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Bill Gunn
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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 decad…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2015
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Movie Writer
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1984
The Cosby Show
TV show Homer
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1983
Montgomery Clift
Movie Self
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1982
Losing Ground
Movie Victor
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1980
Personal Problems
Movie Mr. Damien
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1973
Blood Couple
Movie Director
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1973
Ganja & Hess
Movie George Meda
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1970
The Angel Levine
Movie Writer
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1970
The Landlord
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Stop!
Movie Writer
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1966
Penelope
Movie Sgt. Rothschild
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1965
The Spy with My Face
Movie Namana
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1963
The Fugitive
TV show Avery
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1963
The Outer Limits
TV show Lt. James P. Willowmore
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1962
The Interns
Movie Rosco
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1959
The Sound and the Fury
Movie T.P.
More credits
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1957
Crossroads
Movie Roy (uncredited)
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Baby Got Personal Problems
Movie Self
