Bill Gunn
July 15, 1934 (90 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
Credits
- 1984 · The Cosby Show as Homer
- 1983 · Montgomery Clift as Self
- 1982 · Losing Ground as Victor
- 1980 · Personal Problems as Mr. Damien
- 1973 · Ganja & Hess as George Meda
- 1966 · Penelope as Sgt. Rothschild
- 1965 · The Spy with My Face as Namana
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Avery
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Lt. James P. Willowmore
- 1962 · The Interns as Rosco
- 1959 · The Sound and the Fury as T.P.
- 1957 · Crossroads as Roy (uncredited)
- 1956 · The Army Game as Leroy