Underrated

Moses Gunn American born actor grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.   He graduated from Tennessee State University after a stint in the army, then went to graduate school at Kansas University, gaining a masters 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,  From Broadway ( The Poison Tree and playing Orthello) to Television and Film screen. Gunn was a very successful character actor with notable roles in Ragtime, which earned him an NAACP award, Roots, The Women of Brewster Place, Hawk,Cooley High, Kung Fu, Good Times, Tales of The Crypt, Bates Motel, Homicide just to mention a few over his 25 year acting career.  Gunn passed away in 1993 at the tender of 64 from complications of asthma in Guilford, Connecticut on December 16, 1993.

Moses Gunn