Bob Gunton

78 · Born: Nov 15, 1945

Personal Details

Born Nov 15, 1945 Santa Monica, California, USA

Spouse

Carey Pitts
( Aug 26, 2006 to Apr 28, 2024 )
Annie McGreevey
( Jul 6, 1980 to Jul 31, 2006 )

Parents

Rose Marie Gunton
Robert Patrick Sr.

Biography

Robert Patrick "Bob" Gunton, Jr. (born November 15, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, with his best known roles as Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison film The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, and President Juan Peron in the original Broadway cast of Evita. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Gunton , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2019

Project Blue Book

Project Blue Book as President Harry S. Truman

Elementary as Frederick Wentz

2018

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Unbroken: Path to Redemption as Major

2017

Mountain Top as Maxwell Forrest

The Blacklist as Nicholas Moore

2013

Highland Park as Bert

Live at the Foxes Den

Live at the Foxes Den as Tony O'Hara

Jimmy as Sheriff Brinson

2012

Trouble with the Curve

Trouble with the Curve as Watson

Get the Gringo as Mr. Kaufmann

2011

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer as Cecil Dobbs

The Least of These

The Least of These as Father Thomas Peters

Kill the Irishman

Kill the Irishman as Jerry Merke

Family Guy as Warden (voice)

2010

The Trial as Joe Whetstone

2009

Tenure as William Thurber

24 as Ethan Kanin

2008

Player 5150 as Nick

The Lazarus Project

The Lazarus Project as Father Ezra

24: Redemption as Ethan Kanin

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors as Franklin Roosevelt

2007

Numb as Dr. Townshend

Veronica in the FBI

Veronica in the FBI as Principal Harris

Fracture as Judge Gardner

Dead Silence as Edward Ashen

Women's Murder Club

Women's Murder Club

Pandemic as Dr. Max Sorkosky

2006

Believe in Me as Hugh Moreland

The Batman as Gorman (voice)

2005

Dallas 362 as Joe

2004

Judas as High Priest Caiaphas

Monk as Dwight Ellison

2003

Great Performances

Great Performances as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")

2002

The Pact as James Harte

Greg the Bunny as "Junction" Jack Mars

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Robert Carvallo

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel as Sidney Alcott

2001

When Billie Beat Bobby

When Billie Beat Bobby as Jerry Perenchio

61* as Dan Topping

2000

Running Mates as Sen. Terrence Randall

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm as Alexander McAnally III

1999

Bats as Dr. Alexander McCabe

1998

Patch Adams as Dean Walcott

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits as Clute Nichols

1997

Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers as Col. Benjamin Grierson

Changing Habits

Changing Habits as Bishop Creighton

Elvis Meets Nixon

Elvis Meets Nixon as Richard M. Nixon

1996

Broken Arrow as Pritchett

The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man as Frank Deverell

1995

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as Burton Quinn

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne as Mr. Pease

In Pursuit of Honor

In Pursuit of Honor as Col. John Hardesty

1994

Cosmic Slop as President Ellis ("Space Traders")

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption as Warden Norton

Roswell as Frank Joyce

1993

Demolition Man as Chief George Earle

Father Hood as Lazzaro

Wild Palms as Dr. Tobias Schenkl

1992

Ladykiller as Wolkowski

Missing Pieces as Mr Gabor

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Larry Dietrick - State of Alaska

Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life

Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life as Texas Preacher

Sinatra as Tommy Dorsey

1991

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis as Chaplain

A Woman Named Jackie

A Woman Named Jackie as Hugh Auchincloss

1990

Judgment as Monsignor Beauvais

The Bride in Black

The Bride in Black as Sydney

Law & Order as Gil Himes

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell

1989

Glory as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker

Cookie as Richie Segretto

Unconquered as Gov. George Wallace

1988

Forever James Dean

Forever James Dean as Narrator (voice)

1987

Matewan as C.E. Lively

1986

Adam: His Song Continues

Adam: His Song Continues as Edgar Milton

1985

Static as Frank

Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again as Christian Jameson

The Equalizer as Cronin

1984

Soldiers in Hiding

Soldiers in Hiding as Narrator

1982

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal as Harry Gibbs

1981

Rollover as Sal Naftari

appearances

2004

Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'the Shawshank Redemption'

Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'the Shawshank Redemption'

2001

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature