James Gunn

Capt. James Bartholomew Gunn (1913-1977) was a famous Brunanter actor, most active in the 1950s and 1960s.

Early life
James Gunn was born in Carrington Richard Gunn and Elaine Richards. He was a stage actor throughout his youth and an occasional radio actor in the late 1930s. Gunn joined the Realmarine in 1932 and served as a captain during the German invasion of 1941 and later on in Egypt. He was involved in Brunant's liberation in 1945.

Acting career
Gunn took up acting in the late 1940s as a career, and found his breakthrough with the 1949 film Escape! He became a well-known star after having the leading role in the epic film The Three Days of 1953. In 1964 he appeared in Up in Arms, a film on the German occupation of Brunant, alongside a young Oliver Hewton.

Television
"Take a trip into the mysterious Fourth Dimension—time!" In the late 1960s Gunn began a career in television. In 1969, he starred in the first episode of The Fourth Dimension and was made the narrator for the series; his deep and serious voice became a fixture of TV in this period. Following it's end in 1972 he was in the short-lived series Deputy Sheriff, which he would refer to as his "dark years in [his] career". In Deputy Sheriff he got criticisms for his acting.

Personal life
Gunn was married to American Barbara Brooks in 1937 and they had a daughter, Caroline. The couple divorced in 1940.

In 1950, he married Spanish actress Silvia Samaniega (1926-2000). With Samaniega, they had two daughters (1951 and 1953) and a son (1955). All his children are in the writing/publishing industry.

Later life and death
In 1978 Gunn was ready to board a train at Ambroos Station in Koningstad when a bomb planted by Barzona Libre exploded and injured 18 people. Gunn was taken to hospital and was in a critical state. 20 days after being admitted, he died from his injuries.

Filmography

 * Escape! (1949)
 * The Three Days (1953)
 * Adenis and Virsise (1961)
 * Up in Arms (1964)
 * The Magician (1967)
 * Van Draak (1970)
 * The Fourth Dimension (1969-1972)
 * Deputy Sheriff (1973-1975)