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
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