Lee Weaver (April 10, 1930) is an American actor who appeared as the undercover cop Gus that Mork mistakes for a criminal, unwittingly allowing a real criminal to hold up a bar he and Mearth are visiting in Season 4's My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody.
Biography[]
Lee Weaver was born April 10, 1930 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA the son of Josephine and Primus Jest Weaver, a chef.
A childhood friend of Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley the jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s, Weaver served as bestman at his wedding. Adderly dedicating the track "The Weaver" to Lee on his 1963 album Nippon Soul.[1]
Weaver himself has been married to Ta-Tanisha since July 10, 1971. They have one daughter, Leis La-Te, and reside in The Bronx, New York
Career[]
Starting from his early days in Sheena Queen of the Jungle (1955-56) Lee Weaver has, thus far, gone to appear in over 125 film and television roles. Over the course of 6 decades in the business Weaver has had roles in numerous Bill Cosby vehicles including I Spy (1967-68), The Bill Cosby Show (1969-71), The Cosby Show and it's spin off A Different World. He also had a notable part as exhibitionist 'Buck Naked' taking the part from Hill Street Blues across to NYPD Blue. [2]
He had parts in movies like Cleopatra Jones, The Onion Field, Heaven Can Wait, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Godzilla and Donnie Darko. Weaver was the voice of Alpine in the animated television series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985–1986) and their subsequent movies, G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986) G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) and appeared in direct to video movies Grave Images (1991) and Just Your Luck (1996).
Filmography[]
| Year | TV Series | Episode(s) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-1956 | Sheena: Queen of the Jungle | 6 episodes | Tondo/Lagi/N'Gatsu/Mauki |
| 1967 | Good Morning World | Don't Call Us and We Won't Call You | Cab Driver |
| 1967-1968 | I Spy | Cops and Robbers
Suitable for Framing |
Bartender
Senator's Valet |
| 1968 | The Wild Wild West | The Night of the Sedgewick Curse | Desk Clerk #2 |
| 1969 | Mannix | Death in a Minor Key | Dave |
| 1969 | Julia | Home of the Braves | Ned Bowman |
| 1969 | Insight | Charlie, You Made the Night Too Long | Stone (as Lea Weaver) |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Love and a Couple of Couples/
Love and the Hustler/Love and the Pill |
Ace |
| 1969-1971 | The Bill Cosby Show | 7 Episodes | Brian Kincaid |
| 1971 | Nanny and the Professor | The Prodigy | 2nd Truck Driver |
| 1971 | Cade's County | Delegate at Large | Kenneth Ringwald |
| 1975 | Adam-12 | Pressure Point | Neighbor |
| 1975 | That's My Mama | Earl's Dad and Mama's Glad | Sammy Chambers |
| 1975 | Kojak | Out of the Frying Pan... | Ozzie Turnbull |
| 1976 | Sanford and Son | Greatest Show in Watts | Mr. Quincy |
| 1976 | Good Times | The Big Move: Part 2 | 2nd Man |
| 1976 | The Blue Knight | Mariachi
To Kill a Tank A Slight Case of Murder Throwaway |
Frank Moseley
Mose x 3 |
| 1976 | Serpico | Danger Zone | Scooter |
| 1977 | The Jeffersons | George's Guilt | Willie |
| 1977 | Quincy M.E. | The Hot Dog Murder | Chambers |
| 1978 | Soap | Episode #1.17 | Sergeant |
| 1979 | Starsky and Hutch | Huggy Can't Go Home | Boseman |
| 1981 | Flamingo Road | 5 Episodes | |
| 1981 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Roadhouse | Loosley |
| 1981 | Mork & Mindy | My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody | Gus |
| 1981 | Shannon | Neither a Borrower | |
| 1982-1984 | Hill Street Blues | 6 episodes | Bartender
Buck Naked x5 |
| 1983 | Voyagers! | All Fall Down | Dave |
| 1983 | AfterMASH | Klinger vs. Klinger | Jones |
| 1985 | Diff'rent Strokes | Blue Collar Drummond | Joe |
| 1985 | Our Family Honor | Pilot | |
| 1985 | What's Happening Now! | Aunt Shirley | Ticket Clerk |
| 1986-1987 | 227 | Pick Six
The Handwriting on the Wall |
Frank |
| 1986-1987 | Easy Street | 22 episodes | Ricardo Williams |
| 1987 | Mr. President | Dear Sam: Part 1 | Mort |
| 1987 | Webster | San Francisco: Part 1 - 3 | Henry |
| 1987-1991 | The Cosby Show | Planning Parenthood
Home Remedies |
Waiter
Mr. Fields |
| 1988 | Amen | To Catch a Thief | Man Who Stole the Money |
| 1988 | The Magical World of Disney | Meet the Munceys | Frank Munroe |
| 1989 | Gideon Oliver | ||
| 1990 | Dear John | John's New Job: Part 1 | Snookie Reams |
| 1990 | A Different World | Love Thy Neighbor | Ray Nay |
| 1991 | Dragnet | The Vandals | Augustus Murphy |
| 1991 | The Man in the Family | Real News | Mr. Mitchell |
| 1991 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Granny Gets Busy | Ed Downer |
| 1991 | Homefront | Patriots | Reverend Harrington |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Gunz 'n Boyz | Stumpy |
| 1991 | Reasonable Doubts | Pure Gold
Dicky's Got the Blues |
Stubblefield |
| 1992 | Nurses | Eat Something | Reverend Curtis |
| 1992 | Night Court | Opportunity Knock Knocks: Part 2 | Mr. Burke |
| 1993 | Step by Step | If I Were a Rich Man | Leonard |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Pilot | Supervisor |
| 1993 | Living Single | Living Kringle | The Bartender |
| 1994 | Roc | No Place Like Home | Ollie |
| 1994 | NYPD Blue | Up on the Roof
Serge the Concierge Dead and Gone |
Buck Naked |
| 1994 | Sister, Sister | Free Billy | Priest |
| 1992-1995 | Martin | Boyz 'R Us
High Noon |
Bus Boy
Old Man |
| 1995 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Fortunate Son | Stan |
| 1996 | Sliders | Invasion | Hilton Brown (as Lee W. Weaver) |
| 1996 | Sparks | Pilot
No Sweat |
Mr. Bibbs |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Seems Like Old Times | Slewfoot Lou |
| 1997 | Temporarily Yours | Pilot | Passenger #3 |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | On Golden Pons | Earlee |
| 1998 | The Good News | Back in the Day: Part 1
Back in the Day: Part 2 |
Beans |
| 1999 | Suddenly Susan | A Day in the Life | Clyde |
| 1999 | For Your Love | The Trouble with Angels | Church Member |
| 2000 | City of Angels | Prototype | Prototype |
| 2000 | Diagnosis Murder | A Resting Place | Isaiah |
| 2000 | The District | The Jackal | Mr. Horton |
| 2000 | One World | Roots | Harold |
| 2001 | Kate Brasher | Tracy | Harry Rosemont |
| 2001 | Touched by an Angel | The Perfect Game | Candy McCloud |
| 2001 | Men, Women & Dogs | The Magic Three-Legged Sex Dog | Buster |
| 2002 | Any Day Now | Call Him Macaroni | Louis Nolman |
| 2002 | My Wife and Kids | Table for Too Many: Part 2 | Attendant |
| 2002 | Providence | The Sound of Music | |
| 2003 | Crossing Jordan | Ockham's Razor | Photo Shop Owner |
| 2003 | The Parkers | Dead Clown Walking | Tebo |
| 2003 | A.U.S.A. | Pilot | Alfred Montgomery |
| 2004 | The Bernie Mac Show | Hair Jordan | Schooney |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | Coming and Going | James Dubois Marshall |
| 2005 | Line of Fire | This Land Is Your Land | Albert Jones |
| 2006 | That's So Raven | The Four Aces | Mr. Jenkins |
| 2006 | Love, Inc. | Cursed | Burt |
| 2006 | Veronica Mars | Charlie Don't Surf | Walter |
| 2007 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City | Junkyard Owner |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | For Gedda | Kerwinkle Lord |
| 2008 | My Name Is Earl | Stole a Motorcycle
Joy in a Bubble |
Homeless Joe |
| 2010 | Party Down | James Ellison Funeral | William |
| 2010 | Community | Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples | Joe |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Model Kombat | Tim |
| 2013 | Family Tools | 4 Episodes | Ellis Poynton |
| 2015 | Weird Loners | Weird Pilot | Mortician |
| 2016 | The Soul Man | Boyce Don't Cry | Pat |
| 2017-2020 | Grace and Frankie | The Burglary
The Scent |
Mel Cordray |
| Year | Movie | Role | |
| 1959 | Al Capone | Reporter | |
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Willie | |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point | Jake | |
| 1973 | Cleopatra Jones | Friend | |
| 1973 | Heavy Traffic | (voice) | |
| 1978 | House Calls | Anaestesiologist | |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Cheatem | |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Way Station Attendant | |
| 1979 | The Onion Field | Billy | |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Mr. King | |
| 1984 | The Buddy System | Ray | |
| 1986 | Wildcats | Maurice | |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Caddy #1 | |
| 1994 | The Scout | Ben | |
| 1997 | Fathers' Day | Airline Passenger | |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room | Porter | |
| 1998 | Goodbye Lover | Old Codger | |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Homeless Guy | |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Man in Church #2 | |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Nate | |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Wino | |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Floor | 30's Limo Driver | |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Blind Seer | |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Leroy | |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve | Homeless Man Who Gets Shot | |
| 2003 | The Box | Joe | |
| 2003 | The Failures | Mr. Fishbau | |
| 2005 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Joe | |
| 2006 | Swedish Auto | Leroy | |
| 2006 | Mr. Fix It | Ralph | |
| 2009 | Little Fish, Strange Pond | Barney | |
| 2010 | The Company We Keep | Isaiah | |
| 2013 | Max Rose | Lee Miller | |
| 2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Mr. George | |
| Year | TV Movie | Role | |
| 1969 | In Name Only | Bartender | |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | ||
| 1975 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Ralph Prentiss | |
| 1978 | Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This | Bob | |
| 1987 | A Hobo's Christmas | Biloxi Slim | |
| 1989 | The Edge | ||
| 1989 | My Brother's Wife | ||
| 1993 | Lush Life | Harry | |
| 1995 | A Season of Hope | Elmer |
Mork & Mindy[]
Weaver appeared in Season 4's My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody playing Gus, the undercover cop posing as a barfly in the downtown Boulder dive that Mork and Mearth wander into on their search for 'wrongdoers'. Mork in full space suit and trying to win his son's respect is prompted into action by an insistent Mearth on seeing Gus pull a gun on the newly arrived Charlie. Not realizing that Gus is the cop and Charlie the criminal, Mork tricks Gus out of his gun, only to realize his mistake when Gus reveals who he is, and Charlie proceeds to rob the bar and abuse Mearth, prompting Mork into a rare display of anger and his powers.