Moses Gunn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-10-02 (64 years old)

Deathday

1993-12-16

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

Acting

1971

Shaft

as Bumpy Jonas

1972

Shaft's Big Score!

as Bumpy Jonas

1986

Heartbreak Ridge

as Staff Sergeant Webster

1984

Firestarter

as Dr. Pynchot

1975

Carter's Army

as Pvt. Doc Hayes

1987

Leonard Part 6

as Giorgio

1981

Ragtime

as Booker T. Washington

1984

The NeverEnding Story

as Cairon - Empress' Servant

1973

1975

Cornbread, Earl and Me

as Benjamin Blackwell

1980

1968

1974

Amazing Grace

as Welton J Waters

1964

Nothing But a Man

as Mill Hand

1978

1987

Bates Motel

as Henry Watson

1985

Certain Fury

as Dr. Freeman

1991

1972

Eagle in a Cage

as General Gourgaud

1991

1975

Rollerball

as Cletus

1974

Legacy of Blood

as Joe Mattingly

1992

Memphis

as Tio Wiggins

1972

The Hot Rock

as Dr. Amusa

1988

Dixie Lanes

as Isaac

1984

The House of Dies Drear

as River Lewis Darrow

1976

1971

1984

The Killing Floor

as Heavy Williams

1971

The Sheriff

as Cliff Wilder

1976

1970

WUSA

as Clotho

1990

Murder Times Seven

as Sam Paxton

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