Moses Gunn
Acting

Moses Gunn

Born 2 October 1929 · St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. · Died 16 December 1993

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.

Known for

The NeverEnding Story
Heartbreak Ridge
Little House on the Prairie
Tales from the Crypt
Firestarter
Rollerball
The Cosby Show
Shaft
Amityville II: The Possession
Ragtime
The Ninth Configuration
The Hot Rock
Memphis
Perfect Harmony
Brother Future
Murder Times Seven
The Women of Brewster Place
The Luckiest Man in the World
Dixie Lanes
Leonard Part 6
Bates Motel
Heartbreak Ridge
Certain Fury
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Firestarter
The NeverEnding Story
The House of Dies Drear
The Killing Floor
Amityville II: The Possession
Ragtime
The Ninth Configuration
Remember My Name
Law of the Land
The First Breeze of Summer
Carter's Army
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Aaron Loves Angela
Rollerball
The Secret of the Pond
Amazing Grace
Legacy of Blood
The Iceman Cometh
Moving Target
Shaft's Big Score!
Haunts of the Very Rich
Eagle in a Cage
The Hot Rock
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Shaft
Wild Rovers
The Sheriff
The Great White Hope
WUSA
Of Mice and Men
Nothing But a Man
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