# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-gunton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:25.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-gunton"
name: "Bob Gunton"
slug: "bob-gunton"
description: "Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Argo. He also played Leland Owlsley in the Daredevil television series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives."
tagline: "American film, television and stage actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Gunton%2C_1963_senior_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1945-11-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.58139733333334
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump