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

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Richard Gant
Born	Richard E. Gant (1944-03-10) March 10, 1944 (age 80) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Arline Burks
Children	2

Richard Gant (born March 10, 1944) is an American actor. His credits include the films Rocky V (as the Don King-esque George Washington Duke), Miami Vice Season 5 episode 13 (1989), possessed coroner in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), Deadwood, The Big Lebowski, Babylon 5, Special Unit 2, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, Living Single, Posse, Men Don't Tell and Charmed. He appeared in one episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and had a recurring role as the high school principal in Smallville. He 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 the 2007 comedy film, Daddy Day Camp, as Col. Buck Hinton

On February 6, 2007, Gant joined the ABC daytime drama General Hospital in the role of Dr. Russell Ford. He starred in Men of a Certain Age for its entire two-season run on TNT (2009–2011).

Other achievements

Gant was the campaign manager for federal elections in the country of Nigeria. He has been honored for his achievements by being presented the Keys to the City of Oakland, California by then-Mayor Jerry Brown.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Attica	Eddie Lewis	TV Movie
1980	Night of the Juggler	Hospital Cop
1981	Death of a Prophet	Unknown Role	TV Movie
1985	Krush Groove	Jay B	Credit as Richard E. Gant
1987	Suspect	Everett Bennett
1988	Internal Affairs	Police Commissioner	TV Movie
1989	Collision Course	Jarryd Guard #2
1990	Love or Money	Zoo
	The Freshman	Lloyd Simpson
	Rocky V	George Washington Duke
1991	Stone Cold	Cunningham
	False Arrest	Detective John Volland
	Revenge of the Nerds	P.T, Turner
	Last Breeze of Summer	Will Davis	Short
1992	Condition: Critical	Sergeant Lidner	TV Movie
1993	The Tower	Wilson	TV Movie
	CB4	Baa Baa Ack
	Men Don't Tell	Pope	TV Movie
	Posse	Doubletree
	Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday	Phil the Coroner
1994	MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice
1995	Trial by Fire	Judge	TV 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
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 Role	Credit as Richard E. Gant
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Denise's Father
2001	Kingdom Come	Clyde Kincade
2003	The Partners	Deputy Chief	TV Movie
2005	Layla's Girl	JB
2006	Hood of Horror	Jackson
2006	Summertime	Paul Reeseman
2007	Ezra	Mac Mondale
	Norbit	Preacher
	Fist of the Warrior	Chief Matthews
	Young Ceaser
	Daddy Day Camp	Colonel Buck Hinton
	Cover	Robert Mass
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
2014	Bleach	Harvey
2014	The Fright Night Files	Michael	TV Movie

External links

Richard Gant at IMDb

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