{"id":83524,"date":"2023-10-28T07:47:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T11:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/night-court-actor-richard-moll-dead-at-80-83524"},"modified":"2023-10-28T07:47:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T11:47:52","slug":"night-court-actor-richard-moll-dead-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/night-court-actor-richard-moll-dead-at-80-83524","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Night Court\u2019 actor Richard Moll dead at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/departed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Moll,<\/a> the actor best known for the role of bailiff Bull Shannon in &#8220;Night Court,&#8221; has died He was 80.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Moll confirmed to Fox News Digital that the actor passed away earlier this week at his home in Big Bear Lake in California. A cause of death was not revealed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Studio Talent Group mourns the passing of our longtime acting client, the indomitable Richard Moll. A gifted actor and humanitarian he was a caring, loving father with an unmistakably unique persona,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/stars-weve-lost-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>STARS WE&#8217;VE LOST IN 2023<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Immensely talented, sometimes misunderstood\u2026 He was literally and figuratively a larger-than-life character. He was a wonderful member of the Studio Talent Group family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moll portrayed Bull Shannon on the hit television series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/night-court-reboot-melissa-rauch-john-larroquette-in-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Night Court&#8221;<\/a> from 1984 until 1992. He starred alongside Harry Anderson and John Larroquette.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His character formed a close friendship with the court\u2019s other bailiff, Roz Russell, played by Marsha Warfield. Bull was known for his catchphrase, &#8220;Ohh-kay,&#8221; and a dim but sweet worldview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/night-court-star-harry-andersons-cause-of-death-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>&#8216;NIGHT COURT&#8217; STAR HARRY ANDERSON&#8217;S CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the towering 6-foot 8-inch tall actor did not join the reboot of &#8220;Night Court.&#8221; The original &#8220;Night Court&#8221; finale ended with his character being abducted by aliens who needed someone tall to reach the things on their highest shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Moll moved to Los Angeles in 1968 to pursue his acting career in Hollywood. The veteran actor\u2019s remarkable accomplishments spanned nearly sixty years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/night-court-actress-paula-kelly-dead-at-77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>&#8216;NIGHT COURT&#8217; ACTRESS PAULA KELLY DEAD AT 77<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He got to play a cannibal in a Hertz commercial opposite Don Adams and then Joseph Smith in a 1977 biopic about Brigham Young before landing parts in episodes of &#8220;Welcome Back,&#8221; &#8220;Kotter&#8221; and &#8220;The Rockford Files.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 1979, Moll was cast as a gangster in the two-part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/henry-winkler-turning-down-grease-role-dumb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Happy Days&#8221;<\/a> episode &#8220;Fonzie\u2019s Funeral,&#8221; which led to appearances on two other Garry Marshall-created shows, &#8220;Laverne &amp; Shirley&#8221; and &#8220;Mork &amp; Mindy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moll was additionally featured on a two-part episode of &#8220;The Facts of Life&#8221; in 1987 and recurred as &#8220;The Drifter&#8221; on the 1999-2002 Nickelodeon comedy &#8220;100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He contributed his trademark gravelly voice to various video games and comic book projects like &#8220;Batman: The Animated Series&#8221; as Harvey Dent and appeared in horror films including &#8220;Ghost Shark&#8221; in 2013 and &#8220;Slay Belles&#8221; in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He voiced Scorpion in the 1990s&#8217; &#8220;Spider-Man: The Animated Series&#8221; and had minor parts in 1994&#8217;s &#8220;The Flintstones,&#8221; the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy &#8220;Jingle All the Way&#8221; and &#8220;Scary Movie 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Moll wasn\u2019t on television and movie sets, he was an avid bird watcher and loved nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moll is survived by his children, Chloe and Mason Moll; ex-wife, Susan Moll; and stepchildren Cassandra Card and Morgan Ostling.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/night-court-actor-richard-moll-dead-80\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/night-court-actor-richard-moll-dead-80 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Moll, the actor best known for the role of bailiff Bull Shannon in &#8220;Night Court,&#8221; has died He was 80. 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