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Lou Meyers, Actor and Pianist

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Lou Meyers, Actor and Pianist
Lou Meyers, Actor and Pianist

Lou Myers (Sept 26, 1935 - Feb 20, 2013). Actor, who was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he appeared in many movies, stage plays, TV sitcoms and dramas. He got his first break as an understudy in the 1974 Broadway play, ‘The First Breeze of Summer’ as “Reverend Mosley”. He is probably best known as the feisty “Mr. Vernon Gaines” in the sitcom ‘A Different World’ (1987-93). Myers was also an accomplished pianist.

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