Lou Myers

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Lou Leabengula Myers (born September 26, 1935 in Chesapeake , West Virginia , † February 19, 2013 in Charleston , West Virginia) was an American actor .

Life

Lou Myers was the son of Dorothy Jeffries, b. Brown born.

Myers began his career as a theater actor in 1975 on Broadway in New York City . He made his Broadway debut as an understudy in the role of Reverend Moseley in the play The First Breeze of Summer by Leslie Lee . He had other roles on Broadway in the plays The Piano Lesson (1990/1991), in the stage version of the novel The Color Purple (2005-2008; role: Old Man) produced by Oprah Winfrey and in The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008 ; Role: Reverend Tooker).

He won the NAACP Image Award for Best Actor for his role as Lure Spitz in August Wilson's play King Hedley II (Albert Ivar Goodman Theater, Chicago, 2000; Virginia Theater, New York City, 2001).

In the film, Myers was mostly cast in the role of the grouchy, grumpy old man. He had supporting roles in the films Tin Cup (1996), Stella's Groove: Men are half the rent (1998) and Wedding Planner - in love, engaged, planned (2001). In the latter film, he played the role of Burt Weinberg, a friend of the character Mary and her father, Mr. Fiore.

Myers had his best-known role from 1988 to 1993 as Mr. Vernon Gaines in the American sitcom College Fever , a spin-off from the hit sitcom The Bill Cosby Show . Myers played the owner and manager of campus hangout The Pit . In 1987, Myers had already starred in two episodes of the Bill Cosby Show in another role.

Myers also had episode roles on the American television series A Father For Two (1994), The Sentinel (1996), JAG - For Honor (1998), Emergency Room (2001) and New York Cops - NYPD Blue (2004/2005).

Myers also worked as a pianist . He performed as an interpreter of jazz and blues songs in his own cabaret show entitled Negro Music in Revue .

Myers died of heart failure at the Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia, at the age of 77 . Myers had been hospitalized with pneumonia in December 2012 and had relapsed in January 2013.

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d A Different World's' Lou Myers dies obituary in Los Angeles Times ; February 21, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Lou Myers Biography (1945-) short biography and list of roles; www.filmreference.com
  3. ↑ a b c "College Fever" star Lou Myers is dead obituary; Promiflash.de from February 21, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Myers, Lou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Myers, Lou Leabengula (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Chesapeake , West Virginia
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 2013
Place of death Charleston , West Virginia