Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-10-02
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
Known For
The NeverEnding Story
as Cairon - Empress' Servant
Heartbreak Ridge
as Staff Sergeant Webster
Little House on the Prairie
Tales from the Crypt
as Uncle Ezra Thornberry
Firestarter
as Dr. Pynchot
Rollerball
as Cletus
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Lotus
The Cosby Show
as Joe Kendall
Shaft
as Bumpy Jonas
Amityville II: The Possession
as Turner