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Richard Gant

Born: 10 March 1944 (81 years old)
Gender: Male

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Richard Gant is an American actor known primarily for his work in television, particularly in the series NYPD Blue, Special Unit 2, Deadwood and General Hospital.

He has also had memorable roles in the movies Rocky V, The Big Lebowski and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.

Other television shows Gant has appeared in include The Cosby Show; Miami Vice; MacGyver; Beverly Hills, 90210; Murphy Brown; L.A. Law; Empty Nest; Seinfeld; Wings; Picket Fences; Touched by an Angel; Chicago Hope; Diagnosis Murder; Friends; Babylon 5; ER; The District; Smallville; Charmed; JAG; Eve; In Justice; Vanished; and How I Met Your Mother.

Other movie roles include Love or Money (1990); Stone Cold (1991); Posse (1993); Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993); City Hall (1996); Ed (1996); The Glimmer Man (1996); Godzilla (1998); Divorcing Jack (1998); Layla's Girl (2005); Hood of Horror (2006); and Norbit (2007).


Television Roles

Show

Character

Guest Star

Captain Edward MacDougan

Earl

The Inspector

Arthur Lang

Judge Vincent Kimball

Michael

Head Witch Doctor

Hostetler

Hostetler

Hostetler

Det. Jim Michaels

Deputy Chief Clark Nichols

Judge Marlon Anderson

Mr. Lipson

Andrew Hunter

Andrew Hunter

Dr. Rhodes

Judge

Judge Walker

RAdm. Novak

Mr. Holmes

Al Evans

Al Evans

Judge

Chief Insp. Johnny Denmark

Rev. Barnes

Owen Thoreau Sr.

Owen Thoreau Sr.

Battlin' Barry Gay

Reverend Lovechild

8th Precinct Desk Sergeant

Leroy Glover

Desk Sergeant

Bill Dornan

Lawyer

Judge William Fulshaw

Fred

Principal Terrence Reynolds

Martin

Moving Man

Judge Byron Cole

Walter Mack

Walter Mack

Pastor Watkins

Melville Fuller

Melville Fuller

Melville Fuller

Melville Fuller

Mr. Veasey

Fred

Clarence Hightower

Johnson

Police Chief

Officer


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