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Moses Gunn

Acting Born Oct 2, 1929 Died Dec 16, 1993 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. 73 credits

Biography

Moses Gunn was an American actor. He was an Obie Award-winning stage player. Gunn co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His Broadway debut was in 1962 in Jean Genet's The Blacks. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for The Poison Tree. Gunn also played Othello on Broadway in 1970.

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Homicide: Life on the Street
Memphis
Perfect HarmonyBrother Future
Murder Times Seven
Tales from the CryptSnoopsThe Women of Brewster PlaceA Man Called HawkThe Women of Brewster Place
Dixie Lanes
Bates MotelLeonard Part 6
AmenHeartbreak Ridge
Certain FuryCharlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
The Cosby ShowThe Cosby ShowHighway to HeavenThe NeverEnding StoryFirestarter
American PlayhouseAmerican PlayhouseAmerican PlayhouseHotelAmityville II: The Possession
Hill Street BluesFather MurphyRagtime
The Ninth ConfigurationThe Contender
Vega$Remember My Name
Roots
Quincy, M.E.Law of the LandThe First Breeze of Summer
The JeffersonsSwitchRollerballCornbread, Earl and MeCarter's Army
Little House on the PrairieGood TimesMovin' OnThe CowboysAmazing Grace
Moving TargetThe Iceman Cometh
MaudeThe Hot RockShaft's Big Score!Haunts of the Very RichEagle in a Cage
Great PerformancesShaftThe SheriffWild Rovers
McCloudWUSAThe Great White Hope
Hawaii Five-OOf Mice and Men
Nothing But a Man

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