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- Early life
- Career Voiceover work
- Filmography Film Television
- References
- External links
{{For|the author|Richard Moll (author)}}{{Infobox person | image = Richard Moll on the red carpet at the 39th Annual Emmy Awards.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Moll at the 39th Annual Emmy Awards on September 20, 1987 | birth_name = Charles Richard Moll | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|01|13}} | birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | othername = Charles Moll | height = {{height|ft=6|in=8}}[1] | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1967–present | spouse = {{marriage|Laura Class|1989|1992|reason=divorced}} {{marriage|Susan Brown|1993|2005|reason=divorced}} | alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1964) [1] }}Charles Richard Moll (born January 13, 1943) is an American actor and voice artist, best known for playing Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992.[2] Moll has also done extensive work as a voice actor, typically using his deep voice to portray villainous characters in animation and video games. Early lifeMoll was born in Pasadena, California, U.S., the son of Violet Anita (née Grill), a nurse, and Harry Findley Moll, a lawyer.[3] He was remarkably tall early in his life, reaching {{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}} by age 12; he kept growing until about {{height|ft=6|in=8}}.[2] He attended the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.[1] CareerIn the 1977 film Brigham, Moll (credited as Charles Moll) appeared as Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Moll would go on to often portray hulking or imposing characters due to his height and deep voice. In 1979 Moll played the part of Eugene, a gangster on the TV series Happy Days in the episode titled "Fonzie's Funeral". In 1981, Moll co-starred with Jan-Michael Vincent and Kim Basinger in the movie Hard Country, and also played the abominable snowman in the film Caveman. In 1982, he played the sorcerer Xusia in The Sword and the Sorcerer.[2] In 1983, he shaved his head for the role of Hurok in the science fiction B movie The Destruction of Jared-Syn.[2] The producers of the TV sitcom Night Court liked the look so much in his audition that they asked him to keep it.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Moll also used the Bull persona in commercials for Washington's Lottery.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} Moll played the role of Big Ben in the 1986 horror film House. He earned a Saturn Award nomination for the role. Moll made an appearance in the first episode of The Series as Slan Quince, the villain who reunites Connor MacLeod with his kinsman and the show's protagonist, Duncan MacLeod. Moll made a guest appearance on Babylon 5 in the episode "Hunter, Prey" as a lurker criminal who was holding a VIP hostage, and as a gangster on Married... with Children. Moll made another guest appearance in the TV series Hercules, playing the cyclops in episode two, "Eye of the Beholder". In Super Password, he appeared with Judy Norton Taylor, Nancy Lane, Markie Post, Gloria Loring, Florence Halop, Debra Maffett, and Kim Morgan Greene, with Bert Convy as the game show's host from 1984 to 1987.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Moll plays himself in The Facts of Life (Season 9, episodes 1 and 2: "Down and Out in Malibu"). Moll appeared in The Flintstones and Casper Meets Wendy, both TV spin-offs. 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 camp where parents send their teenage offspring for conversion therapy. In 2001 he played Hugh Kane, the ghost haunting a mansion in Scary Movie 2. He played the drifter on the Nickelodeon show 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd. In 2007, he played (along with M. Steven Felty) Kolchak Jefferson Stillwall in Anthony C. Ferrante horror movie Headless Horseman. In 2014, Moll appeared as a security guard on an episode of Anger Management with Charlie Sheen. Voiceover workHe 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 The Animated Series,[2] the Scorpion in later episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series (he also voiced Rhino in one episode{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}) and the Abomination in most episodes of The Incredible Hulk. Moll also reprised his role as Two-Face for the episode "Chill of the Night!" of The Brave and the Bold. His first role in an animated film was as a beat poet in Ralph Bakshi's American Pop.[2] He starred as Norman in the animated series Mighty Max. He also voiced Vorn the Unspeakable, a Cthulhu-like character in Freakazoid! Moll also voiced the Devil Hulk in the 2005 video game Ultimate Destruction and King Minos in the 2010 game Dante's Inferno. Filmography Film Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1977 | Brigham | Joseph Smith | film debut credited as Charles Moll | 1980 | Catalysm | James Hanson | credited as Charles Moll | 1981 | American Pop | Beat Poet | 1981 | Hard Country | Top Gun | 1981 | Caveman | Abominable Snowman | 1981 | Evilspeak | Father Esteban | 1982 | Liar's Moon | Detective Roy Logan | 1982 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | Xusia | 1983 | The Destruction of Jared-Syn | Hurok | 1983 | Under Arrest | Patrino | 1984 | The Dungeonmaster | Mestema | 1985 | Night Train to Terror | Otto/James Hansen | 1985 | House | Big Ben | Nominated - Saturn award for Best Supporting Actor | 1987 | Survivor | Kragg | 1988 | Pulse Pounderes | Mestema | 1989 | Wicked Stepmother | Nathan Pringle | 1989 | Think Big | Thornton | 1989 | Murphy's Laws of Golf | Golf Police | Short Film | 1991 | Driving Me Crazy | Buzz | 1992 | Sidekicks | Horn | 1992 | Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars | Otto | 1992 | Let's Kill All the Lawyers | The Centurian | 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | Prison Attendant | 1994 | The Flintstones | Hoagie | 1994 | No Dessert, Dad, Till You Mow the Lawn | Boot Camp Sergeant | 1994 | Beanstalk | Richard Leech | 1995 | Galaxis | Kyla | 1996 | Storybook | Woody | 1996 | The Secret Agent Club | Wrecks | 1996 | The Glass Cage | Ian Dexter | 1996 | Jingle All the Way | Dementor | 1996 | The Lawyer | Centurion | 1996 | The Elevator | Man Nun | 1997 | Living in Peril | Fritz | 1997 | Snide and Prejudice | General Von Ludendorf | 1997 | Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian | Leader | 1997 | Farticus | Hades | 1998 | The Survivor | Kyla | 1998 | Casper Meets Wendy | Jules | Directo-to-Video | 1998 | Route 66 | unknown | 1998 | Monkey Business | Leader | 1999 | Foreign Correspondents | Man in Bookstore | 1999 | But I'm a Cheerleader | Larry | 2000 | Shadow Hours | Homeless Man | 2000 | Boltneck | Mr. O'Reilly | 2000 | That Summer in LA | Hotel Manager | 2000 | Flamingo Dreams | Deke | 2001 | Spiders II: Breeding Ground | Dr. Grbac | 2001 | Evolution | Fire Training Inspector | 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Hell House Ghost | 2002 | Angel Blade | Carl Shank | 2002 | No Place Like Home | Deputy 'Dead Ned' Nussbaun | 2002 | The Biggest Fan | Harold Worden | 2003 | Dumb Luck | Special Agent Osborne | 2003 | The Work and the Story | Oliver Wendelle | 2003 | Cast and Mice | Cortez | 2004 | Uh Oh! | Diablo | 2005 | Diamond Zero | Detective Jackson | 2005 | Angels and Angels | Robert the Bartender | 2006 | Nightmare Man | Captain McCormack | 2007 | Headless Horseman | Kolchak Jefferson Stillwall | 2008 | Thomas Kingkade's Christmas Cottage | Big Jim | 2009 | Love at First Hiccup | Store Owner | 2011 | Assassins' Code | Ernest Altman | 2012 | DisOrientation | Mr. Mackenzie | 2012 | Hemingway | The Lawyer | 2012 | Sorority Party Massacre | Kreeger | 2013 | Jurassic: Stone Age | Judge Holt | 2014 | BFFs | Ken | 2015 | Kids vs Monsters | Butler | 2017 | Razor | Jon Creadon | 2017 | Circus Kane | Pale Man | 2018 | Slay Belles | Officer Green |
Television Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1978 | Welcome Back, Kotter | Big Thug | television debut Episode: "Beau's Jest" | 1978 | The Rockford Files | Ludes | Episode: "Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow" | 1979 | How the West Was Won | Mose | Episode: "The Enemy" | 1979 | Happy Days | Eugene | 2 episodes | 1979 | The Jericho Mile | Joker Gibb | Television Movie | 1979 | B.J. and the Bear | Willie | Episode: "Run for the Money" | 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Biker Leader Willie/Willi/Rufus | 3 episodes | 1979 | Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter | Stranger | Television Movie | 1980 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Yarat | Episode: "Space Rockers" | 1980 | The Bad News Bears | Rust | Episode: "Lights Out" | 1981 | Fugitive from the Empire | The Bovum Ferryman | Television Movie | 1981 | Best of the West | Prisoner | Episode: "The Prisoner" | 1981 | Here's Boomer | Harold, the Moster | Episode: "Camityville's Boomer" | 1981 | Laverne & Shirley | Louis Armstrong/Biker | 2 episodes | 1981 | Bret Maverick | Sloate | 2 episodes | 1981 | Mork & Mindy | Baba Gentle | Episode: "Alienation" | 1981 | The Time Crystal | Mayhu | Television Movie | 1981 | The Fall Guy | Ethan | Episode: "The Human Torch" | 1982 | T.J. Hooker | Mauler Mort | Episode: "Hooker's War" | 1983 | Savage Journey | Joseph Smith | Television Movie credited as Charles Moll | 1983 | Remington Steele | Pimp | Episode: "Steele in the News" | 1983 | Fantasy Island | Omo | Episode: "Love Island/The Sisters" | 1983 | Alice | Hank | Episode: "Sweet Erasable Mel" | 1983 | Just Our Luck | unknown | Episode: "Uncle Harry" | 1983 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Milo Beaudry | 2 episodes | 1984 | The A-Team | Churlisco | 2 episodes | 1984 | Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour | Himself | recurring role; 10 episodes | 1984-1985 | Body Language | Himself | recurring role; 13 episodes | 1984-1987 | Super Password | Himself | recurring role; 35 episodes | 1984-1992 | Night Court | Nostradomus "Bull" Shannon | series regular; 193 episodes | 1985 | Santa Barbara | Morgan Malone | 2 episodes | 1985 | The $25,000 Pyramid | Himself | 5 episodes | 1986 | Alvin Goes Back to School | Mr. Conroy | Television Movie | 1986 | Combat High | Col. Felix Long, Sr. | Television Movie | 1987 | If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium | unknown | Television Movie | 1987 | The Facts of Life | Richard Moll | 2 episodes | 1987 | Sledge Hammer! | Dr. Arthur Deco | Episode: "Hammeroid" | 1989 | My Two Dads | Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon | Episode: "Playing with Fire" | 1989 | Dream Date | The Man in the Theater | Television Movie | 1989 | Class Cruise | Saunders | Television Movie | 1989 | Monsters | Arturus | Episode: "The Demons" | 1989-1990 | Out of This World | Skull Basher/Driver License Examiner | 2 episodes | 1990 | 227 | Burnie | Episode: "Where Do We Go from Here?" | 1990 | The Munsters Today | Gengas Khan | Episode: "It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To" | 1992 | Highlander | Slan Quince | Episode: "The Gathering" | 1992 | Martin | Officer Warren | Episode: "The Great Payne Robbery" | 1992 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Coach Hillman | Episode: "Words Up!" | 1992-1994 | The Animated Series | Harvey Dent/Two-Face | 14 episodes; recurring voice role | 1993-1994 | Mighty Max | Norman | series regular; 40 episodes | 1993-1994 | Getting By | Boo | 5 episodes | 1994 | Summertime Switch | Jimmy | Television Movie | 1994 | Due South | Zaleb Carney | Episode: "They Eat Horses, Don't They?" | 1994-1995 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | John | 3 episodes | 1995 | The Legendary Journeys | The Cyclops | Episode: "Eye of the Beholder" | 1995 | Babylon 5 | Max | Episode: "Hunter, Prey" | 1995 | Baywatch | Trapper | Episode: "Home Is Where the Heat Is" | 1995 | The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | additional voices | Episode: "Wet Paint/News Blues/Copy Cat" voice role | 1996 | Adventures of Smoke Bellow | unknown | Television Miniseries 6 episodes | 1996 | Weird Science | Frankestein's Moster | Episode: "Searching for Boris Karloff" | 1996 | Married...with Children | Gino | 2 episodes | 1996 | 7th Heaven | Mike 'The Mutant' Mitchell | Episode: "Halloween" | 1996 | Superman | Emperor Spooj | Episode: "The Main Man (Part 2)" voice | 1996 | Frekazoid! | Wolf Man/Vorn the Unspeakable | Episode: "Statuesque" voice role | 1996 | Aaahhh!!! Real Monsteres | Big Bunny/Bunny/Gangster #1 | 2 episodes | 1996-1997 | The Incredible Hulk | Abomination/Homeless Man | 2 episodes | 1997 | The Legend of Calamity Jane | additional voices | 13 episodes; recurring voice role | 1997 | Happily Every After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Dinky | Episode: "The Pied Piper" voice role | 1997 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Sergeant Slater | Episode: "Sabrina Gets her License (Part 2)" | 1997 | Spider-Man | Scorpion/Mac Gargan | 6 episodes; voice role | 1997-1998 | The New Batman Adventures | Two-Face/Harvey Dent | 2 episodes voice role | 1998 | Cow and Chicken | TV Anchor/Chef | voice role Episode: "Sumo Cow/Comet!" | 1998 | The Ransom of Red Chief | Filthy McNasty | Television Movie | 1999 | The Parent 'Hood | Sam Bates | Episode: "Front Window" | 2000-2002 | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Drifter | series regular; 17 episodes | 2001 | Call Me Claus | Brooding Claus | Television Movie | 2001 | The Defectors | Al | Television Movie | 2002 | The Zeta Project | Krick | Episode: "Lost & Found" | 2002 | Justice League | Java/Mr. Braddock | voice role 2 episodes | 2002 | Smallville | Mr. Moore | Episode: "Nocturne" | 2007 | The Fantastic Two | Duane Torn | Television Miniseries | 2010 | Cold Case | Chuck "French" Jaworski '10 | Episode: "The Runaway Bunny" | 2010 | The Brave and the Bold | Lew Moxon/Two-Face | Episode: "Chill of the Night!" voice role | 2010 | Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster | Elmer Uggins | Television Movie voice role | 2012 | Lake Effects | Old Vic | Television Movie | 2013 | Anger Management | Carlos | Episode: "Charlie and the Airport Sext" | 2013 | Ghost Shark | Finch | Television Movie | 2015 | Kirby Buckets | Mr. Bostwock | Episode: "The Rise and Fall of 4th Period" | 2016 | Pub Quiz | Berwick | Television Movie |
References1. ^1 Kappes, Serena, "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? : 'Night Court's' Richard Moll Standing tall", CNN/People, Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Richard Moll|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/49938/Richard-Moll}} 3. ^Richard Moll Biography (1943-) at FilmReference.com
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