Personal Info
- Known ForWriting
- GenderMale
- Birthday1934-07-15
- Day of Death1989-04-05 (54 years)
- Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also Known AsWilliam Gunn
Bill Gunn
Biography
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1984
The Cosby Show
As: Homer
- 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