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Moses Gunn was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and his Broadway debut was in A Hand is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for The Poison Tree and played Othello on Broadway in 1970.
Born
Wednesday, 02 October 1929
Died
Thursday, 16 December 1993
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Risley Tucker | 1993 |
| Memphis | Tio Wiggins | 1992 |
| Brother Future | Isaac | 1991 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Bishop Cecil Dobbs | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Robert Marshal James | 1990 |
| Snoops | Chance Dennis Sr. | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Uncle Ezra Thornberry | 1989 |
| The Women of Brewster Place | Ben | 1989 |
| A Man Called Hawk | Old Man | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Risley Tucker | 1993 |
| Memphis | Tio Wiggins | 1992 |
| Brother Future | Isaac | 1991 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Bishop Cecil Dobbs | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Robert Marshal James | 1990 |
| Snoops | Chance Dennis Sr. | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Uncle Ezra Thornberry | 1989 |
| The Women of Brewster Place | Ben | 1989 |
| A Man Called Hawk | Old Man | 1989 |
| Dixie Lanes | Isaac | 1988 |
| Leonard Part 6 | Giorgio Francozzi / Giorgio | 1987 |
| Bates Motel | Henry Watson | 1987 |
| Heartbreak Ridge | Staff Sgt. Webster / Staff Sergeant Webster | 1986 |
| Amen | Benjamin Tillman | 1986 |
| Certain Fury | Dr. Lewis Freeman / Dr. Freeman | 1985 |
| The Cosby Show | Dr. Lotus / Joe Kendall | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Ted Tilley | 1984 |
| The House of Dies Drear | River Lewis Darrow | 1984 |
| Firestarter | Dr. Pynchot | 1984 |
| The Killing Floor | Heavy Williams | 1984 |
| The NeverEnding Story | Cairon / Cairon - Empress' Servant | 1984 |
| Amityville II: The Possession | Turner | 1982 |
| Hotel | Albert | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Hannibal / Heavy Williams | 1982 |
| Ragtime | Booker T. Washington | 1981 |
| Father Murphy | Moses Gage | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Marvin Sloan | 1981 |
| The Contender | George Beifus | 1980 |
| The Ninth Configuration | Maj. Nammack | 1980 |
| Salvage 1 | Yaffert Boratu | 1979 |
| Vega$ | Domo | 1978 |
| Remember My Name | Pike | 1978 |
| Roots | Kintango | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Ben McDade | 1976 |
| Aaron Loves Angela | Ike | 1975 |
| Rollerball | Cletus | 1975 |
| Cornbread, Earl and Me | Benjamin Blackwell | 1975 |
| Switch | Alexo | 1975 |
| The Jeffersons | Monk Davis | 1975 |
| Amazing Grace | Welton J Waters / Welton J. Waters | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Otis Andrews | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Joe Kagan | 1974 |
| Good Times | Carl Dixon | 1974 |
| The Cowboys | Jebediah Nightlinger | 1974 |
| The Iceman Cometh | Joe Mott | 1973 |
| Assignment: Vienna | Vasamumbo | 1972 |
| Haunts of the Very Rich | Seacrist | 1972 |
| Maude | Rev. James Buick | 1972 |
| Shaft's Big Score! | Bumpy Jonas | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Isaac Montola | 1972 |
| The Hot Rock | Dr. Amusa | 1972 |
| Eagle in a Cage | General Gourgaud | 1972 |
| Shaft | Bumpy Jonas | 1971 |
| Wild Rovers | Ben | 1971 |
| WUSA | Clotho | 1971 |
| The Great White Hope | Scipio | 1970 |
| McCloud | Morgan | 1970 |
| Carter's Army | Pvt. Doc Hayes | 1970 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Willy Stone | 1968 |
| N.Y.P.D. | 1967 | |
| The F.B.I. | John Shepard | 1965 |
| Nothing But a Man | Mill Hand | 1964 |
| East Side/West Side | Labor Committee Member | 1963 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Sharbee | 1954 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series | Nominated |
