1. Charles Richard Moll was an American actor known for playing Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, a bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992.
28 Facts About Richard Moll
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Charles Richard Moll was born in Pasadena, California, the son of Violet Anita, a nurse, and Harry Findley Moll, a lawyer.
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Richard Moll was tall early in his life, reaching 6 feet by age 12.
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Richard Moll attended the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.
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Richard Moll would go on to often portray hulking or imposing characters due to his height and deep voice.
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In 1979, Richard Moll played the part of Eugene, a gangster on the television series Happy Days in the episode "Fonzie's Funeral".
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In 1981, Richard Moll co-starred with Jan-Michael Vincent and Kim Basinger in the film Hard Country, and he played the Abominable Snowman in the comedy feature film Caveman.
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In 1983, Richard Moll shaved his head for the role of Hurok in the science fiction B movie Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn.
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Richard Moll played bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon on Night Court from 1984 to 1992.
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Richard Moll used the Bull persona in commercials for the Washington Lottery.
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Richard Moll played the role of Big Ben in the 1985 horror film House.
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Richard Moll earned a Saturn Award nomination for the role.
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Richard Moll made an appearance in the first episode of Highlander: The Series as Slan Quince, the villain who reunites Connor MacLeod with his kinsman and the show's protagonist, Duncan MacLeod.
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Richard 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.
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Richard Moll made another guest appearance in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, playing the cyclops in episode two, "Eye of the Beholder".
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In Super Password, Richard Moll appeared with Judy Norton Taylor, Nancy Lane, Markie Post, Gloria Loring, Florence Halop, Debra Maffett, Elaine Joyce, and Kim Morgan Greene, with Bert Convy as the game show's host from 1984 to 1987.
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Richard Moll played himself in The Facts of Life.
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Richard Moll appeared in The Flintstones and Casper Meets Wendy, both TV spin-offs.
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In 1999's But I'm a Cheerleader, Richard Moll played a gay man who, with his partner, helps gay teenagers escape from a nearby camp where parents send their teenage offspring for conversion therapy.
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Richard Moll played the drifter on the Nickelodeon show 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd.
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In 2014, Richard Moll appeared as a security guard on an episode of Anger Management with Charlie Sheen.
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Richard Moll can be heard in many animated productions, often as a villain with a deep, growling voice.
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Richard Moll voiced Two-Face in Batman: The Animated Series, Scorpion in later episodes of Spider-Man and the Abomination in The Incredible Hulk.
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Richard Moll voiced the Devil Hulk in the 2005 video game Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.
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Richard Moll was married twice: he was married to Laura Class from 1989 to 1992 and Susan Brown from 1993 to 2005.
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Richard Moll had two children with Brown as well as stepchildren.
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Richard Moll was an avid bird watcher who spent his retirement in Big Bear Lake, California.
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Richard Moll died at his home in Big Bear Lake on October 26,2023, at the age of 80.