Richard Gant

For the English actor, screenwriter and director, see Richard E. Grant.

Richard Gant
Gant in 2017
Born	(1944-03-10) March 10, 1944 (age 80)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present

Richard Gant (born March 10, 1944)^[1] is an American actor. His credits include the film Rocky V (1990), where he played the Don King-esque George Washington Duke;^[2][3][4] Hostetler in Deadwood (2004–2006); and Owen in Men of a Certain Age (2009–2012).

He has also appeared in a 1989 episode of Miami Vice, as Battlin’ Barry Gay; as a possessed coroner in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993); and in the films and TV shows Deadwood, The Big Lebowski, Babylon 5, Special Unit 2, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, Living Single, Posse, Seinfeld, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Men Don't Tell, and Charmed. He appeared in one episode each of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Smallville.

He has also appeared in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, as well as reporter Charles Parker in the cult classic adaptation of Colin Bateman’s Divorcing Jack.

He had a minor role as a senior naval officer in Roland Emmerich's Godzilla. Gant was also in Daddy Day Camp as Col. Buck Hinton. Gant joined General Hospital on February 6, 2007 in the role of Dr. Russell Ford. He starred in Men of a Certain Age for its entire two-season run on TNT from 2009 to 2011.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Attica	Eddie Lewis	television movie
	Night of the Juggler	Hospital Cop
1981	Death of a Prophet	Unknown	television movie
1985	Krush Groove	Jay B.	Credit as Richard E. Gant
1987	Suspect	Everett Bennett
1988	Internal Affairs	Police Commissioner	television movie
1989	Collision Course	Jarryd Guard #2
1990	Love or Money	"Zoo"
	The Freshman	Lloyd Simpson
	Rocky V	George Washington Duke
1991	Stone Cold	FBI Agent Cunningham
	False Arrest	Detective John Volland
	Revenge of the Nerds	P.T. Turner	unaired television pilot
	Last Breeze of Summer	Will Davis	short
1992	Condition: Critical	Sergeant Lidner	television movie
1993	The Tower	Wilson	television movie
	Diagnosis Murder	Detective Jim Michaels	television series
	CB4	"Baa-Baa" Ack
	Men Don't Tell	"The Pope"	television movie
	Posse	Doubletree
	Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday	Phil, The Coroner
	Renegade	Michael Prince	television series
1994	MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice	Unknown
1995	Trial by Fire	Judge	television movie
1996	City Hall	Deputy Commissioner Samuels
	Ed	Umpire, Sharks Game
	The Glimmer Man	Detective Roden
	Raven	Russ Carlson	direct to video release
1997	Bean	Lieutenant Brutus
	Friends	Dr. Rhodes	Season 3, Episode 23
	Babylon 5	Captain Edward MacDougan	television series
1998	The Big Lebowski	Older Cop
	Sour Grapes	Detective Crouch
	Godzilla	Admiral Phelps	Credit as Richard E. Gant
	Divorcing Jack	Charles Parker
	Johnny B Good	Unknown	Credit as Richard E. Gant
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Mr. Gaines
2001	Kingdom Come	Clyde Kincade
2001–2002	Special Unit 2	Captain Richard Page	television series
2002	Smallville	Principal Terrance Reynolds	Episode: "Redux"
2003	The Partners	Deputy Chief	television movie
2004–2006	Deadwood	Hostetler	Recurring role
2005	Layla’s Girl	J.B.
2006	Hood of Horror	Jackson
	Summertime	Paul Reeseman
2007	Ezra	Mac Mondale
	Norbit	Preacher
	Fist of the Warrior	Chief Matthews
	Young Ceaser	Unknown
	Daddy Day Camp	Colonel Buck Hinton
	Cover	Robert Mass
2009–2011	Men of a Certain Age	Owen Thoreau Sr.	series regular
2010	Waiting for Forever	Albert
	Ashes	Thomas Muller
	Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story	Paps "Pure Plastic" Patterson
2011	Mama & Me	Himself	documentary
2013	Island Song	"Duke"	short
2013–2015	The Game	Walter Mack	four episodes
2014	Bleach	Harvey
	The Fright Night Files	Michael	television movie
2019–2020	Mr. Iglesias	Ray Hayward	Netflix (original series)
2020–2021	The Neighborhood	Walter	three episodes
2021	Doom Patrol	General Tony	Episode: "Subconscious Patrol"
	Magnum P.I.	Joseph	Episode: "A New Lease on Death"
2021–22	The Wonder Years	Granddaddy Clisby	Two episodes
2022	NCIS: Los Angeles	Raymond Hanna	Two episodes

References

1. Rose, Mike (March 10, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for March 10, 2023 includes celebrities Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde". Retrieved March 10, 2023.
2. Maslin, Janet (16 November 1990). "REVIEW/FILM; Rocky, Buffeted by Fists and Life, Returns to His Roots". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
3. Keiser, Tom (25 November 2015). "Looking Back at "Rocky V," The Movie That Nearly Knocked Out a Beloved Franchise". Vice. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
4. "BBC - Films - review - Rocky V". www.bbc.co.uk. 13 June 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

External links

• Richard Gant at IMDb