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Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993)〔(Moses Gunn profile ) at ''The New York Times''〕 was an American actor of African descent. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. 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. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for ''The Poison Tree'' and played Othello on Broadway in 1970. ==Biography== Born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Mary and George Gunn, he was the oldest of five children. After his mother died, his family separated. Moses left home and rode the railroad at just 12 years old. He returned to St. Louis and attended school while living at the home of Jewel Richie, his English teacher. He graduated from Tennessee State University after serving in the United States Army, then went to graduate school at Kansas University, gaining a master's degree. He taught briefly at Grambling College before attempting an acting career in NYC. He married Gwendolyn Mumma Landes in 1966, becoming stepfather to her daughter Kirsten Sarah Landes. They had a son, Justin Moses, in 1970 who became a musician and composer in the Copenhagen-based band, ("The Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co." ) An authoritative black character actor of film and TV, Gunn also enjoyed a successful career on stage. He made his New York City stage debut in the original off-Broadway production of Jean Genet's ''The Blacks'' (1962). He performed many Shakespearean roles in Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park, winning an Obie Award for his portrayal of Aaron in ''Titus Andronicus''. He won a second Obie for his work in the NEC produced ''First Breeze of Summer'', which moved to Broadway. His acclaimed performance as Othello at the Stratford, Connecticut Shakespeare Festival moved to Broadway in 1970. Other Broadway plays in which Gunn performed are: ''A Hand is on the Gate'', ''Twelfth Night'', ''I Have a Dream'', and ''The Poison Tree''. He was nominated for a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor for the ''The Poison Tree''. He may be best remembered in film for his portrayal of mobster Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Jonas in the first two ''Shaft'' movies, Booker T. Washington in the 1981 movie ''Ragtime'', a performance which won him an NAACP Image Award, and as Cairon, the Childlike Empress' imperial physician, in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1977 for his role in the TV mini-series ''Roots''. He also co-starred with Avery Brooks on the TV series ''A Man Called Hawk''. Gunn appeared in six episodes as atheist shop owner Carl Dixon on ''Good Times'', as boxer-turned-farmer Joe Kagan on ''Little House on the Prairie'', and as "Moses Gage" in ''Father Murphy''. In 1989, Gunn appeared in two episodes of ''The Cosby Show'' as two different characters. His final acting role was as murder suspect Risley Tucker in "Three Men and Adena", an episode of ''Homicide: Life on the Street''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moses Gunn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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