Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for Shaft (1971), Rollerball (1975), Roots (1977), and Heartbreak Ridge (1986).
He was married to Gwendolyn Mumma Lundes and they had two children.
Gunn died in 1993 at the age of 64 from complications due to asthma.
Filmography
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Film roles
- 1964: Nothing But a Man as Mill Hand
- 1968: Of Mice and Men as Crooks
- 1970: Carters Army as Pvt. Doc Hayes
- 1970: WUSA as Clotho
- 1970: The Great White Hope as Scipio
- 1971: The Sheriff as Cliff Wilder
- 1971: Wild Rovers as Ben
- 1971: Shaft as Bumpy Jones
- 1972: Shafts Big Score as Bumpy Jones
- 1971: Day Of Absence as Pious
- 1972: Eagle In A Cage as Gen. Gourgaud
- 1972: The Hot Rock as Dr. Amusa
- 1972: Haunts Of The Very Rich as Seacrist
- 1972: If You Give A Dance Y Ou Gotta Pay The Band as Mr. Miller
- 1973: The Iceman Cometh as Joe Mott
- 1974: Amazing Grace as Welton J. Waters
- 1974: John Mercer Langston as John Mercer Langston
- 1975: Cornbread Earl And Me as Benjamin Blackwell
- 1975: Rollerball as Cletus
- 1975: Aaron Loves Angela as Ike
- 1976: Law Of The Land as Jacob
- 1978: Remember My Name as Pike
- 1980: The Ninth Configuration as Maj. Nammack
- 1981: Ragtime as Booker T. Washington
- 1982: Amityville II: The Possession as Turner
- 1984: The Never Ending Story as Cairon
- 1984: Firestarter as Dr. Pynchot
- 1984: The House Of Dies Drear as River Lewis Darrow
- 1985: Certain Fury as Dr. Lewis Freeman
- 1986: Heartbreak Ridge as Staff Sgt. Webster
- 1987: Bates Motel as Henry Watson
- 1987: Leonard Part 6 as Giorgio Francozzi
- 1988: Dixie Lanes as Isaac
- 1989: The Luckiest Man In The World as Voice
- 1990: Murder Times Seven as Sam Paxton
- 1991: Brother Future as Isaac
- 1991: Perfect Harmony as Zeke
- 1992: Memphis as Tio Wiggins
- 1993: No Room For Opal as Williard
Television roles
- 1964: East Side West Side as Labor Committee Member
- 1968: NYPD as The Burglar
- 1969: The F.B.I. as John Shepard
- 1971: Hawaii Five-O as Willy Stone
- 1972: McCloud as Morgan
- 1973: Assingment Vienna as Vasamumbo
- 1973: Kung Fu as Isaac Montola
- 1973–74: The Wide World Of Mystery as Joe Mattingly (2 episodes)
- 1974: The Cowboys as Jebediah Nightlinger
- 1975: The Jeffersons as Monk Davis
- 1975: The Magical World Of Disney as Sharbee
- 1975: Movin' On as Otis Andrews
- 1976: Great Performances as Milton Edwards
- 1977: Roots as Kintango
- 1977: Good Times as Carl Dixon
- 1977: Switch as Alexo
- 1977: Quincy, M.E. as Ben McDade
- 1977–81: Little House on the Prairie as Joe Kagan (5 episodes)
- 1978: Maude as Rev. James Buick
- 1978: Vegas as Domo
- 1979: Salvage 1 as Yaffert Boratu
- 1980: The Contender as George Beifus
- 1981–83: Father Murphy as Mose Gage
- 1984–85: American Playhouse as Hannibal/Heavy Williams (2 episodes)
- 1985: Highway to Heaven as Ted Tilley
- 1986: Hotel as Albert
- 1987: Hill Street Blues as Marvin Sloan
- 1989: The Women Of Brewster Place as Ben
- 1989: A Man Called Hawk as Old Man
- 1989: Amen as Benjamin Tillman
- 1989: The Cosby Show as Joe Kendall/Dr. Lotus (2 episodes)
- 1990: Snoops as Chance Dennis Sr.
- 1990: Equal Justice as Robert Marshal James
- 1990: Tales from the Crypt as Uncle Ezra Thornberry
- 1990: Gabriels Fire as Bishop Cecil Dobbs
- 1993: Homicide: Life on the Street as Risley Tucker
