Acting credits
69
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Moses Gunn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Movies: 43Series: 26
TMDB ID: 6561
IMDb ID: nm0348214
Known for: Acting
Born: October 2, 1929
Died: December 16, 1993
Age: 64
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 1993
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q766783
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Moses Gunn.
as Tio Wiggins
Memphis
1992 • Movie
as Zeke
Perfect Harmony
1991 • Movie
as Isaac
Brother Future
1991 • Movie
as Sam Paxton
Murder Times Seven
1990 • Movie
as Ben
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 • Movie
as Voice
The Luckiest Man in the World
1989 • Movie
as Isaac
Dixie Lanes
1988 • Movie
as Giorgio
Leonard Part 6
1987 • Movie
as Henry Watson
Bates Motel
1987 • Movie
as Staff Sergeant Webster
Heartbreak Ridge
1986 • Movie
as Dr. Freeman
Certain Fury
1985 • Movie
as Hannibal
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985 • Movie
as River Lewis Darrow
The House of Dies Drear
1984 • Movie
as Dr. Pynchot
Firestarter
1984 • Movie
as Heavy Williams
The Killing Floor
1984 • Movie
as Cairon - Empress' Servant
The NeverEnding Story
1984 • Movie
as Turner
Amityville II: The Possession
1982 • Movie
as Booker T. Washington
Ragtime
1981 • Movie
as Maj. Nammack
The Ninth Configuration
1980 • Movie
as Pike
Remember My Name
1978 • Movie
as Jacob
Law of the Land
1976 • Movie
as Milton Edwards
The First Breeze of Summer
1976 • Movie
as Ike
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 • Movie
as Sharbee
The Secret of the Pond
1975 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Moses Gunn.
as Risley Tucker • 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 • Series
as Chance Dennis Sr. • 1 eps
Snoops
1989 • Series
as Uncle Ezra Thornberry • 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
1989 • Series
as Ben • 2 eps
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 • Series
13 eps
A Man Called Hawk
1989 • Series
1 eps
Amen
1986 • Series
as Dr. Lotus • 1 eps
The Cosby Show
1984 • Series
1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1984 • Series
as Albert • 1 eps
Hotel
1982 • Series
as Mill Hand • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
35 eps
Father Murphy
1981 • Series
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1981 • Series
as George Beifus • 5 eps
The Contender
1980 • Series
as Domo • 1 eps
Vega$
1978 • Series
as Kintango • 1 eps
Roots
1977 • Series
1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1976 • Series
as Alexo • 1 eps
Switch
1975 • Series
1 eps
The Jeffersons
1975 • Series
1 eps
Movin' On
1974 • Series
as Joe Kagan • 5 eps
Little House on the Prairie
1974 • Series
6 eps
Good Times
1974 • Series
as Isaac Montola • 1 eps
Kung Fu
1972 • Series
1 eps
Maude
1972 • Series
as Milton Edwards • 1 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series