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Dec 20, 1993 · Moses Gunn, an actor whose career of more than three decades included roles ranging from Othello to Booker T. Washington, died on Friday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 64. The cause was...
Feb 16, 2020 · American actor of stage and screen. He is perhaps best known known for films such as Shaft (1971), Ragtime (1981), and Heartbreak Ridge, (1986). He won his first Obie Award for his portrayal as Aaron in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in The Poison Tree (1976).
Nov. 3, 2005. DIED. MOSES GUNN, 64, actor; from complications of asthma; in Guilford, Connecticut.
Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award -winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company. His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet 's The Blacks, and his Broadway debut was in A Hand is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry.
Dec 16, 2013 · 1. Bumpy Jonas in “Shaft” In the first two Shaft movies, Gunn portrayed gang leader Ellsworth “Bumpy” Jonas. Based on real-life mob boss Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, Jonas was the thorn in the side...
Moses Gunn was a leading actor of his generation who played a wide variety of roles on the stage, in films, and on television in a career that spanned more than 30 years. Gunn was perhaps best known as a Shakespearean actor, taking part in many productions of the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Moses Gunn, Stage, and Screen Actor born. On this date in 1929, Moses Gunn, a Black actor, was born. He was the eldest of seven children from a St. Louis family that splintered when his mother died. He left home and rode the railroad at just 12 years old.
