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Moses Gunn
Highest Rated: 92% The Killing Floor (1984)
Lowest Rated: 7% Leonard Part 6 (1987)
Birthday: Oct 2, 1929
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Authoritative black character actor of film and TV also enjoyed a successful career on stage. Gunn made his NY stage debut in the original off-Broadway production of Jean Genet's "The Blacks" (1962). A co-founder of the celebrated Negro Ensemble Company, he distinguished himself in many of their productions, notably "The First Breeze of Summer" (1975). Gunn was also known for his Shakespearean performances with the Yale Repertory Theatre and the New York Shakespeare Festival.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
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| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Memphis | Tio Wiggins (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet |
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Brother Future | Isaac (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder Times Seven | Sam Paxton (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
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The Women of Brewster Place | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Luckiest Man in the World | Voice (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet |
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Bates Motel | Henry Watson (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 7% |
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Leonard Part 6 | Giorgio Francozzi (Character) | $4.2M | 1987 |
| 68% |
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Heartbreak Ridge | Staff Sergeant Webster (Character) | $41.0M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flag | Unknown (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet |
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Certain Fury | Dr. Freeman (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlotte Forten's Mission | Hannibal (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 92% |
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The Killing Floor | Heavy Williams (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 40% |
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Firestarter | Doctor Pynchot (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 83% |
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The Neverending Story | Cairon (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 24% |
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Amityville II: The Possession | Detective Turner (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 84% |
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Ragtime | Booker T. Washington (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Murphy | Moses Gage (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 81% |
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The Ninth Configuration | Maj. Nammack (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Contender | George Beifus (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 70% |
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Remember My Name | Pike (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law of the Land | Jacob (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet |
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Aaron Loves Angela | Ike (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet |
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Cornbread, Earl and Me | Benjamin Blackwell (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 67% |
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Rollerball | Cletus (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret of the Pond | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet |
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Amazing Grace | Welton J. Waters (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legacy of Blood | Joe Mattingly (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 91% |
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The Iceman Cometh | Joe Mott (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moving Target | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 58% |
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Shaft's Big Score! | Bumpy Jonas (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 78% |
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The Hot Rock | Dr. Amusa (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet |
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Haunts of the Very Rich | Seacrist (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 60% |
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Wild Rovers | Ben (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eagle in a Cage | General Gourgaud (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 88% |
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Shaft | Bumpy Jonas (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 43% |
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The Great White Hope | Scipio (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet |
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WUSA | Clotho (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sheriff | Cliff Wilder (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet |
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Black Brigade | Pvt. Doc Hayes (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Of Mice and Men | Crooks (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cowboys | Unknown (Character) | 2024 |
| 91% | 90% | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| 82% | 92% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | The Cosby Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Hawk | Old Man (Character) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Women of Brewster Place | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
| 97% | 82% | Hill Street Blues | Marvin Sloan (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Highway to Heaven | Ted Tilley (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Murphy | Moses Gage (Character) | 1981-1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Joe Kagan (Guest Star) | 1977-1979 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maude | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Times | Carl Dixon (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| 76% | 68% | Roots | Kintango (Character) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Monk Davis (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Morgan (Guest Star) | 1972 |