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Bob Gunton Biography

Birth Name:
Robert Patrick Gunton Jr.
Birth Place:
Santa Monica, California, United States
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Earned a Vietnam Service Medal and Bronze Star for his service in the Vietnam War
  • Made his stage debut as Johnny Timberlake in the Cumberland County Playhouse production of Tennessee, U
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  • in 1965
  • Made his Broadway debut as a standby in the 1977 musical Happy End
  • Originated the role of Juan Peron in the original 1979 Broadway cast of Evita, opposite Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin
  • Played the title role in the 1989 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd

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