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Moses Gunn

Actor

Moses Gunn

Born October 2, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.Died December 16, 199343 films

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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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Heartbreak Ridge poster6.9Heartbreak Ridge1986Firestarter poster6.3Firestarter1984Rollerball poster6.3Rollerball1975Shaft poster6.4Shaft1971Ragtime poster7.0Ragtime1981Amityville II: The Possession poster5.7Amityville II: The Possession1982The Ninth Configuration poster6.4The Ninth Configuration1980The Hot Rock poster6.5The Hot Rock1972

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 1992MemphisTio Wiggins
  2. 1991Perfect HarmonyZeke
  3. 1991Brother FutureIsaac
  4. 1990Murder Times SevenSam Paxton
  5. 1989The Women of Brewster PlaceBen
  6. 1989The Luckiest Man in the WorldVoice
  7. 1988Dixie LanesIsaac
  8. 1987Leonard Part 6Giorgio
  9. 1987Bates MotelHenry Watson
  10. 1986Heartbreak RidgeStaff Sergeant Webster
  11. 1985Certain FuryDr. Freeman
  12. 1985Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in FreedomHannibal
  13. 1984The House of Dies DrearRiver Lewis Darrow
  14. 1984FirestarterDr. Pynchot
  15. 1984The Killing FloorHeavy Williams
  16. 1984The NeverEnding StoryCairon - Empress' Servant
  17. 1982Amityville II: The PossessionTurner
  18. 1981RagtimeBooker T. Washington
  19. 1980The Ninth ConfigurationMaj. Nammack
  20. 1978Remember My NamePike
  21. 1976Law of the LandJacob
  22. 1976The First Breeze of SummerMilton Edwards
  23. 1975Aaron Loves AngelaIke
  24. 1975The Secret of the PondSharbee
  25. 1975RollerballCletus
  26. 1975Carter's ArmyPvt. Doc Hayes
  27. 1975Cornbread, Earl and MeBenjamin Blackwell
  28. 1974Amazing GraceWelton J Waters
  29. 1974Legacy of BloodJoe Mattingly
  30. 1973The Iceman ComethJoe Mott
  31. 1973Moving TargetC.B. Evans
  32. 1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the BandMr. Miller
  33. 1972Haunts of the Very RichSeacrist
  34. 1972Shaft's Big Score!Bumpy Jonas
  35. 1972The Hot RockDr. Amusa
  36. 1972Eagle in a CageGeneral Gourgaud
  37. 1971ShaftBumpy Jonas
  38. 1971Wild RoversBen
  39. 1971The SheriffCliff Wilder
  40. 1970The Great White HopeScipio
  41. 1970WUSAClotho
  42. 1968Of Mice and MenCrooks
  43. 1964Nothing But a ManMill Hand