Bill Gunn

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: Writing

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1934-07-15

Died: 1989-04-05

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Crossroads	Roy (uncredited)	0
2	1959	The Sound and the Fury	T.P.	66
3	1962	The Interns	Rosco	54
4	1965	The Spy with My Face	Namana	55
5	1966	Penelope	Sgt. Rothschild	56
6	1973	Ganja & Hess	George Meda	58
7	1980	Personal Problems	Mr. Damien	70
8	1982	Losing Ground	Victor	61
9	1983	Montgomery Clift	Self	44

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	The Outer Limits	Lt. James P. Willowmore	78
2	1963	The Fugitive	Avery	72
3	1984	The Cosby Show	Homer	70

Bill Gunn

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