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Bob Gunton Biography (1945-)

Full name, Robert Patrick Gunton, Jr.; born November 15, 1945, in Santa Monica, CA; son of Robert Patrick, Sr. (a labor union executive) and Rose Marie (maiden name, Banouetz) Gunton; married Annie McGreevey (an actress), July 6, 1980. Addresses: Agent: Abrams Artists Agency, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite1130, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, song performer

Birth Details

November 15, 1945

Santa Monica, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Johnny Timberlake, Tennessee, U.S.A., Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville, TN, 1965
• (Off-Broadway debut) Who Am I?, Stage 73, 1971
• The Kid, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1972
• (Broadway debut) Bill Cracker, Happy End, Martin Beck Theatre, 1976
• Bill Cracker, Happy End, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY,1976
• Raoul, King of Hearts, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1978
• Working, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1978
• Rollo Metcalf, Tip-Toes, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1979
• Juan Peron, Evita!, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1979
• The Historical Event, How I Got That Story, Second Stage Theatre,New York City, 1980, then Westside Arts Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Paul Stuart, Isn't It Romantic?, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Hermann Goering, The Death of Von Richthofen As Witnessed from Earth, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Claudius, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1982
• James Croxley, Passion, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1983
• George Reilly, An American Comedy, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1983
• Amadeus, Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, 1984
• The King, Big River, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1985
• Title role, Sweeney Todd, Broadway production, New York City, 1987
• Also appeared in off-Broadway productions of The Desperate Hours and The Man Who Could See through Time.
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Sal Naftari, Rollover, Warner Bros., 1981
• Frank, Static, 1985
• C. E. Lively, Matewan, Cinecom, 1987
• Portacarrero, The Pick-Up Artist, 1987
• Richie Segretto, Cookie, 1989
• General Harker, Glory, 1989
• First doctor, Born on the Fourth of July, 1989
• TV newsman number three, JFK, 1991
• Mr. Gabor, Missing Pieces, 1991
• Interviewer, Patriot Games, 1992
• Older agent, The Public Eye, 1992
• Goodridge, Jennifer Eight (also known as Jennifer 8), 1992
• Chief George Earle, Demolition Man, 1993
• Lazzaro, Father Hood (also known as Desperado, Honor among Thieves, and Mike Hardy), 1993
• Warden Samuel Norton, The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
• Mr. Pease, Dolores Claiborne, 1995
• Burton Quinn, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (also known as AceVentura Goes to Africa), 1995
• Pritchett, Broken Arrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Frank Devereaux, The Glimmer Man, Warner Bros., 1996
• A Thousand Acres, Buena Vista, 1997
• Finley Largent, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Warner Bros., 1997
• Bishop Creighton, Changing Habits, A-pix Entertainment, 1997
• Dean Walcott, Patch Adams, Universal, 1998
• Dr. Alexander McCabe, Bats, Columbia, 1999
• Alexander McAnally III, owner of sailboat Mistral, The Perfect Storm, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Regular, Comedy Zone, CBS, 1984
• Leonard Schrader, Hothouse, ABC, 1988
• Judge Homer Conklin, Courthouse, CBS, 1995
• Movies
• (Television debut) Harry Gibbs, Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal, CBS, 1982
• Christian Jamison, Finnegan Begin Again, HBO, 1985
• Edgar Milton, Adam: His Song Continues, NBC, 1986
• Governor George Wallace, Unconquered, CBS, 1989
• Monsignor Beauvais, Judgment, HBO, 1990
• Sydney, The Bride in Black, 1990
• Assistant D.A. Scott Willard, Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin, NBC, 1991
• Chaplain, Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (also known as Mission of the Shark), CBS, 1991
• Texas preacher, Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (also known as Lone Justice and Ned Blessing), CBS, 1992
• Wolkowski, Ladykiller, USA Network, 1992
• Dietrick, Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (also known as Disaster at Valdez), HBO, 1992
• Frank Joyce, Roswell (also known as Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up), Showtime, 1994
• Outer Limits, 1994
• Colonel John Hardesty, In Pursuit of Honor, HBO, 1995
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, TNT, 1995
• Bo Gritz, Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy (also known as The Siege at Ruby Ridge), CBS, 1996
• Richard Nixon, Elvis Meets Nixon, Showtime, 1997
• Colonel Grierson, Buffalo Soldiers, TNT, 1997
• Senator Terrence Randall, Running Mates, TNT, 2000
• Dan Topping, 61* (also known as 61 and Home Run Race), 2001
• Miniseries
• Hugh Auchincloss, A Woman Named Jackie, NBC, 1991
• Tommy Dorsey (part one), Sinatra, CBS, 1992
• Governor Anderson, Murder in the Heartland, ABC, 1993
• Dr. Tobias Schenkl, Wild Palms, ABC, 1993
• Specials
• Narrator, Forever James Dean, Cinemax, 1988
• "Space Traders," Cosmic Slop, HBO, 1994
• Episodic
• Cronin, "Mama's Boy," The Equalizer, CBS, 1985
• Bob Himes, "Happily Ever After," Law & Order, NBC, 1990
• Flag burner, L.A. Law, NBC, 1990
• Captain Benjamin Maxwell, "The Wounded," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1991
• Bishop Corey, Nothing Sacred, ABC, 1997
• Michaelson, "These Are the Days," Ally McBeal, Fox, 1998
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• The Rhineman Exchange by Robert Ludlum, Bantam, 1991