{"id":37905,"date":"2023-10-27T18:39:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=37905"},"modified":"2023-10-27T18:39:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:39:21","slug":"richard-moll-bull-the-bailiff-on-night-court-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/10\/27\/richard-moll-bull-the-bailiff-on-night-court-dies-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Moll, Bull the Bailiff on \u2018Night Court,\u2019 Dies at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaving his head for a movie helped him get the part of a lifetime, and he spent nine seasons on the hit NBC sitcom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moll_Richard.webp?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37906\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Moll, the fun-loving actor who portrayed the towering and tenderhearted bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus \u201cBull\u201d Shannon on all nine seasons of the popular NBC sitcom&nbsp;Night Court&nbsp;during its original run, has died. He was 80.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moll died peacefully Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, a family spokesperson announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suitable for his 6-foot-8 frame, Moll played an abominable snowman alongside&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ringo-starr\/\">Ringo Starr<\/a>&nbsp;and Barbara Bach in the comedy feature&nbsp;Caveman&nbsp;(1981), and he was a scary, decomposing Vietnam veteran in the horror film&nbsp;House&nbsp;(1986).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moll also did lots of voiceover work, with a regular gig as the immortal bodyguard Norman on the syndicated series&nbsp;Mighty Max&nbsp;and turns as Harvey Dent\/Two-Face for three&nbsp;Batman&nbsp;cartoons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaving his head for a movie helped him get the part of a lifetime, and he spent nine seasons on the hit NBC sitcom. 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