1991
0.0
Sam Paxton
Murder Times Seven
1990
5.0
Chance Dennis Sr.
Snoops
1989
8.0
Uncle Ezra Thornberry
Tales from the Crypt
1989
5.0
Ben
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
6.6
Ben
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
0.0
Voice
The Luckiest Man in the World
1989
Credits
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
Memphis
as Tio Wiggins
1992
0.0
Perfect Harmony
as Zeke
1991
6.1
Brother Future
as Isaac
1991
6.8
Murder Times Seven
as Sam Paxton
1990
0.0
Snoops
as Chance Dennis Sr.
1989
5.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Uncle Ezra Thornberry
1989
8.0
The Women of Brewster Place
as Ben
1989
5.0
The Women of Brewster Place
as Ben
1989
6.6
The Luckiest Man in the World
as Voice
1989
0.0
A Man Called Hawk
1989
6.6
Dixie Lanes
as Isaac
1988
3.0
Leonard Part 6
as Giorgio
1987
2.7
Bates Motel
as Henry Watson
1987
4.5
Heartbreak Ridge
as Staff Sergeant Webster
1986
6.9
Amen
1986
6.5
Certain Fury
as Dr. Freeman
1985
4.9
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Hannibal
1985
0.0
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Lotus
1984
7.0
The Cosby Show
as Joe Kendall
1984
7.0
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
The House of Dies Drear
as River Lewis Darrow
1984
0.0
Firestarter
as Dr. Pynchot
1984
6.3
The Killing Floor
as Heavy Williams
1984
7.3
The NeverEnding Story
as Cairon - Empress' Servant
1984
7.2
Amityville II: The Possession
as Turner
1982
5.7
Hotel
as Albert
1982
6.8
Ragtime
as Booker T. Washington
1981
7.0
Father Murphy
1981
8.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
The Contender
as George Beifus
1980
0.0
The Ninth Configuration
as Maj. Nammack
1980
6.4
Vega$
as Domo
1978
7.0
Remember My Name
as Pike
1978
6.0
Roots
as Kintango
1977
7.4
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Law of the Land
as Jacob
1976
3.0
The First Breeze of Summer
as Milton Edwards
1976
0.0
Aaron Loves Angela
as Ike
1975
4.3
The Secret of the Pond
as Sharbee
1975
0.0
Switch
as Alexo
1975
6.7
Rollerball
as Cletus
1975
6.3
Carter's Army
as Pvt. Doc Hayes
1975
4.0
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Benjamin Blackwell
1975
6.7
The Jeffersons
1975
7.3
Movin' On
1974
6.4
Little House on the Prairie
as Joe Kagan
1974
7.9
Amazing Grace
as Welton J Waters
1974
6.6
Legacy of Blood
as Joe Mattingly
1974
0.0
Good Times
1974
8.0
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The Cowboys
as Jebediah Nightlinger
1974
5.0
The Iceman Cometh
as Joe Mott
1973
5.9
Moving Target
1973
0.0
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
as Mr. Miller
1972
1.0
Kung Fu
as Isaac Montola
1972
7.7
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Seacrist
1972
5.3
Maude
1972
6.7
Shaft's Big Score!
as Bumpy Jonas
1972
6.0
The Hot Rock
as Dr. Amusa
1972
6.5
Eagle in a Cage
as General Gourgaud
1972
5.0
Shaft
as Bumpy Jonas
1971
6.4
Wild Rovers
as Ben
1971
6.2
The Sheriff
as Cliff Wilder
1971
5.3
Great Performances
as Milton Edwards
1971
5.8
The Great White Hope
as Scipio
1970
6.2
WUSA
as Clotho
1970
5.4
McCloud
1970
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Willy Stone
1968
7.1
Of Mice and Men
as Crooks
1968
9.0
Nothing But a Man
as Mill Hand
1964
7.4