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Bill Gunn
Actor, Writer, Director, Editor
Born July 15, 1934Died April 5, 1989 (54 years)
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.
Bill Gunn Filmography
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Homer |
| 1982 | Losing Ground · as Victor |
| 1980 | Personal Problems · as Mr. Damien |
| 1973 | Ganja & Hess · as George Meda |
| 1966 | Penelope · as Sgt. Rothschild |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Metusa |
| 1965 | The Spy with My Face · as Namana |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Namana |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Avery |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Lt. James P. Willowmore |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) · as Bud Sutter |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Mike Harris |
| 1962 | The Interns · as Rosco |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Jesse Kamba |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Frank Reilly |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury · as T.p. |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Al Norbert |
| 1957 | Crossroads · as Roy (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as Leroy |
| 2014 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | The Landlord · as Screenplay |
| 1970 |
| 2019 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror · as Self - Film Director & Actor |
| 1983 | Montgomery Clift · as Self |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 |