Richard Edward Gant (born March 10, 1944) is an American actor. His notable credits include the film Rocky V (1990), where he played the Don King-esque George Washington Duke; Hostetler in Deadwood (2004–2006); and Owen in Men of a Certain Age (2009–2012).

Filmography

• The Wonder Years — Granddaddy Clisby
• Doom Patrol — General Tony Anderson
• Mr. Iglesias — Ray Hayward
• Champions — Chester
• Magnum P.I. — Joseph
• The Chi — Mr. Bennett
• The Neighborhood — Walter
• Greenleaf — Percy Lee
• This Is Us — Albert Jones
• 2014The Fright Night Files — Micheal
• 2013Island Song — Duke
• The Mindy Project — Melville Fuller
• The Soul Man — Fred
• 2010Ashes — Thomas Muller
• 2010Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story — Paps 'Pure Plastic' Patterson
• The Deep End — Judge Byron Cole
• 2010Waiting for Forever — Albert
• Men of a Certain Age — Owen Thoreau Sr.
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Raymond Hanna
• The Middle — Pastor Watkins
• Eli Stone — Judge Marlon Anderson
• 2007Cover — Robert Maas
• 2007Daddy Day Camp — Buck
• 2007Ezra — Mac Mondale
• 2007Fist of the Warrior — Chief Matthews
• General Hospital: Night Shift
• 2007Norbit — Preacher
• 2007Young Cesar
• In Justice — Judge Walker
• 2006Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror — Jackson
• Vanished — Police Chief
• American Dad! — Fireman #2 (voice), Narrator (voice)
• Bones — Arthur Lang
• How I Met Your Mother — Judge
• Boston Legal — Judge Vincent Kimball
• Deadwood — Hostetler, Arnette Hostetler
• Eve — Andrew Hunter
• 2001Kingdom Come — Clyde Kincade
• Smallville — Terrence Reynolds
• Special Unit 2 — Captain Richard Page
• 2000Nutty Professor II: The Klumps — Denise's Father
• Titus — FBI Agent
• Family Law — Judge John Wyles
• Charmed — Head Witch Doctor
• Damon — Judge Miller
• 1998Divorcing Jack — Charles Parker
• 1998Godzilla — Admiral Phelps
• 1998Johnny B Good
• 1998Sour Grapes — Detective Crouch
• 1998The Big Lebowski — Older Cop
• 1997Bean — Lieutenant Brutus
• 1997Raven — Russ Carlson
• Smart Guy — Reverend Simms
• 1996City Hall — Deputy Commissioner Samuels
• 1996Ed — Umpire - Sharks Game
• Moesha — Rev. Lovejoy
• 1996The Glimmer Man — Detective Roden
• The Steve Harvey Show — Clarence Hightower
• Bonnie — Joe Briggs
• The Client — Tom
• The Drew Carey Show — Reverend Holloway
• The Parent 'Hood
• 1995Trial by Fire — Judge
• Babylon 5 — Captain Edward MacDougan
• Chicago Hope — Darryl Harding
• ER — Mr. Lipson
• Friends — Rhodes
• Touched by an Angel — Johnson
• 1993CB4 — Baa Baa Ack
• Diagnosis: Murder — Det. Jim Michaels, Deputy Chief Clark Nichols
• 1993Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday — Coroner
• Living Single — Al Evans
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Judge R. Cobb
• 1993Men Don't Tell — Pope
• 1993Posse — Doubletree
• 1993The Tower — Wilson
• 1992Condition: Critical — Sgt. Lidner
• Martin — Rev. Barnes
• Renegade — Michael Prince
• Reasonable Doubts — Alvin Pinkston
• Roc — Black Officer
• 1991Stone Cold — Cunningham
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — The Inspector
• 1990Rocky V — George Washington Duke
• 1990The Freshman — Lloyd Simpson
• Wings — Jack
• 1989Collision Course — Jarryd Guard #2
• Seinfeld — Fred
• 1988Internal Affairs — Police Commissioner
• 1987Suspect — Everett Bennett
• L.A. Law — Mr. Holmes
• 1985Krush Groove — Jay B (as Richard E. Gant)
• MacGyver — Asst. D.A. Johnny Denmark
• Miami Vice — Battlin' Barry Gay
• The Cosby Show — Moving Man
• 1980Attica — Eddie Lewis
• 1980Night of the Juggler — Hospital Cop
• Revenge of the Nerds — P.T. Turner

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2025Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday — Self