Richard Gant
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Richard Gant | |
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Born | Richard Edward Gant March 10, 1944 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse(s) | Arline Burks |
Children | 2 |
Richard Edward Gant (born March 10, 1944) is an American actor. His credits include the films Rocky V (as the Don King esque George Washington Duke).[1][2][3]
Career[]
Gant's other roles include an episode in 1989 of Miami Vice, as Battlin’ Barry Gay, a possessed coroner in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), Deadwood, The Big Lebowski, Babylon 5, Special Unit 2, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, Living Single, Posse, Seinfeld, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Men Don't Tell, and Charmed. He appeared in one episode each of both Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Smallville.
He also appeared in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, as well as reporter Charles Parker in the cult classic adaptation of Colin Bateman’s Divorcing Jack.
He had a minor role as a senior naval officer in Roland Emmerich’s Godzilla. Gant was also in the comedy film of 2007, this being Daddy Day Camp as Col. Buck Hinton. Gant joined the daytime drama by ABC General Hospital on February 6, 2007 in the role of Dr. Russell Ford. He starred in Men of a Certain Age for its entire two season run on TNT, this being from 2009 to 2011.
Other achievements[]
Gant was the campaign manager for federal elections in the country of Nigeria. He has been honoured for his achievements by being presented the Key to the City of Oakland, California by then Mayor Jerry Brown. Gant is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Attica | Eddie Lewis | television movie |
Night of the Juggler | Hospital Cop | ||
1981 | Death of a Prophet | television movie | |
1985 | Krush Groove | Jay B | Credit as Richard E. Gant |
1987 | Suspect | Everett Bennett | |
1988 | Internal Affairs | Police Commissioner | television movie |
1989 | Collision Course | Jarryd Guard #2 | |
1990 | Love or Money | Zoo | |
The Freshman | Lloyd Simpson | ||
Rocky V | George Washington Duke | ||
1991 | Stone Cold | Cunningham | |
False Arrest | Detective John Volland | ||
Revenge of the Nerds | P.T. Turner | unaired televsion pilot | |
Last Breeze of Summer | Will Davis | short | |
1992 | Condition: Critical | Sergeant Lidner | television movie |
1993 | The Tower | Wilson | television movie |
1993 | Diagnosis Murder | Det. Jim Michaels | television series |
1993 | CB4 | Baa Baa Ack | |
1993 | Men Don't Tell | Pope | television movie |
1993 | Posse | Doubletree | |
1993 | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | Phil the Coroner | |
1994 | MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice | ||
1995 | Trial by Fire | Judge | television movie |
1996 | City Hall | Deputy Commissioner Samuels | |
Ed | Umpire, Sharks Game | ||
The Glimmer Man | Detective Roden | ||
Raven | Russ Carlson | direct to video release | |
1997 | Bean | Lieutenant Brutus | |
Friends | Dr. Rhodes | ||
1998 | The Big Lebowski | Older Cop | |
Sour Grapes | Detective Crouch | ||
Godzilla | Admiral Phelps | Credit as Richard E. Gant | |
Divorcing Jack | Charles Parker | ||
Johnny B Good | Credit as Richard E. Gant | ||
2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Mr. Gaines | |
2001 | Kingdom Come | Clyde Kincade | |
2002 | Smallville | Principal Terrance Reynolds | television series |
2003 | The Partners | Deputy Chief | television movie |
2004–2006 | Deadwood | Hostetler | seven episodes |
2005 | Layla’s Girl | JB | |
2006 | Hood of Horror | Jackson | |
Summertime | Paul Reeseman | ||
2007 | Ezra | Mac Mondale | |
Norbit | Preacher | ||
Fist of the Warrior | Chief Matthews | ||
Young Ceaser | |||
Daddy Day Camp | Colonel Buck Hinton | ||
Cover | Robert Mass | ||
2009–2011 | Men of a Certain Age | Owen Thoreau Sr. | series regular |
2010 | Waiting for Forever | Albert | |
Ashes | Thomas Muller | ||
Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story | Paps “Pure Plastic” Patterson | ||
2011 | Mama & Me | Himself | documentary |
2013 | Island Song | Duke | short |
2014 | Bleach | Harvey | |
The Fright Night Files | Michael | television movie | |
2019–2020 | Mr. Iglesias | Ray Hayward | Netflix (original series) |
2020–2021 | The Neighborhood | Walter | three episodes |
References[]
- ^ Maslin, Janet (16 November 1990). "REVIEW/FILM; Rocky, Buffeted by Fists and Life, Returns to His Roots". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Keiser, Tom (25 November 2015). "Looking Back at "Rocky V," The Movie That Nearly Knocked Out a Beloved Franchise". Vice. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "BBC - Films - review - Rocky V". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 June 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
External links[]
- Richard Gant at IMDb
- 1944 births
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni
- Living people
- Male actors from San Francisco
- African-American male actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American screen actor, 1940s birth stubs