Lou Myers

Biography

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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.

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Known For

It's Kind of a Funny Story 2010 ★ 6.9
Lackawanna Blues 2005 ★ 5.9
Nobody Knows Anything! 2004 ★ 3.6
Eve 2003 ★ 8.5
The Fighting Temptations 2003 ★ 5.8
The Wedding Planner 2001 ★ 5.9
Philly 2001 ★ 7.3
Bulworth 1998 ★ 6.3
Mama Flora's Family 1998 ★ 7.6
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 ★ 5.8
Volcano 1997 ★ 6.0
The Sentinel 1996 ★ 7.2
The Jamie Foxx Show 1996 ★ 6.7
Malcolm & Eddie 1996 ★ 7.7
Tin Cup 1996 ★ 6.1
JAG 1995 ★ 7.3
The Passion of Darkly Noon 1995 ★ 5.7
ER 1994 ★ 7.8
Cobb 1994 ★ 5.7
Living Single 1993 ★ 8.1
Thea 1993 ★ 8.4
A Different World 1987 ★ 7.1
The Cosby Show 1984 ★ 7.0
Great Performances 1971 ★ 6.1