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Robert Gunner

Robert Gunner

Died at 70

  • 3 movies
  • Career 1967 – 1977

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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Robert Gunner’s filmography

3 titles
Planet of the Apes
7.7
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Planet of the Apes

1968 · Science Fiction · Adventure

Corey: For the People
7.0
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Corey: For the People

1977 · Crime · Drama

The Jackals
5.1
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The Jackals

1967 · Action · Drama