John Edwin Bunnell was born on 25th May 1944, in Pendleton, Oregon USA, and is a retired sheriff, and also television personality. He served as a sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon from 1969 to 1995, and is also a host of the reality series “World’s Wildest Police Videos” (1998 – 2002, 2012 – present). He serves as an executive producer of the above mentioned series.
How much is the net worth of John Bunnell? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the outright size of his wealth is as much as $3 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. The position of sheriff as well as television have been the major sources of Bunnell’s modest fortune.
John Bunnell Net Worth $3 Million
To begin with, the boy was raised in Pendleton, Oregon. He earned a social science diploma before joining the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department at the very beginning of 1969. In the 1980s, he served as the head of the drug and vice unit, and was subsequently appointed to serve as the sheriff of the county following the early retirement of former sheriff Robert G. Skipper in 1994. After his oath, Bunnell served in the aforementioned position from the end of 1994 until the middle of 1995. Meantime, in 1989 and 1990, the sheriff’s office appeared in 15 episodes of the reality TV series “COPS”, and in 1991 he appeared in 13 episodes of another reality series entitled “American Detective”. As a Lieutenant, John Bunnell appeared in both series and introduced the first season of “American Detective”. He is often referred to as Sheriff John Bunnell despite being inactive of his duties. Currently, his son Mark is a sergeant in the County Department – he was first seen with his father in an episode of the series “COPS” in 1989.
In addition, a number of appearances in the series “COPS” directing cases against illegal drugs led him to present “World’s Wildest Police Videos”, the program in which he became famous. He was considered an icon to follow by his fans, because of his casual style of commenting in the program. From 1998 to 2002, Bunnell described several situations that appeared in the series, and offered personal opinions about the police and the criminals who were being pursued, while using innuendos and double entendre phrases. Moreover, Bunnell lent his voice to the Sony PlayStation “World’s Scariest Police Chases” game.
As for filmography, John has had small roles in “Ghost World” (2001) and “Bad Santa” (2003), both films directed by Terry Zwigoff. In 2009, he appeared as a guest artist in episodes of “Family Guy”, “Quagmire’s Baby” and “Something, Something, Something Darkside”. Currently, he is a host and executive producer of the reality series “World’s Wildest Police Videos”.
To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the total size of John Bunnell net worth. Moreover, thanks to television he has become really popular.
Finally, in the personal life of the former sheriff, he is married and has a son. John does not reveal many facts about his private life.
