Richard Moll (born January 13, 1943) is an American actor best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992.
Moll was born Charles Richard Moll in Pasadena, California, the son of Violet Anita (née Grill), a nurse, and Harry Findley Moll, a lawyer. He married Susan Brown in 1993. Susan and Richard have two children together. Richard is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His home...
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Richard Moll (born January 13, 1943) is an American actor best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992.
Moll was born Charles Richard Moll in Pasadena, California, the son of Violet Anita (née Grill), a nurse, and Harry Findley Moll, a lawyer. He married Susan Brown in 1993. Susan and Richard have two children together. Richard is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His home Elks lodge is in Big Bear, California.
In 1981, Moll co-starred with Jan-Michael Vincent and Kim Basinger in the movie Hard Country. In 1982, under layers of makeup, he played the sorcerer Xusia in The Sword and the Sorcerer. In 1983, he played the abominable snowman alongside Ringo Starr and Dennis Quaid in the cult classic Caveman. Later that year, he shaved his head for the role of Hurok in the science fiction B movie Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, but the producers of Night Court liked the look so much in his audition that they...
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