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Gunnar Hansen (other)
Gunnar Hansen (1947–2015) was an Icelandic-born American actor and author Gunnar Hansen may also refer to: * Gunnar Hansen (boxer) (1916–2004), Norwegian boxer * Gunnar Hansen (footballer) (1923–2005), Norwegian footballer {{human name disambiguation, Hansen, Gunnar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Hansen
Gunnar Milton Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015) was an Icelandic-born American actor and author. He played the mentally impaired cannibal Leatherface in '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974). Early life Hansen was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, to Icelander Skúli Hansen, a dentist, and Norwegian Sigrid Hansen. He moved to the United States with his mother and brother when he was five years old. He lived in Maine until age eleven, when his family moved to Austin, Texas, where he attended Austin High School and the University of Texas at Austin. He majored in English and mathematics as an undergraduate and then went to graduate school in Scandinavian Studies and English. Career His first job out of high school was as a computer operator before he began theater work during college. He was also a football player during high school and for a while a bar bouncer. In 1973, just after finishing graduate school, Hansen heard that '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' was bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Hansen (boxer)
Gunnar Hansen (18 July 1916 – 31 May 2004) was a Norwegian amateur boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Oslo and died in Tjøme Tjøme () is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2018. The area is now part of Færder Municipality. The administrative ce ..., and represented the sports club BK Pugilist. He finished seventeenth in the welterweight division in the boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Gunnar Hansen, A Norwegian boxer from Reykjavík, aged 87 and died on 05/31/2004, died in Northeast Harbour and his cause of death was disclosed to be pancreatic cancer. He graduated from Austin High School and University Of Texas At Austin, his family name is Hansen and his given name is Gunnar. 1948 Olympic results Below is the record of Gunnar Hansen, a Norwegian welterweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |