Robert Gunner
July 27, 1931 (93 years old) in North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 1977 · Corey: For the People as Dr. Richard Morgan
- 1968 · Planet of the Apes as Landon
- 1967 · The Jackals as Roger 'Stretch' Hawkins
- 1966 · The Green Hornet as Detective
- 1966 · Our Man Flint as Agent 0008 (uncredited)