Richard Moll Dead: The ‘Night Court’ Star Was 80

Richard Moll, who rose to fame as the towering bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon on the NBC sitcom Night Court, died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California. He was 80. The cause of death was not revealed.

Born January 13, 1943 in Pasadena, California, Richard Moll got his start on television with guest appearances on series like Welcome Back, Kotter, The Rockford Files, Happy Days, B.J. and the Bear and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. After shaving his head for the role of Hurok in the science fiction film Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, the producers of Night Court took notice and Moll got his signature role.