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person_profile-Peter Bonerz

Peter Bonerz Age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Peter Bonerz

Date of Birth:

Aug 06, 1938

Country of birth:

Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA

Biography of

Peter Bonerz

    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.

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Filmography of

Peter Bonerz

Found 19 Movies in total

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

The Maestro (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2018

... 2017

Man on the Moon

Ed Weinberger ( Actor )

... 1999

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama

Peter Benfield ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1983

Nobody's Perfekt

Randall Kendall ( Actor )

Director

... 1981

Serial

Leonard ( Actor )

... 1980

Mirror, Mirror

Andrew McLaren ( Actor )

... 1979

The Bastard

Girard ( Actor )

... 1978

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

Carter Dowling ( Actor )

... 1976

Fuzz

Buck ( Actor )

... 1972

Jennifer on My Mind

Sergei Wasserman ( Actor )

... 1971

Catch-22

Captain J.S. McWatt ( Actor )

... 1970

A Storm in Summer

Stanley ( Actor )

... 1970

Medium Cool

Gus ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

... 1969

Petulia

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1968