Richard Gant (born March 10, 1944) is an American actor. His credits include the film ''
Rocky V
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'' (1990), where he played the
Don King
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King's career highlights include, among multiple other enterprises, promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the ...
-esque George Washington Duke;
Hostetler in ''
Deadwood'' (2004–2006); and Owen in ''
Men of a Certain Age
''Men of a Certain Age'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ray Romano and Mike Royce, that ran on TNT from December 7, 2009, to July 6, 2011. The hour-long program stars Romano, Andre Braugher, and Scott Bakula as thre ...
'' (2009–2012).
He has also appeared in a 1989 episode of ''
Miami Vice
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'', as Battlin’ Barry Gay; as a possessed coroner in ''
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday'' (1993); and in the films and TV shows ''
Deadwood'', ''
The Big Lebowski
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'', ''
Babylon 5
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'', ''
Special Unit 2
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'', ''
L.A. Law
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The series cente ...
'', ''
NYPD Blue
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'', ''
Living Single
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'', ''
Posse
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Posse may also refer to:
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* ''Posse'' (1975 ...
'', ''
Seinfeld
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'', ''
Friends
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'', ''
How I Met Your Mother
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'', ''
Men Don't Tell'', and ''
Charmed
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''. He appeared in one episode each of ''
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' and ''
Smallville
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''.
He has 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
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's ''
Godzilla
is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda. The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films p ...
''. Gant was also in ''
Daddy Day Camp
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'' as Col. Buck Hinton. Gant joined ''
General Hospital
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'' on February 6, 2007 in the role of
Dr. Russell Ford. He starred in ''
Men of a Certain Age
''Men of a Certain Age'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ray Romano and Mike Royce, that ran on TNT from December 7, 2009, to July 6, 2011. The hour-long program stars Romano, Andre Braugher, and Scott Bakula as thre ...
'' for its entire two-season run on
TNT
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from 2009 to 2011.
Filmography
References
External links
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1944 births
Living people
20th-century African-American male actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century African-American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
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