Bob Gunton

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

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.

Gunton received a Drama Desk Award in 1980 for his portrayal of Juan Peron in the Broadway musical Evita.

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.

Gunton attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.

Gunton appeared as Chief Kirby in Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse which was released straight to video.

The Cinema Society of San Diego recognized Bob Gunton as one of the finest character actors of all time by featuring a showing of his most memorable performance as Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption at the AMC La Jolla 12 Theatres in La Jolla, California on October 30, 2007.

Gunton has scribed articles for the Los Angeles Times and the Theatre World.

Bob Gunton is the son of Robert Patrick Gunton, Sr., labor union executive, and Rose Marie Banouetz Gunton.

Gunton read for Robert Ludlum's The Rhinemann Exchange audiobook, published in February 1991.

Gunton's stage debut was in Tennessee U.S.A. at Cumberland County Playhouse, Tennessee in 1965. His film debut was a supporting role in the 1981 film by Alan J. Pakula, Rollover. His TV debut was in CBS' Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal in 1982.

Gunton attended St. Peter's College in Maryland and the University of California at Irvine.

Gunton's Broadway theatrical credits include Happy End, Working, King of Hearts, Passion, Big River, and Roza.

Gunton once did a play where he portrayed 21 different characters and didn't change costumes.

Gunton is 6'1" tall. His eyes are blue.

Gunton garnered an Obie Award for his role in the Broadway play How I Got That Story in 1980.

Gunton married Carey Pitts Gunton on August 26, 2006 after being divorced to Annie McGreevey on July 31, 2006.