Most Recent Role: Attorney William Connolly on Boston Legal
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California,USA
Birthday: 11-15-1945
Birth Name: Robert Patrick Gunton Jr.
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California,USA
Birthday: 11-15-1945
Birth Name: Robert Patrick Gunton Jr.
Bob Gunton is an American stage, film, and television actor. He's one of those actors you recognize from somewhere, but never can pinpoint from which show or film. His most prominent role was playing Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption .
Aside from his film and television roles, Gunton has also been active in theater productions. He was nominated for Tony Awards for his...
Most Recent Appearance
The Court Supreme
Tuesday 22 April 2008 on ABC
Someone is dating a call girl. Alan gets to argue in the supreme court for a fellow convicted rapist that is about to be sentenced to death. Danny is himself as well.
Gunton's TV Movie Credits:
1990 - Judgment
1991 - Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin, Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1992 - Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life, Ladykiller, Sinatra, Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1993 - Murder in the Heartland
1994 - Roswell
1995 - In Pursuit of Honor, Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1996 - The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1997 - Elvis Meets Nixon
2000 - Running Mates
2001 - When Billie Beat Bobby
2004 - Judas
2005 - Fur on the Asphalt: The Greg the Bunny Reunion Show
2007 - Imperfect Union, Pandemic (edit) Gunton is a character actor who has been known to play prominent authority figures such as a warden in The Shawshank Redemption, a college dean in Patch Adams, and a bishop in Changing Habits. (edit) Gunton received a Drama Desk Award in 1980 for his portrayal of Juan Peron in the Broadway musical Evita. (edit) Gunton has played the role of three different U.S. presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, Richard Nixon in Elvis Meets Nixon, and Woodrow Wilson in Iron Jawed Angels. (edit) Gunton attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. (edit)
1990 - Judgment
1991 - Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin, Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1992 - Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life, Ladykiller, Sinatra, Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1993 - Murder in the Heartland
1994 - Roswell
1995 - In Pursuit of Honor, Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1996 - The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1997 - Elvis Meets Nixon
2000 - Running Mates
2001 - When Billie Beat Bobby
2004 - Judas
2005 - Fur on the Asphalt: The Greg the Bunny Reunion Show
2007 - Imperfect Union, Pandemic (edit) Gunton is a character actor who has been known to play prominent authority figures such as a warden in The Shawshank Redemption, a college dean in Patch Adams, and a bishop in Changing Habits. (edit) Gunton received a Drama Desk Award in 1980 for his portrayal of Juan Peron in the Broadway musical Evita. (edit) Gunton has played the role of three different U.S. presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, Richard Nixon in Elvis Meets Nixon, and Woodrow Wilson in Iron Jawed Angels. (edit) Gunton attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. (edit)
Bob Gunton: (on doing a films in the horror genre) Well, I'm unaccustomed as I am. I've done one [horror genre] turkey that earned me a major tomato award. You know that rotten tomato? Man, I scored.
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Bob Gunton: (on being directed by James Wan in "Dead Silence") It's humbling for a guy of my age sometimes to take direction from someone who is maybe a third of my age.
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Bob Gunton: I come from theater, where theater is not bound by sort of linear, logical reality. It makes these huge leaps. I've done lots of plays where they'll be a bare stage, and if the actor told you he was in the middle of a jungle, okay, you're in the middle of a jungle. It's just how temporary suspension of disbelief works.
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Other Appearances
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Courthouse
Judge Sterling Conklin |
Greg the Bunny
"Junction" Jack Mars |
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Hothouse
Leonard Schrader |
Peacemakers
Mayor Smith |
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The Pact
James Harte |
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Desperate Housewives
Noah |
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24
Day 6: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Ethan Kanin |
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Day 6: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Ethan Kanin |
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24
Day 6: 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM Ethan Kanin |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Burton Quinn |
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Ally McBeal
These Are the Days Michaelson |
Boston Legal
The Court Supreme Attorney William Connolly |
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