Left to Right: Phillip Williams, Moses Gunn and Dr. Thomas E. Poag
Moses Gunn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. After his mother died, his family splintered. 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.
Studied in the speech and drama graduate program at The University of Kansas from 1959 to 1961, but did not received his M.A. from KU until returning in 1989 to complete his graduate degree work.
Stage appearances include The Blacks (1962-63), In White America, (1963-64), Measure for Measure (1965), Titus Andronicus (1967), Twelfth Night and Othello (both 1968), Sky of the Blind Pig (1971), The Poison Tree (1973), (1976), The First Breeze of Summer (1975), Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, Fool for Love, Blood Knot, and My Children, My Africa. Film appearances include Nothing but a Man (1962), WUSA (1970), The Great White Hope (1970), Shaft (1971), Eagle in a Cage (1972), The Hot Rock (1972), The Iceman Cometh (1973), Amazing Grace (1974), Rollerball (1975), Remember My Name (1981), Wild Rovers (1981), The Ninth Configuration (1980), Ragtime (1982), Firestarter (1984), The Neverending Story (1984), Heartbreak Ridge (1986). Television appearances include Haunts of the Very Rich (1972), The First Breeze of Summer (1975), Roots, Part I (1977), Memphis, Of Mice and Men, and The Women of Brewster Place. Numerous guest appearances on various series, including Kung Fu, Good Times, The Jeffersons, NYPD Blue, and Homicide.
