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Louis Gossett, Jr.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Louis Gossett Jr. earned his first acting credit while in high school, and made his professional debut at age seventeen in Take a Giant Step, which was selected as one of the 10 best Broadways shows of 1953. He first appeared in an uncredited role in the 1960 film The New Girl, and debuted in the role of George Murchison in the1961 film A Raisin in the Sun.

Louis Gossett Jr. died at age 87 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Kingdom Business (2022)
Guest starring as Jeremiah (2 episodes)
  • Episode 2x01: Stay (Nov 2, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
  • Episode 1x04: If I Could (May 19, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
Watchmen (2019)
Starring as Will Reeves (7 episodes)
The Good Fight (2017)
Guest starring as Carl Reddick
Hap and Leonard (2016)
Guest starring as Bacon (5 episodes)
The Spoils Before Dying (2015)
Starring as Duke Webster
The Book of Negroes (2015)
Starring as Papa Moses
Madam Secretary (2014)
Guest starring as Father Laurent Vasseur
Extant (2014)
Guest starring as Quinn (3 episodes)
The Haunting of... (2012)
Guest starring as Lou Gossett, Jr
The Agenda in the Summer (2011)
Guest starring as Louis Gossett, Jr.
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Guest starring as Percy Grover Sr.
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Guest starring as Oscar Boneau
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Guest starring as Louis Gossett, Jr.
Psych (2006)
Guest starring as Lloyd Marr
Half & Half (2002)
Guest starring as Ray Willis (2 episodes)
The Dead Zone (2002)
Guest starring as Pastor David Lewis
  • Episode 2x12: Zion (Apr 6, 2003)
Family Guy (1999)
Guest starring as Sergeant Angryman
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Guest starring as Gerak (5 episodes)
Promised Land (1996)
Guest starring as Anderson Walker
Gideon Oliver (1989)
Starring as Professor Gideon Oliver
The Powers of Matthew Star (1982)
Starring as Walt Shepherd (21 episodes)
Guest starring as Julian
  • Episode 1x02: Accused (Sep 24, 1982) [Uncredited]
The Lazarus Syndrome (1979)
Starring as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair (4 episodes)
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Starring as Houseman Levi Mercer (4 episodes)
Eischied (1978)
Guest starring as Everett Walker
Roots (1977)
Starring as Fiddler
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Louis Gossett, Jr.
The Jeffersons (1975)
Guest starring as Wendell Brown
Petrocelli (1974)
Guest starring as Kurt Olson, D.A. (2 episodes)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Guest starring as Henry Hill
Good Times (1974)
Guest starring as Donald Knight
Guest starring as Uncle Wilbert
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Guest starring as Joe Sims
The Partridge Family (1970)
Guest starring as Sam Simon
The Young Rebels (1970)
Starring as Isak Poole
The Invaders (1967)
Guest starring as Ollie
  • Episode 2x22: The Vise (Feb 20, 1968) [Co-Star]
Bonanza (1959)
Guest starring as Buck Walter
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Louis Gossett, Jr. (3 episodes)
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