Lou Myers
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lou Myers (September 26, 1935 – February 19, 2013) was an American actor. He was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he 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 perhaps best known as the feisty Mr. Vernon Gaines in the sitcom A Different World. Myers was also an accomplished pianist. Myers was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown). Myers died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lou Myers (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
The Wedding Planner
as Burt Weinberg
2001
Everything's Jake
as Abe
2000
The Passion of Darkly Noon
as Quincy
1995
All About You
as Toomie
2001
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Uncle Ollie
1998
Bulworth
as Uncle Tyrone
1998
Tin Cup
as Clint
1996
Lackawanna Blues
as Ol' Po Carl
2005
It's Kind of a Funny Story
as Jimmy
2010
Dreams
as Mr. Harlan
2013
A Private Affair
as Lawrence
2000
Cobb
as Willie
1994
The Fighting Temptations
as Homer T.
2003
The Piano Lesson
as Wining Boy
1995
Sweet Oranges
as Mr. King
2004
The First Breeze of Summer
as Reverend Mosely
1976
Volcano
as Pastor Lake
1997
Nobody Knows Anything!
as Blue Smoke Jones
2004
The Baby Doll Night
as Philip
2008
