BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY
Lou Myers (actor)
Lou Myers
Lou Myers
Born Lewis Eddy Myers
September 26, 1935
Cabin Creek, West Virginia, U.S.
Died February 19, 2013 (aged 77)
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Lou Leabengula Myers (September 26, 1935 – February 19, 2013)[1] was an American actor.
Myers was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown).[2]
He was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he has 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 died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months.[3]
Contents
1 Filmography
2 Awards
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1991 Missing Pieces Attendant
1994 Cobb Willie
1995 The Piano Lesson Wining Boy
1995 The Passion of Darkly Noon Quincy
1996 Tin Cup Clint
1997 Volcano Pastor Lake
1998 Goodbye Lover Police Captain
Bulworth Uncle Tyrone
Mama Flora's Family Albie
How Stella Got Her Groove Back Uncle Ollie
1999 The Big Confession Tommy
The Stand-In Half-Step Wilson
2000 Everything's Jake Abe
2001 All About You Toomie
The Wedding Planner Burt Weinberg
2003 Nobody Knows Anything! Blue Smoke Jones
The Fighting Temptations Homer T.
2004 Team Player Coach Lou
2007 Kings of the Evening Counter Man
2013 DREAMS 2013" Mr. Harlan
Awards
Myers won an NAACP Image Award for his role as the Stool Pigeon in the August Wilson play, King Hedley II. He also won the Off-Broadway AUDELCO Award for his role in the play, Fat Tuesday.[citation needed]
In 2005 the Appalachian Education Initiative listed Myers as one of 50 "Outstanding Creative Artists" from the State of West Virginia and featured him in their coffee table book Art & Soul.[citation needed]
Lou Myers
Lou Myers
Born Lewis Eddy Myers
September 26, 1935
Cabin Creek, West Virginia, U.S.
Died February 19, 2013 (aged 77)
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Lou Leabengula Myers (September 26, 1935 – February 19, 2013)[1] was an American actor.
Myers was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown).[2]
He was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he has 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 died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months.[3]
Contents
1 Filmography
2 Awards
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1991 Missing Pieces Attendant
1994 Cobb Willie
1995 The Piano Lesson Wining Boy
1995 The Passion of Darkly Noon Quincy
1996 Tin Cup Clint
1997 Volcano Pastor Lake
1998 Goodbye Lover Police Captain
Bulworth Uncle Tyrone
Mama Flora's Family Albie
How Stella Got Her Groove Back Uncle Ollie
1999 The Big Confession Tommy
The Stand-In Half-Step Wilson
2000 Everything's Jake Abe
2001 All About You Toomie
The Wedding Planner Burt Weinberg
2003 Nobody Knows Anything! Blue Smoke Jones
The Fighting Temptations Homer T.
2004 Team Player Coach Lou
2007 Kings of the Evening Counter Man
2013 DREAMS 2013" Mr. Harlan
Awards
Myers won an NAACP Image Award for his role as the Stool Pigeon in the August Wilson play, King Hedley II. He also won the Off-Broadway AUDELCO Award for his role in the play, Fat Tuesday.[citation needed]
In 2005 the Appalachian Education Initiative listed Myers as one of 50 "Outstanding Creative Artists" from the State of West Virginia and featured him in their coffee table book Art & Soul.[citation needed]
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