Cast & creator
Moses Gunn
Best known for Great Performances, Hawaii Five-O, American Playhouse
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
43
film credits
30
television credits
73
1964–1993 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
Showing 73 of 73 credits
Great Performances
Milton Edwards
1971
Hawaii Five-O
Willy Stone
1969
American Playhouse
Mill Hand
1982American Playhouse
Heavy Williams
1982American Playhouse
Hannibal
1982
Little House on the Prairie
Joe Kagan
1974
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Cosby Show
Dr. Lotus
1984The Cosby Show
Joe Kendall
1984
Homicide: Life on the Street
Risley Tucker
1993
Hotel
Albert
1982
Highway to Heaven
1984
Tales from the Crypt
Uncle Ezra Thornberry
1989
McCloud
1970
The Jeffersons
1975
Switch
Alexo
1975
Vega$
Domo
1978
Good Times
1974
Maude
1972
Amen
1986
Roots
Kintango
1977
The NeverEnding Story
Cairon - Empress' Servant
1984
Movin' On
1974
Snoops
Chance Dennis Sr.
1989
Father Murphy
1981
Heartbreak Ridge
Staff Sergeant Webster
1986
Amityville II: The Possession
Turner
1982
A Man Called Hawk
1989
The Hot Rock
Dr. Amusa
1972
The Women of Brewster Place
Ben
1989
Shaft
Bumpy Jonas
1971
Rollerball
Cletus
1975
Bates Motel
Henry Watson
1987The Cowboys
Jebediah Nightlinger
1974
The Ninth Configuration
Maj. Nammack
1980
Firestarter
Dr. Pynchot
1984
Ragtime
Booker T. Washington
1981
Shaft's Big Score!
Bumpy Jonas
1972
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Hannibal
1985
The Contender
George Beifus
1980
Nothing But a Man
Mill Hand
1964
The Iceman Cometh
Joe Mott
1973
Carter's Army
Pvt. Doc Hayes
1975
Wild Rovers
Ben
1971
Remember My Name
Pike
1978
The Great White Hope
Scipio
1970
Haunts of the Very Rich
Seacrist
1972
WUSA
Clotho
1970
The Women of Brewster Place
Ben
1989
Kung Fu
Isaac Montola
1972
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Benjamin Blackwell
1975
The Killing Floor
Heavy Williams
1984
The House of Dies Drear
River Lewis Darrow
1984
Leonard Part 6
Giorgio
1987
Of Mice and Men
Crooks
1968
Certain Fury
Dr. Freeman
1985
The Sheriff
Cliff Wilder
1971
Law of the Land
Jacob
1976
Eagle in a Cage
General Gourgaud
1972
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Mr. Miller
1972
The Secret of the Pond
Sharbee
1975
Murder Times Seven
Sam Paxton
1990
Perfect Harmony
Zeke
1991
Moving Target
C.B. Evans
1973
The Luckiest Man in the World
Voice
1989
Amazing Grace
Welton J Waters
1974
The First Breeze of Summer
Milton Edwards
1976
Dixie Lanes
Isaac
1988
Memphis
Tio Wiggins
1992
Aaron Loves Angela
Ike
1975
Brother Future
Isaac
1991
Legacy of Blood
Joe Mattingly
1974