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Name = Robert Gunner|
 
Name = Robert Gunner|
 
Image = [[Image:John Landon.jpg|250px]]|
 
Image = [[Image:John Landon.jpg|250px]]|
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Born = [[July 27|27 July]] [[1931]]|
Died = September, [[1992]]|
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Died = [[December 18|18 December]] [[2001]]|
 
Gender = [[Male]]|
 
Gender = [[Male]]|
 
Roles = [[John Landon]]|
 
Roles = [[John Landon]]|
First = [[Planet of the Apes (1968)|Planet of the Apes]]|
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First = ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968)|Planet of the Apes]]''|
Last = [[Planet of the Apes (1968)|Planet of the Apes]]|
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Last = [[Escape from the Planet of the Apes]] (archive footage only)}}
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'''John Landon''' was an actor who played the role of [[John Landon|Lieutenant John Landon]] in the [[1968]] [[20th Century Fox]] film, ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968)|Planet of the Apes]]''.
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'''Robert Gunner''' (born '''Robert Wolfmayer''') was an actor who played the role of [[John Landon|Lieutenant John Landon]] in the [[1968]] [[20th Century Fox]] film, ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968)|Planet of the Apes]]''. A six-foot-four, 200-pounder from North Plainfield, New Jersey, it was military service in the U.S. Navy 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''.<ref>[http://pota.goatley.com/scripts/pota_pg_prelim.pdf Preliminary Production Information Guide at Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive]</ref>
   
 
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348248/ Robert Gunner biography page at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)]
 
   
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Robert Gunner (born Robert Wolfmayer) was an actor who played the role of Lieutenant John Landon in the 1968 20th Century Fox film, Planet of the Apes. A six-foot-four, 200-pounder from North Plainfield, New Jersey, it was military service in the U.S. Navy 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.[1]

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