Richard Moll, Who Played Bull the Bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 80

Actor Richard Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif. He was 80.

The deep-voiced, 6 foot 8 inch actor was best known for the role of the bailiff Bull Shannon in Night Court, co-starring Harry Anderson and John Larroquette, from 1984 to 1992.

Moll was nominated for a Saturn award for the 1985 horror movie House. He voiced the role of Harvey Dent/Two-Face on The Adventures of Batman Robin, as well as Scorpion on Spider-Man: The Animated Series. He also had parts in The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, Casper Meets Wendy and Scary Movie 2.

He had a recurring role on sitcom Getting By starring Cindy Williams and voiced the bodyguard in Mighty Max.

Moll went on to appear in the 1999 satire But Im a Cheerleader with Natasha Lyonne, in which he played a gay man who shepherded teenagers sent to a re-education camp by parents who suspected they were homosexual.

His other television appearances included Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, 7th Heaven and Smallville. After appearing in the horror movie Nightmare Man in 2006, he starred in Thomas Kinkades Christmas Cottage opposite Peter OToole, Marcia Gay Harden and Ed Asner and later appeared in Cold Case and Anger Management. He also appeared in made-for-television films including No Place Like Home and The Headless Horseman.

Born in Pasadena on Jan. 13, 1943, he graduated UC Berkeley and began acting at the Will Geer Theatre performing in works of Shakespeare.

The actor was an avid bird watcher and nature lover and retired to Big Bear Lake.

He is survived by his children Chloe and Mason Moll; ex-wife Susan Moll and stepchildren Cassandra Card and Morgan Ostling.