{"id":61083,"date":"2023-10-27T23:31:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T03:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=61083"},"modified":"2023-10-27T23:31:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T03:31:30","slug":"actor-richard-moll-bailiff-on-the-original-night-court-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/27\/actor-richard-moll-bailiff-on-the-original-night-court-dies-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Richard Moll, Bailiff On The Original &#8220;Night Court,&#8221; Dies At 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61085\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Moll-obit.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Moll-obit.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Moll-obit-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Moll-obit-120x86.webp 120w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Richard-Moll-obit-350x250.webp 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>In a career that spanned more than four decades, the actor was best known for playing an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original \u201c<em>Night Court<\/em>\u201d sitcom, has died. He was 80.<\/p>\n<p>No cause of death was given for Moll, who passed at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at Chasen &amp; Company.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2972619690\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Moll was born in Pasadena, California, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, according to the Turner Classic Movies website.<\/p>\n<p>When he began acting, his first jobs were in commercials and bit parts on television shows. Among his early credits were roles on \u201c<em>Welcome Back, Kotter<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>The Rockford Files.<\/em>\u201d On the former, he played a character simply credited as \u201cBig Thug.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61084\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/night-court-cast.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/night-court-cast.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/night-court-cast-300x199.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Markie Post, Harry Anderson, Marsha Warfield, John Larroquette, Richard Moll, and Charles Robinson in &#8220;NIGHT COURT&#8221; (1987) Warner Bros. Television<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed he was big \u2013 standing at 6\u20198,\u201d with a hulking presence. In the real world, though, Moll wasn\u2019t as likely to be recognized by \u201c<em>Night Court<\/em>\u201d viewers if he was sporting a full head of hair. His \u201c<em>Night Court<\/em>\u201d character, Aristotle Nostradamus \u201cBull\u201d Shannon, was bald, big-hearted, and at times a little dense, though not enough to dull his charm or command of moments.<\/p>\n<p>Moll played an abominable snowman alongside Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach in the comedy feature <em>Caveman<\/em> (1981), and he was a scary, decomposing Vietnam veteran in the horror film <em>House<\/em> (1986). After <em>Night Court<\/em>, Moll landed a recurring role on the sitcom <em>Getting By<\/em> (NBC, 1992-94), starring Cindy Williams, before appearing in an episode of the cult sci-fi hit <em>Babylon 5<\/em> (TNT, 1993-99). He also voiced the bodyguard to the title character of the animated <em>Mighty Max<\/em> (syndicated, 1993-94).<\/p><div id=\"morty-3397311451\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>His <em>Night Court<\/em> stint also enabled him to branch out into larger films and voiceover work on animated series, where he often relished the chance to play the bad guy. Moll was the voice of Harvey Dent\/Two-Face on <em>The Adventures of Batman &amp; Robin<\/em> (Fox, 1992-95) and Scorpion on <em>Spider-Man: The Animated Series<\/em> (Fox, 1994-98).<\/p>\n<p>During that, he also had small parts in big studio movies like <em>The Flintsones<\/em> (1994), the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy <em>Jingle All the Way<\/em> (1996), the direct-to-video sequel, <em>Caspar Meets Wendy<\/em> (1998) and <em>Scary Movie 2<\/em> (2002).<\/p>\n<p>His feature films resume included parts in <em>The Dungeonmaster<\/em> (1986) and <em>House<\/em> (1986), as well as with small screen flicks such as If It\u2019s <em>Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium<\/em> (NBC, 1987) and <em>Class Cruise<\/em> (NBC, 1989). Additional credits include <em>Wicked Stepmother<\/em> (1989), <em>Think Big<\/em> (1990), and <em>Driving Me Crazy<\/em> (1991).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jjUsiAqQjI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Moll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More About Richard Moll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a career that spanned more than four decades, the actor was best known for playing an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original \u201cNight Court\u201d sitcom, has died. 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