Lou Myers
Born: 1935-09-26 in Charleston, West Virginia
Died: 2013-02-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lou Myers (September 26, 1935 – February 19, 2013) was an American actor. He was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he appeared in many movies, stage plays television sitcoms, and dramas. He got his first break as an understudy in the Broadway play, The First Breeze of Summer as Reverend Mosley. He is perhaps best known as the feisty Mr. Vernon Gaines in the sitcom A Different World. Myers was also an accomplished pianist. Myers was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown). Myers died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lou Myers (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2013
- Dreams as Mr. Harlan
2010
- It's Kind of a Funny Story as Jimmy
2005
- Lackawanna Blues as Ol' Po Carl
2004
- Sweet Oranges as Mr. King
- Nobody Knows Anything! as Blue Smoke Jones
2003
- Eve as Deacon Peabody
- The Fighting Temptations as Homer T.
2001
- The Wedding Planner as Burt Weinberg
- All About You
- Philly
2000
- Everything's Jake as Abe
- A Private Affair as Lawrence
1998
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Uncle Ollie
- Bulworth as Uncle Tyrone
- Mama Flora's Family as Albie
1997
- Volcano as Pastor Lake
1996
- The Sentinel as Billy Cates
- The Jamie Foxx Show as Rubberneck Watson
- Malcolm & Eddie
- Tin Cup as Clint
1995
- JAG as Wendell Freeman III
- The Piano Lesson as Wining Boy
- The Passion of Darkly Noon as Quincy
1987
- A Different World as Vernon Gaines
- A Different World as Vernon Gaines
1984
- The Cosby Show as Mr. Davis
1976
- The First Breeze of Summer as Reverend Mosely
1971
- Great Performances as Reverend Mosely