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Robert Gunner
Actor
Born July 27, 1931Died December 18, 2001 (70 years)
Robert Gunner (July 27, 1931 - December 18, 2001) was an American actor who played the role of Lieutenant John Landon in the film, Planet of the Apes (1968). A six-foot-one, 200-pounder from North Plainfield, New Jersey, was military service in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War which landed Bob Gunner in show business - on a weekly Navy hour televised from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Later, he studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York and became a professional model - the 'Marlboro Man' in TV commercials and magazine ads and the 'Quiet Man' in Ford video commercials. He had been seen previously in the smaller role of a detective in Caprice (1967).
Robert Gunner Filmography
| 1976 | Fury of the Dragon · as Detective |
| 1968 | Planet of the Apes · as Landon |
| 1967 | The Jackals · as Roger 'stretch' Hawkins |
| 1967 | Caprice · as Farley |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet (TV Series) · as Detective |
| 1966 | Our Man Flint · as Agent 0008 (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Harry |