Richard Moll

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birthname = Charles Richard Moll
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birthplace = Pasadena, California
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othername = Charles Moll
yearsactive = 1967-present
spouse = Laura Class (1989-1992)
Susan Brown (1993-present)
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Richard Moll (born January 13, 1943) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Bull Shannon, the tall shaven-headed bailiff on the NBC sitcom "Night Court" from 1984 to 1992.

Biography

Personal life

Moll was born Charles Richard Moll in Pasadena, California, the son of Violet Anita (née Grill), a nurse, and Harry Findley Moll, a lawyer. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Richard-Moll.html Richard Moll Biography (1943-) ] ] He married Susan Brown in 1993. Susan and Richard have two children together. Richard is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His home Elks lodge is in Big Bear, California.

Career

At 6 feet, 8.5 inches, Moll's height alone makes him memorable. Though in his later projects he often has a full head of hair and/or a beard, his extraordinary height and distinctive speaking voice make him easy to distinguish. He is adept at playing both comic and menacing characters. Moll's height gave him an advantage in "Night Court" as Bull was meant to tower over other characters, and co-stars Harry Anderson and John Larroquette are both six feet four.

In 1981, Moll co-starred with Jan-Michael Vincent and Kim Basinger in the movie "Hard Country". In 1982, under layers of makeup, he played the sorcerer Xusia in "The Sword of the Sorcerer". He had shaved his head for the role of Hurok in the 1983 science fiction B movie "", but the producers of "Night Court" liked the look so much in his audition that they asked him to keep it. Moll also used the Bull persona in commercials for Washington's Lottery. Moll also had a role as "Big Ben," Roger Cobb's Vietnam comrade in the 1986 horror/comedy "House".

Moll made a guest appearance in the pilot episode of "" as the villain who reunites Connor MacLeod with his kinsman and show's protagonist, Duncan MacLeod. He also made a guest appearance on "Babylon 5" in the episode "Hunter, Prey" as a lurker criminal who was holding a VIP hostage.

In 1999's "But I'm a Cheerleader", Moll went against type and played a gay man who, with his gay partner (Wesley Mann), helps gay teenagers escape from a nearby "gay camp," where uncomprehending parents send their teenage offspring if they're suspected of being gay.

He can be heard in many animated film and cartoon productions, often as a villain with a deep, growling voice. Moll has voiced Bruce Wayne's disturbed friend and former Gotham district attorney Harvey Dent/Two-Face in ' (as well as the voice of the Batcomputer) and the Scorpion in "." His first role in an animated film was as a beat poet in Ralph Bakshi's "American Pop". He starred as the character of Norman in the animated series "Mighty Max". He appeared with Ringo Starr in the 1981 comedy "Caveman", in which he played the abominable snowman. Moll appeared "The Flintstones" and "Casper Meets Wendy", both TV spin-offs. Moll also voiced the Devil Hulk in the 2005 video game '. He played the drifter on the Nickelodeon show "100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd".

Additional television credits include "Family Affair", "The Rockford Files", "How the West Was Won", "Happy Days", "Laverne & Shirley", "Mork & Mindy", "The Fall Guy", "T.J. Hooker", "Fantasy Island", "Alice", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "The A-Team", "My Two Dads", "227", "Martin", "Due South", "Babylon 5", "", "Baywatch", "Married with Children", "7th Heaven", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "The Parent 'Hood" and "Smallville".

References

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