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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Bonerz (born August 6, 1938 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire) is an American actor and director who is best known as the character Dr. Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show.
Bonerz grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School, gaining his first theatrical experience with the Prep Players under rigid conditions. At Marquette University he participated in the Marquette University Players under the Rev. John J. Walsh, S.J. After graduating with a bachelor of science degree in 1960, he decided to seek a career in theater, beginning with The Premise, an improv group in New York. After compulsory service as a draftee in the US Army he joined The Committee, an improv troupe in San Francisco.
His first network television appearance was in 1965 on The Addams Family in the Season Two episode "Morticia, The Writer". He had several more TV appearances in the late 1960s and also had a number of roles in several films, including Medium Cool (1969) and Catch-22 (1970). In 1972, he landed the popular supporting role of Dr. Jerry Robinson, the eccentric orthodontist on The Bob Newhart Show, whose most frequent comic foil was Marcia Wallace as Carol, the sharp-tongued secretary. He also directed 29 episodes. The show ran for six seasons, with ratings among the top 20 in the first three seasons.
In one of his later acting roles he played a psychiatrist in Serial (1980). In 1986, Bonerz co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and River Phoenix in the CBS television movie Circle of Violence, and would go on to direct a large number of sitcom episodes for series such as Friends, Murphy Brown, NewsRadio, Home Improvement, It's Your Move, and ALF. He also directed a few films, such as Police Academy 6: City Under Siege.
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 6, 1938
Birthplace
Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA
The Bastard
1978
Information Processing
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Serial
1980
Man on the Moon
1999
Petulia
1968
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
Fuzz
1972
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022
Catch-22
1970
Medium Cool
1969
Your Place... or Mine?
1983
Funnyman
1967
Jennifer on My Mind
1971
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969
Mirror, Mirror
1979
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986
A Storm in Summer
1970
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
1991
Dad's A Dog
1990
+ 3 more movies
Friends
1994
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Parks and Recreation
2009
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Kim Possible
2002
Dinosaurs
1991
The Addams Family
1964
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
That Girl
1966
Sanford and Son
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Love & War
1992
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
George & Leo
1997
Bob
1992
9 to 5
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Good Heavens
1976
Three Sisters
2001
+ 1 more TV shows