Richard Moll
Moll on the red carpet at the 39th Annual Emmy Awards
Born	Charles Richard Moll January 13, 1943 (1943-01-13) (age 65) Pasadena, California
Other name(s)	Charles Moll
Spouse(s)	Susan Brown (1993)

Richard Moll (born January 13, 1943) is an American actor. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is known for playing Bull Shannon, the tall shaven-headed bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court. Bailiff (from Late Latin baiulivus, Adjectival form of baiulus) is a Governor or Custodian (cf The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Night Court is an American television Situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992

Biography

Personal life

Moll was born Charles Richard Moll in Pasadena, California, the son of Violet Anita (née Grill), a nurse, and Harry Findley Moll, a lawyer. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. ^[1] He married Susan Moll in 1993 and they divorced in March of 2005. Susan and Richard have two children together. Richard is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ( BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American Fraternal order and His home Elks lodge is in Big Bear, California. Big Bear Lake is a City in San Bernardino County, California along the south shore of Big Bear Lake.

Career

At 6 feet, 8 and a half inches, Moll's height alone makes him memorable, as Bull was meant to tower over the rest of the cast of Night Court, and Moll's height gave him an advantage as Harry Anderson and John Larroquette are both six feet four. ---- Harry Anderson (born October 14 1952 is an Emmy Award -nominated American Actor and magician. John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American film and television Actor. Though in his later projects he often has a full head of hair and/or a beard, his extraordinary height and distinctive speaking voice make him easy to distinguish. He is adept at playing both comic and menacing characters.

In 1981, Moll co-starred with Jan-Michael Vincent and Kim Basinger in the movie Hard Country. Jan-Michael Vincent (born July 15, 1944) is an American actor most well-known for his role as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the 1980s Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger (ˈbeɪsɪŋɚ bay-sing-er often mispronounced /ˈbæsɪndʒɚ/ bass-in-jer) (born December 8, 1953) Hard Country is a 1981 Dramatic movie starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Kim Basinger, and co-starring Country music star In 1982, under layers of makeup, he played the sorcerer Xusia in The Sword of the Sorcerer. He had shaved his head for the role of Hurok in the 1983 science fiction B movie Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, but the producers of Night Court liked the look so much in his audition that they asked him to keep it. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double Metalstorm The Destruction of Jared-Syn is a 1983 Science fiction movie starring Jeffrey Byron, Michael Preston, Tim Night Court is an American television Situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992 Moll also used the Bull persona in commercials for the Washington State Lottery Commission. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. A lottery is a form of Gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize Moll also had a role as "Big Ben," Roger Cobb's Vietnam comrade in the 1986 horror/comedy House. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia House is a 1986 horror / comedy Film. It stars William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll and Kay

Moll made a guest appearance in the pilot episode of Highlander: The Series as the villain who reunites Connor MacLeod with his kinsman and show's protagonist, Duncan MacLeod. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Highlander The Series is an English language Fantasy / Sci-fi Television series featuring Duncan MacLeod ( Adrian Paul Connor MacLeod, also known as The Highlander, is a fictional character in the Highlander film series as well as the television programs Highlander Duncan MacLeod, also known as the Highlander, is a Fictional character from the Highlander universe He also made a guest appearance on Babylon 5 in the episode "Hunter, Prey" as a lurker criminal who was holding a VIP hostage. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J Hunter Prey is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. In Internet culture, a lurker is a person who reads discussions on a Message board, Newsgroup, Chatroom, File sharing or other interactive

In 1999's But I'm A Cheerleader, Moll went against type and played a gay man who, with his gay partner (Wesley Mann), helps gay teenagers escape from a nearby "gay camp," where uncomprehending parents send their teenage offspring if they're suspected of being gay. But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 satirical Romantic comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Brian Wayne Peterson In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. A domestic partnership is a legal or Personal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are neither joined by a traditional Wesley Mann (born 1959 is an American character actor Many of Mann's roles are minor and he frequently he delivers only a handful of lines but he has a somewhat distinctive appearance

He can be heard in many animated film and cartoon productions, often as a villain with a deep, growling voice. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Moll has voiced Bruce Wayne's disturbed friend and former Gotham district attorney Harvey Dent/Two-Face in Batman: The Animated Series (as well as the voice of the Batcomputer) and the Scorpion in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Gotham City is a Fictional City appearing in DC Comics, and is best known as the home of Batman. A district attorney (DA is in some US jurisdictions the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals This article is about the DC comics villain For the Nigerian musician see 2face Idibia. Batman The Animated Series (often shortened Batman TAS or BTAS) is an American, two time Emmy Award winning Scorpion, in comics, may refer to Marvel Comics comics characters Mac Gargan, a supervillian and frequent enemy of Spider-Man Spider-Man (also known as Spider-Man The Animated Series) is an American Animated television series featuring the His first role in an animated film was as a beat poet in Ralph Bakshi's American Pop. Ralph Bakshi (born October 29 1938 is an American director of animated and occasionally live-action films American pop is a vague and nebulous term applied generally to whatever form of music is most popular among mainstream American teenage audiences He starred as the character of Norman in the animated series Mighty Max. He appeared with Ringo Starr in the 1981 comedy Caveman. A caveman is a popular Stock character based upon Stereotyped concepts of the way in which early prehistoric Humans or Homininans may have looked and in which he played the abominable snowman. In 1994, he starred in The Flintstones and Casper Meets Wendy, both TV spin-offs. The Flintstones is a 1994 live-action film directed by Brian Levant based on the prime time Hanna-Barbera animated television sitcom of Casper Meets Wendy is a Direct-to-video sequel to the 1995 Film Casper. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing Moll also voiced the Devil Hulk in the 2005 video game Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction is a Video game developed by Radical Entertainment and based on Marvel Comics ' Hulk. He played the drifter on the Nickelodeon show 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd.

The Lifetime Channel is currently funding a made-for-TV movie loosely based on Richard's life called Leaning Tower of Bull starring newcoming actor Nolan Smith to play the part of his would-be courtly role. Lifetime Television is an American Television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and Dramas all of which are either geared toward According to producers, the movie is scheduled to air in November of 2008.

References

External links

• Richard Moll at the Internet Movie Database