Lou Myers (actor)
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| Lou Myers | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lewis Eddy Myers September 26, 1935 Cabin Creek, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976–2013 |
Lewis "Lou" Eddy Myers (September 26, 1935 – February 19, 2013)[1] was an American actor.
Myers was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown).[2]
He was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he has 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 best known as Vernon Gaines in the sitcom A Different World. Myers was also an accomplished pianist.[citation needed]
Myers died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Missing Pieces | Attendant | |
| 1994 | Cobb | Willie | |
| 1995 | The Piano Lesson | Wining Boy | |
| 1995 | The Passion of Darkly Noon | Quincy | |
| 1996 | Tin Cup | Clint | |
| 1997 | Volcano | Pastor Lake | |
| 1998 | Goodbye Lover | Police Captain | |
| Bulworth | Uncle Tyrone | ||
| Mama Flora's Family | Albie | ||
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Uncle Ollie | ||
| 1999 | The Big Confession | Tommy | |
| The Stand-In | Half-Step Wilson | ||
| 2000 | Everything's Jake | Abe | |
| 2001 | All About You | Toomie | |
| The Wedding Planner | Burt Weinberg | ||
| 2003 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Blue Smoke Jones | |
| The Fighting Temptations | Homer T. | ||
| 2004 | Team Player | Coach Lou | |
| 2007 | Kings of the Evening | Counter Man | |
| 2013 | DREAMS 2013" | Mr. Harlan |
Awards
Myers won an NAACP Image Award for his role as the Stool Pigeon in the August Wilson play, King Hedley II. He also won the Off-Broadway AUDELCO Award for his role in the play, Fat Tuesday.[citation needed]
In 2005 the Appalachian Education Initiative listed Myers as one of 50 "Outstanding Creative Artists" from the State of West Virginia and featured him in their coffeetable book Art & Soul.[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ Lou Myers profile, filmreference.com; accessed February 19, 2016.
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External links
- Lou Myers at the Internet Movie Database
- Lou Myers at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Interview with Lou Myers, mosaec.com
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