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Peter Bonerz
Actor, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn August 6, 1938 (87 years)
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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.
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.
Peter Bonerz Filmography
| 2021 | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On · as The Maestro (voice) |
| 2011 | Retired at 35 (TV Series) · as Chuckie Lutz |
| 2010 | Melissa & Joey (TV Series) · as Uncle Bert |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation (TV Series) · as Doug Demarco |
| 2002 | On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize · as Dr. Jerry Robinson |
| 2002 | Kim Possible (TV Series) · as Rabbi Katz (voice) |
| 2001 | Three Sisters (TV Series) · as George Bernstein-Flynn |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon · as Ed Weinberger |
| 1997 | George & Leo (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV Series) · as Sal (voice) |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) · as Theater Patron (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Love & War (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Bob (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Home Improvement (TV Series) · as Peter |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs (TV Series) · as Insurance Agent (voice) |
| 1986 | Circle of Violence: A Family Drama · as Peter Benfield |
| 1985 | George Burns Comedy Week (TV Series) · as Charlie |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Calhoun 'cal' Fletcher |
| 1982 | 9 to 5 (TV Series) · as Franklin Hart |
| 1981 | Nobody's Perfekt · as Randall Kendall |
| 1980 | Serial · as Leonard |
| 1979 | Mirror, Mirror · as Andrew Mclaren |
| 1978 | The Bastard (TV Series) · as Girard |
| 1976 | Visions (1976) (TV Series) · as Henry Stokes |
| 1976 | How to Break Up a Happy Divorce · as Carter Dowling |
| 1976 | Good Heavens (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Fuzz · as Buck |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) · as Jerry Robinson |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Jennifer on My Mind · as Sergei Wasserman |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Catch-22 · as Captain J.s. Mcwatt |
| 1970 | A Storm in Summer · as Stanley |
| 1969 | The Governor & J.J. (TV Series) · as Hubbell |
| 1969 | Medium Cool · as Gus |
| 1969 | What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? · as Mr. Bentley |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Letter T Man |
| 1969 | Where It's At · as Cast |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Earl |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1966 | Hey, Landlord (TV Series) · as Proctor |
| 1966 | |
| 1964 | The Addams Family (TV Series) · as Mr. Boswell |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Stanley |
| 2019 | |
| 2010 | $#*! My Dad Says (TV Series) |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Living with Fran (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Joey (TV Series) |
| 2004 | The Stones (TV Series) |
| 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Life (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Good Morning, Miami (TV Series) |
| 2002 | What I Like About You (TV Series) |
| 2002 | The Sweet Spot (TV Series) |
| 2001 | The Fighting Fitzgeralds (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Three Sisters (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Movie Stars (TV Series) |
| 1998 | The Hughleys (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Getting Personal (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Soul Man (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Mr. Rhodes (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Pearl (1996) (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Minor Adjustments (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Naked Truth (TV Series) |
| 1995 | NewsRadio (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Hope and Gloria (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Love & War (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Flying Blind (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Room for Two (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Home Improvement (TV Series) |
| 1990 | True Colors (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Wings (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Doctor Doctor (TV Series) |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Miss Bliss (TV Series) |
| 1986 | My Sister Sam (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Together We Stand (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | You Again? (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Foley Square (TV Series) |
| 1985 | George Burns Comedy Week (TV Series) |
| 1984 | 1st & Ten (TV Series) |
| 1984 | It's Your Move (TV Series) |
| 1984 | E/R (1984) (TV Series) |
| 1982 | 9 to 5 (TV Series) |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | The Two of Us (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Tony Randall Show (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Good Heavens (TV Series) |
| 1975 | When Things Were Rotten (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Stars In The House (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Viewer Direction Advised · as Self |
| 2018 | Viewer Direction Advised · as Self |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Self |
| 1996 | 1996 MTV Movie Awards · as Self |
| 1993 | The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Password Plus (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1977 | Shoot for the Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The $25,000 Pyramid (1982) (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1973 | The $10,000 Pyramid (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1971 | Celebrity Bowling (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | A World of Love · as Self |
| 1969 | A Session with the Committee · as Self |
| 1969 | The Music Scene (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1969 | This is Tom Jones (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | Petulia · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Music Scene (TV Series) · as Written By |