The best Louis Gossett Jr.’s comedy movies

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

27/05/1936 (87 años)
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Why Did I Get Married Too?

Why Did I Get Married Too?
4.7/10
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.

Firewalker

Firewalker
5.1/10
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

Diggstown

Diggstown
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/08/1992
  • Character: 'Honey' Roy Palmer
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is that man - although at 48, many say he is too old.

Undercover Grandpa

Undercover Grandpa
5.2/10
When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and his WWII buddies.

Daddy's Little Girls

Daddy's Little Girls
5.8/10
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited...touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.

Delgo

Delgo
4.3/10
In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.

El Diablo

El Diablo
6.1/10
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger (Joe Pantoliano) and a no-nonsense cowboy (Louis Gossett Jr.) to help. Now, Smith may just have a chance at capturing his man: the merciless bandit El Diablo (Robert Beltran).

The Landlord

The Landlord
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 20/05/1970
  • Character: Copee Johnson
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.

A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa
5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/07/1994
  • Character: Prof. Sam Adekunle
Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor's opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.

Stories USA

Stories USA
2.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/11/2007
  • Character: Doc (segment "Club Soda")
Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strangers struggle to overcome their fates and find their place in a frequently harsh and unforgiving world.

The Choirboys

The Choirboys
5.6/10
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/05/1984
  • Character: Century
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. He gets more than he bargained for from the train and the coffin.

Supervized

Supervized
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/07/2019
  • Character: Pendle
Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt
6.3/10
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.

Pride of Lions

Pride of Lions
3.7/10
Action / Comedy - Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that they are up against an enemy from their past. This time, The Dependables mission is personal. With guns blazing, the group puts their lives on the line to defeat their arch nemesis and save their grandchildren.

Skin Game

Skin Game
7/10
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
7.2/10
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.

All In

All In
3.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/03/2006
  • Character: Caps
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.

Sidekicks

Sidekicks
7/10
This 1974 made-for-TV sequel to Skin Game (1971) brings back Lou Gossett, Jr. as Jason, with Larry Hagman taking over the role of Quince, played by James Garner in the first film. On the lam from their most recent scam, Quince and Jason find themselves mistaken for a pair of bank robbers, and at the mercy of an overzealous sheriff's daughter and an outlaw looking to pull one last job before he goes home to his family.

Black Bart

Black Bart
3.7/10
A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title). It featured Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, a former Confederate officer named "Reb Jordan". The Humour was much more toned down than it's feature film predecessor Other cast members included Millie Slavin and Noble Willingham. Bergman is listed as the sole creator. CBS aired the pilot once on April 4, 1975 as a CBS Special Presentation. The pilot featured guest appearances by Gerrit Graham and Brooke Adams and was written by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis. Elias and Eutis later created and executive produced the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986-1991).

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