Richard Moll, who found fame as a bailiff in US sitcom Night Court, dies aged 80

Richard Moll died on Thursday, October 26 at his home in Big Bear Lake, California according to Jeff Sanderson, a family spokesperson. (Kathy Hutchins/Hutchins Photo via AP)

Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original Night Court sitcom, has died at the age of 80.

Moll died on Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at Chasen & Company.