Moses Gunn
Biography
Moses Gunn was an American actor whose career spanned stage, film, and television. Born in St. Louis, he made his off-Broadway debut in Jean Genet's The Blacks and later appeared with the Negro Ensemble Company. On stage he won an Obie for Aaron in Titus Andronicus and another for First Breeze of Summer; his Othello reached Broadway in 1970, and he earned a 1976 Tony nomination for The Poison Tree. In film he played Bumpy Jonas in Shaft (1971) and Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Clotho in WUSA (1970), Booker T. Washington in Ragtime (1981), which brought him an NAACP Image Award, and Cairon in The NeverEnding Story (1984). Television work included an Emmy nomination for Roots and the role of Joe Kagan on the television series Little House on the Prairie. His final screen appearance was as Risley Tucker in Homicide: Life on the Street.
64years old at death
- Born St. Louis
- Died Guilford
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 23 years1964 to 1987
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First role
Gunn's first stage appearance in New York City came in 1962, in the original off-Broadway run of Jean Genet's The Blacks. He later won an Obie Award for playing Aaron in Titus Andronicus with Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park.
Beyond film
Athol Fugard's "My Children! My Africa!" was taken on tour by Gunn in 1991, with the actor playing Mr. M. Baltimore's Center Stage Theater was among the stops on that run.
Moses Gunn movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Gordon Parks directed two of these films. James Olson appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Olson's page
Anthony Perkins's page
Richard Roundtree's page
Clifton James's page
Joe Don Baker's page
Julius Harris's page
All films by Gordon Parks
Also two films together5 more actors
- William LuckingThe Ninth Configuration (1980) and Wild Rovers (1971)
- Bruce BoaRagtime (1981) and The Ninth Configuration (1980)
- Gloria FosterLeonard Part 6 (1987) and Nothing But a Man (1964)
- Drew Bundini BrownShaft's Big Score! (1972) and Shaft (1971)
- Jack MagnerFirestarter (1984) and Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Moses Gunn's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$154 million
10 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$43M27.7% of the total
- 2$30M19.5% of the total
- 3$20M13.1% of the total
- 4$17M11.1% of the total
- 5$13M8.1% of the total
- 6$12M7.9% of the total
- 7$10M6.5% of the total
- 8$4.6M3.0% of the total
$4.9 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.