# RIP Richard Moll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 28, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206 "2023-10-28T01:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/21 "2023-10-28T18:41:12Z")
Mentioned [upthread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/12) in fact. I hear _he is feeling much better now._ * * * * * * ETA: Just thought I would mention, while Night Court isn’t one of my absolute favorite shows, I did really enjoy it and almost 6 years ago, I ended buying all 9 seasons of the show. At the time, no one was showing it. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/22 "2023-10-28T18:51:59Z")
Dang, I could swear he had already died and asked my sister about it, and she thought the same thing. Were there rumors about this that we’d heard??? Anyway, it wasn’t my favorite show, either, but I’d watch occasionally and have a chuckle or two. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/23 "2023-10-28T20:40:13Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’m pretty sure Cassidy died from complications with a tumor and not a height related medical issue. He was in his 40s. FWIW cancer to a degree IS a height related medical issue. [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-018-0370-9](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-018-0370-9) The increased risk is estimated at only about 1% per 5 cm, but still it seems real. (Overall shorter people [live longer](https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/02/24/shorter-people-may-live-longer-than-most-heres-why.html).) I did like the Bull character. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/24 "2023-10-29T01:35:29Z")
I honestly couldn’t name a single thing that he did outside of _Night Court_, but I just checked Wikipedia and he had a very healthy career before and after the show. I see he did a whole bunch of voice acting, which doesn’t surprise me at all. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/25 "2023-10-29T01:44:53Z")
My favorite Bull moment: Bull recites a lugubrious poem with an unexpected ending: > 'Forever Damp‘ by Bull Shannon > > Lethargically, he trudges down > To the shore of the big wet sea > Sensing their fate of impending mud > His feet seem to cry, “Why me?” > > The slime rises to his ankle bones > His mind flies far away > To the time he missed the boat of life > Hey nonny nonny nay (From episode 02x17, ‘Battling Bailiff’) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/26 "2023-10-29T01:52:10Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I honestly couldn’t name a single thing that he did outside of _Night Court_, but I just checked Wikipedia and he had a very healthy career before and after the show. I see he did a whole bunch of voice acting, which doesn’t surprise me at all. - He does look quite different with hair. [![](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/newspress-collage-5czb96bg8-1698448748870.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1698434452&w=744) ](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/newspress-collage-5czb96bg8-1698448748870.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1698434452&w=744) ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/27 "2023-10-29T01:59:49Z")
Well. I guess I should’ve done more research and not relied on my memory; the poem in question was written by Bull, but recited by the Judge. Oops. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WgY4HvMue4I/hqdefault.jpg "Mac reacts to Bull's poetry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgY4HvMue4I) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/28 "2023-10-29T02:08:08Z")
> [@Hoops](#): > > My favorite Bull moment: Bull recites a lugubrious poem with an unexpected ending I remember an episode in which Bull wound up on a date with a pair of beautiful blonde twins; after the date, he recited: > [@](#): > > Double your pleasure > Double your fun > Once I had yearnings > Now I got none ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/29 "2023-10-29T03:29:30Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I honestly couldn’t name a single thing that he did outside of _Night Court_, but I just checked Wikipedia and he had a very healthy career before and after the show. I noticed him in an episode of _The Rockford Files_. He plays a heavy who tries to abduct Rockford from his trailer (that doesn’t narrow it down much). ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/30 "2023-10-29T13:48:55Z")
I noticed him playing villains in really bad sci-fi and fantasy movies. “Hey! It’s Bull, as a one-eyed mutant! Hey! It’s Bull, with long hair and a Dracula cape!” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/31 "2023-10-29T16:24:00Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I noticed him playing villains in really bad sci-fi and fantasy movies. Yeah, when you’re 6’8", with a heavy brow and lantern jaw, your features likely typecast you a lot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206/32 "2023-10-30T12:17:22Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I noticed him playing villains in really bad sci-fi and fantasy movies. “Hey! It’s Bull, as a one-eyed mutant! Hey! It’s Bull, with long hair and a Dracula cape!” He also played the evil sorcerer Xusia in the Conan the Barbarian ripoff **The Sword and the Sorcerer** (1982) under a ton of makeup. Yet his first feature film role was LDS church founder Joseph Smith (!!!) in **Brigham** (1977) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-richard-moll/992206.md?page=1)