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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
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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.
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Gunton received a Drama Desk Award in 1980 for his portrayal of Juan Peron in the Broadway musical Evita.
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Gunton attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.
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Gunton appeared as Chief Kirby in Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse which was released straight to video.
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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.
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Gunton has scribed articles for the Los Angeles Times and the Theatre World.
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Bob Gunton is the son of Robert Patrick Gunton, Sr., labor union executive, and Rose Marie Banouetz Gunton.
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Gunton read for Robert Ludlum's The Rhinemann Exchange audiobook, published in February 1991.
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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.
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Gunton attended St. Peter's College in Maryland and the University of California at Irvine.
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Gunton's Broadway theatrical credits include Happy End, Working, King of Hearts, Passion, Big River, and Roza.
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Gunton once did a play where he portrayed 21 different characters and didn't change costumes.
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Gunton is 6'1" tall. His eyes are blue.
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Gunton garnered an Obie Award for his role in the Broadway play How I Got That Story in 1980.
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Gunton married Carey Pitts Gunton on August 26, 2006 after being divorced to
Annie McGreevey on July 31, 2006.