Lou Myers
Actor
Biography
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Lou Myers (September 26, 1935 â 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 (nÊe Brown).
Myers died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months.
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Filmography
The Wedding Planner
as Burt Weinberg 2001
Volcano
as Pastor Lake 1997
Tin Cup
as Clint 1996
Bulworth
as Uncle Tyrone 1998
The Fighting Temptations
as Homer T. 2003
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Uncle Ollie 1998
Cobb
as Willie 1994
The Passion of Darkly Noon
as Quincy 1995
Lackawanna Blues
as Ol' Po Carl 2005
Nobody Knows Anything!
as Blue Smoke Jones 2004
The Baby Doll Night
as Philip 2008
The Piano Lesson
as Wining Boy 1995
All About You
as Toomie 2001
Dreams
as Mr. Harlan 2013
Everything's Jake
as Abe 2000
A Private Affair
as Lawrence 2000