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Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) [1] was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award -winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company. [2] . His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet 's The Blacks, [2] and his Broadway debut was in A Hand is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry.
Moses Gunn was born on 2 October 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Shaft (1971), Rollerball (1975) and Heartbreak Ridge (1986). He was married to Gwendolyn Mumma Landes.
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...
Moses Gunn. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. October 2, 1929 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Died. December 16, 1993 · Guilford, Connecticut, USA (complications from asthma) Mini Bio. Moses Gunn was born on October 2, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Shaft (1971), Rollerball (1975) and Heartbreak Ridge (1986).
Feb 16, 2020 · Moses Gunn was best known for his portrayal of mobster Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Jones in Gordon Park’s Shaft (1971). He reprised the role in Shaft’s Big Score (1972). In 1977, Gunn was nominated for an Emmy Award for his television role as Chieftain Kintango in Roots, the TV miniseries.
MOSES GUNN, 64, actor; from complications of asthma; in Guilford, Connecticut. Cofounder of the Negro Ensemble Company, Gunn, the oldest of seven children of a St. Louis, Missouri, laborer,...
Moses Gunn 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.
