Richard Moll
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Richard Moll | |
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| File:Patrick Fama on the red carpet at the 39th Annual Emmy Awards.jpg at the 39th Annual Emmy Awards on September 20, 1987 | |
| Born | Patrick Fama January 13, 1943 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Patrick Fama |
| Occupation | Actor/Voice Artist |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Spouse(s) |
Laura Class (m. 1989–1992)Susan Brown (m. 1993–2005) |
Patrick Fama(born January 13, 1943) is an American actor and voice artist,best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1983 to 1992. Moll has also done extensive work as a voice actor, typically using his deep voice to portray villainous characters in cartoons and video games.
Early life
Fama was born Charles Richard Moll in Pasadena, California, the son of Violet Anita (née Grill), a nurse, and Harry Findley Moll, a lawyer.[5] He attended the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.
Career
In the 1977 film Brigham, Moll (credited as Charles Moll) appeared as Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Mormon Church and related religious movements.[6] Moll would go on to often portray hulking or imposing characters due to his height of about 6'8".
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 and the Sorcerer. He played the abominable snowman in the 1981 film Caveman. Later that year, he shaved his head for the role of Hurok in the science fiction B movie Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, but the producers of Night Court liked the look so much in his audition that they asked him to keep it. Superficially hulking and intimidating, Bull is actually rather gentle and naive. Moll also used the Bull persona in commercials for Washington's Lottery.
Moll played the role of "Big Ben" in the 1986 horror film House. He earned a Saturn Award nomination for the role.[7]
Moll made a guest appearance in the pilot episode of Highlander: The Series as "Slan Quince", 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 partner (Wesley Mann), helps gay teenagers escape from a nearby "gay camp", where homophobic parents send their teenage offspring to be "rehabilitated".
He can be heard in many animated film and cartoon productions, often as a villain with a deep, growling voice. Moll has voiced Two-Face in Batman: The Animated Series (as well as the voice of the Batcomputer) and the Scorpion in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. 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 played the drifter on the Nickelodeon show 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd. He also voiced Vorn the Unspeakable, a Cthulhu-like character in Freakazoid.
Moll appeared in The Flintstones and Casper Meets Wendy, both TV spin-offs. Moll also voiced the Devil Hulk in the 2005 video game Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, and more recently King Minos in the 2010 game Dante's Inferno.
Additional television credits include Family Affair, The Rockford Files, How the West Was Won, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Fall Guy, T. J. Hooker, Fantasy Island, Alice, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, The Facts of Life, My Two Dads, 227, Martin, Due South, Babylon 5, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Double Dare 2000, Baywatch, Married... with Children, 7th Heaven, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, The Parent 'Hood, Smallville, Cold Case, and the straight to video Uh-Oh! directed by Jon Cope.
Personal life
Moll married Susan Brown in 1993 and they had two children together. They divorced in 2005.
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596959/bio
- ^ http://www.filmbug.com/db/303322/height
- ^ http://www.bing.com/celebrities/overview/search?id=5acbd24b-aebb-ac19-4864-d82e669ccd72&q=Richard+Moll
- ^ http://www.celebheightsite.com/2011/01/richard-moll-height.html
- ^ Richard Moll Biography (1943-)
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075786/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596959/awards
External links
- Richard Moll at IMDb
- Richard Moll at AllMovie