LOU GOSSETT Jr. has died at 87

[Sourdough]

I loved him in "An Officer and a Gentleman".

 

[LadyLocust]

I had to look up who he was. The only movie(s) of his I’ve seen was Officer and Gents - not sure I ever saw the whole thing. It also says he was in Lonesome Dove and I know I saw that but don’t remember much of it.

 

[Bacpacker]

I recall him in The movie Iron Eagle years ago. Good actor

 

[jazzy]

good actor--God rest his soul

 

[havasu]

A great actor!

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Rest in Peace Sir.

 

[Weedygarden]

He had a very prolific acting career.
I remember him from Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman.

Film​

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	A Raisin in the Sun	George Murchison
1969	The Bushbaby	Tembo
1970	The Landlord	Copee
1971	Skin Game	Jason O'Rourke
1972	Travels with My Aunt	Zachary / 'Wordsworth'
1973	The Fuzz Brothers	Francis Fuzz
1973	The Laughing Policeman	Inspector James Larrimore
1974	The White Dawn	Portagee
1976	The River Niger	Dr. Dudley Stanton
1976	J. D.'s Revenge	Reverend Elija Bliss
1977	The Deep	Henri Cloche
1977	The Choirboys	Calvin Motts
1980	It Rained All Night the Day I Left	Leo Garcia
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley
1983	Jaws 3-D	Calvin Bouchard
1984	Finders Keepers	Century
1985	Enemy Mine	Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
1986	Iron Eagle	Colonel Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1986	Firewalker	Leo Porter
1987	The Principal	Jake Phillips
1987	A Gathering of Old Men	Mathu
1988	Iron Eagle II	Colonel / Brigadier General Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1989	The Punisher	Detective Jake Berkowitz
1991	Cover Up	CIA Chief Lou Jackson
1991	Toy Soldiers	Dean Parker
1992	Aces: Iron Eagle III	Brigadier General Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1992	Diggstown	Roy 'Honey Roy' Palmer
1993	Monolith	Captain MacCandless
1994	Flashfire	Ben Durand
1994	Blue Chips	Father Dawkins
1994	A Good Man in Africa	Professor Sam Adekunle
1994	Curse of the Starving Class	Ellis
1995	Iron Eagle on the Attack	Brigadier General Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair (Ret.)
1996	Managua	Paul
1997	The Wall That Heals	Narrator
1997	Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy	Corbeck
1999	Terminal Countdown	Morgan
2000	The Highwayman	Phil Bishop
2002	Deceived	Colonel David Garrett	Direct-to-video release

 

[Weedygarden]

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Deceived	Colonel David Garrett	Direct-to-video release
2005	Window	Ralph Stanley	Part of African American Short Films[6]
2005	Left Behind: World at War	President Gerald Fitzhugh
2006	All In	Caps
2006	Club Soda	'Doc'
2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Willie
2007	Cover	Detective Hicks
2008	The Perfect Game	Cool Papa Bell
2008	Delgo	Zahn	Voice
2009	Dog Jack	Grown Up Jed
2009	Shannon's Rainbow	Max Donovan
2009	The Least Among You	Samuel Benton
2010	Smitty	Mr. Smith
2010	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Porter
2011	The Grace Card	George Wright
2011	A Fonder Heart	Glen
2011	The Lamp	The Genie
2012	The Undershepherd	Bishop Redford
2014	A Fighting Man	'Cubby'
2014	The Dependables	Lou Jones
2015	Boiling Pot	Detective Haven
2017	Undercover Grandpa	Mother
2017	Double Play	'Coco'
2017	Breaking Brooklyn	Miles Bryant
2019	Foster Boy	Judge
2019	The Cuban	Luis Garcia
2019	Supervized	Pendle
2021	Not to Forget	Pastor John
2022	Three Months	Benny
2023	The Color Purple	Ol' Mister
2024	IF †	Bear	Voice, completed, posthumous release
TBA	Soul to Keep †	Mr. G	Post-production, posthumous release
Sln †	Elijah	Post-production, posthumous release
Unplugged †	Amos Burton	Voice, in production, posthumous release

 

[Snowman]

If You get a chance, watch Firewalker :



As shown in Posts # 7n8, He was in quite a few Good-Great Rolls...!!! He wasn't in the News often which shows He Was a Good Person in Life...!!!

 

[Weedygarden]

He has many television appearances as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Gossett_Jr._on_screen_and_stage

 

[Caribou]

I remember him for “Enemy Mine”. A great entertainer.

 

[Alaskajohn]

He was one of the better ones.

 

[Weedygarden]

 

[teeceetx]

Always enjoyed watching him act.

RIP Louis Gossett Jr.