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Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16 1993) was an African American actor.

A formidable Obie-winning stage player, he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. His 1962 Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks. He was nominated for a 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for The Poison Tree.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Gunn is best-remembered for his portrayal of mobster Bumpy Jonas in the first two Shaft
movies, and for his brief role of Booker T. Washington in the 1981 movie Ragtime, a performance which won him an NAACP Image award. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1977 for his role in the TV mini-series Roots. He also costarred with Avery Brooks on the TV series A Man Called Hawk. Gunn also appeared in a multi-episode story arc as atheist shop owner Carl Dixon on the sitcom Good Times.

He died from the complications of asthma in Guilford, Connecticut in 1993.

Partial filmography

1964 Nothing But a Man (film debut)
1971 Shaft as Bumpy Jonas
1972 Shaft's Big Score! as Bumpy Jonas
1972 The Hot Rock as Dr. Amusa
1975 Rollerball as Cletus
1980 The Ninth Configuration as Major Nammack
1981 Ragtime as Booker T. Washington
1982 Amityville II: The Possesion as Detective Turner
1984 The NeverEnding Story
as Cairon
1986 Heartbreak Ridge
as Sergeant Webster
1989 The Women of Brewster Place

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