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Bill Gunn

Jul 15, 1934 - Apr 05, 1989 (54 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Bill Gunn was an American playwright, novelist, actor and film director. His 1973 cult classic horror film Ganja and Hess was chosen as one of ten best American films of the decade at the Cannes Film Festival, 1973. In the New Yorker, film critic Richard Brody described him as being “a visionary filmmaker left on the sidelines of the most ostensibly liberated period of American filmmaking.” His drama Johnnas won an Emmy award in 1972.

Known For

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The Fugitive
Avery
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The Cosby Show
Homer
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The Outer Limits
Lt. James P. Willowmore
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The Sound and the Fury
T.P.
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Penelope
Sgt. Rothschild
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Ganja & Hess
George Meda
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The Interns
Rosco
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Montgomery Clift
Self
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Losing Ground
Victor
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The Spy with My Face
Namana

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