William Harrison Gunn's career in the performing arts and in American letters began in the mid-1950s, and since that time, although his work is not familiar to mass audiences, he has gained the respect and admiration of critics, writers, and other artists in a wide range of creative fields. As early as 1954, when he was twenty Gunn won critical acclaim for his portrayal of the young boy in The New Theatre Company revival at the Jan Hus Auditorium of Take a Giant Step. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he continued to act in plays on and off Broadway, including The Immoralist with James Dean, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, as well as productions of Antony and Cleopatra,The Winter's Tale, and Troilus and Cressida. By the early 1960s, he was also performing for television and regularly had minor or secondary roles in many of the popular television...