Richard Moll

Richard Moll plays Bull Shannon on Night Court, the bailiff who makes Harry Anderson's after-hours Manhattan courtroom feel populated instead of sketched. Magic-loving judge, Larroquette's Fielding as a comic monsterpiece, Roz and the weirdos processing the city — Moll is the gentle giant in peak NBC multi-cam oddball energy. The late slot needed height and heart.

Richard Moll held Night Court on NBC through 1984–1992, Bull Shannon as the occupation. s01e01 remains the contract hour — All You Need is Love is the after-hours contract: Anderson's magic-loving judge, Larroquette's Fielding already a comic monsterpiece. 1980s lights, one show deep.

Ensemble farce still snaps when Bull enters. On TV Flash Moll is 1980s sitcom craft: the bailiff who photographed as a sight gag and played as loyalty, then left the night shift looking like a family that processed the city on purpose.

Richard Moll files the measured change at s02e01 on Night Court — The Nun is season two's oddball title: night-court weirdos as the city's processor, NBC multi-cam on Must See's late slot. s03e14 keeps a sideways coordinate — Harry and Leon is a named-pair hour in the ensemble snap — Bull, Roz, and the docket as jazz, not civic instruction. Supporting, and load-bearing. Bull Shannon is not the logo of Night Court; Richard Moll is why the marquee still has a world. Bull Shannon on NBC (1984–1992) is already a complete passport.

Richard Moll is here because Night Court still needs Bull Shannon in the shot — 1984–1992 on NBC, 1980s craft that photographs as a person instead of a pitch. s01e01 shakes hands; s02e01 still shows the turn. That is the whole passport.