LAWRENCE, Kan.
He portrayed a Harlem crime boss in “Shaft,” a legendary civil rights leader in “Ragtime” and a mystical envoy in “The NeverEnding Story.”
He earned an Emmy nomination for his work as an African chief in TV’s “Roots.”
He even joined the cast of the sitcom “Good Times.”
Moses Gunn played a lot of roles. And consequently, he accumulated a lot of stuff.
The University of Kansas department of theater and film recently acquired a collection of memorabilia from the 30-year acting career of the late Gunn, an alumnus of the university. The material was bequeathed by his widow, Gwen Gunn.
“I donated his collection to the university because it was a place he had always admired and because I thought it would receive more tender care than at the Schomberg (Center) or the New York Library at Lincoln Center, both of whom are overwhelmed with the lives of actors,” Gwen Gunn says.
