The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
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Gunnar Milton Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015) was an American actor and author best known for playing the mentally impaired cannibal Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Early life
Gunnar Hansen. Actor: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. He was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and moved to the United States at the age of 5. Gunnar lived in Maine till he was 11, his family then moving to Texas, where he went to high school before attending the University of Texas.
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- Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA
Nov 9, 2015 · Gunnar Hansen, who played the villain Leatherface in the original 1974 horror film “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” and wrote about the experience in a 2013 book titled “Chain Saw ...
Gunnar Hansen. Actor: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. He was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and moved to the United States at the age of 5. Gunnar lived in Maine till he was 11, his family then moving to Texas, where he went to high school before attending the University of Texas. At the university, he did some theater work and majored in English and mathematics before going on to graduate...
- March 4, 1947
- November 7, 2015
Biography. I was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where I lived till I was five years old. Then my family moved to the US, to a small town on the coast of Maine, where I lived till I was eleven. From there, it was on to San Antonio, Texas, for a brief stay, and then Austin, Texas, where I went to high school and then the University of Texas.
Nov 8, 2015 · Gunnar Hansen, who played the iconic villain Leatherface in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Maine, his agent said. He was 68.
Nov 8, 2015 · Gunnar Hansen, the actor who played terrifying villain Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has died. The Icelandic-born actor, 68, died on Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in ...
