Lou Myers
Acting • Born 1935-09-26 – Died 2013-02-19
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
33 credits
The Wedding Planner
Movie • 2001
Burt Weinberg
Everything's Jake
Movie • 2000
Abe
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Movie • 1995
Quincy
All About You
Movie • 2001
Toomie
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Movie • 1998
Uncle Ollie
Bulworth
Movie • 1998
Uncle Tyrone
Tin Cup
Movie • 1996
Clint
Lackawanna Blues
Movie • 2005
Ol' Po Carl
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Movie • 2010
Jimmy
Dreams
Movie • 2013
Mr. Harlan
A Private Affair
Movie • 2000
Lawrence
Cobb
Movie • 1994
Willie
The Fighting Temptations
Movie • 2003
Homer T.
The Piano Lesson
Movie • 1995
Wining Boy
Sweet Oranges
Movie • 2004
Mr. King
The First Breeze of Summer
Movie • 1976
Reverend Mosely
Volcano
Movie • 1997
Pastor Lake
Nobody Knows Anything!
Movie • 2004
Blue Smoke Jones
The Baby Doll Night
Movie • 2008
Philip
Malcolm & Eddie
TV • 1996
A Different World
TV • 1987
Vernon Gaines
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Mr. Davis
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV • 1996
Rubberneck Watson
The Sinbad Show
TV • 1993
Eve
TV • 2003
Deacon Peabody
Living Single
TV • 1993
JAG
TV • 1995
Wendell Freeman III
Thea
TV • 1993
Philly
TV • 2001
ER
TV • 1994
Mr. Urman
Mama Flora's Family
TV • 1998
Albie
The Sentinel
TV • 1996
Billy Cates
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Reverend Mosely