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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-09-26 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Charleston, West Virginia

Lou Myers

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.

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Known For

Acting

2013

Dreams as Mr. Harlan

2010

2005

Lackawanna Blues as Ol' Po Carl

2004

Sweet Oranges as Mr. King
Nobody Knows Anything! as Blue Smoke Jones

2003

Eve as Deacon Peabody

2001

2000

1998

Bulworth as Uncle Tyrone

1997

Volcano as Pastor Lake

1996

1995

The Piano Lesson as Wining Boy
JAG as Wendell Freeman III

1994

Cobb as Willie
ER as Mr. Urman

1993

1987

A Different World as Vernon Gaines

1984

The Cosby Show as Mr. Davis

1976

The First Breeze of Summer as Reverend Mosely

1971

Great Performances as Reverend Mosely