Lou Myers
Known for ActingBorn 1935-09-26 — died 2013-02-19Charleston, West Virginia
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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.
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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
Volcano
1997 · as Pastor Lake
The Wedding Planner
2001 · as Burt Weinberg
Bulworth
1998 · as Uncle Tyrone
Tin Cup
1996 · as Clint
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 · as Jimmy
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · as Uncle Ollie
The Fighting Temptations
2003 · as Homer T.
All About You
2001 · as Toomie
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004 · as Blue Smoke Jones
Everything's Jake
2000 · as Abe
Sweet Oranges
2004 · as Mr. King
Cobb
1994 · as Willie
The Passion of Darkly Noon
1995 · as Quincy
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · as Ol' Po Carl
The Piano Lesson
1995 · as Wining Boy
A Private Affair
2000 · as Lawrence
The Baby Doll Night
2008 · as Philip
Dreams
2013 · as Mr. Harlan