1931-07-27 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).
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Corey: For the People | Dr. Richard Morgan | 1977-06-12 |
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Planet of the Apes | Landon | 1968-02-07 |
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The Jackals | Roger 'Stretch' Hawkins | 1967-11-11 |
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Our Man Flint | Agent 0008 (uncredited) | 1966-01-16 |
