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Bob Newhart
Actor, Writer
Born September 5, 1929Died July 18, 2024 (94 years)
George Robert Newhart (September 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024), known professionally as Bob Newhart, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached #1 on the Billboard pop music charts—it remains the 20th best-selling album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Again! was also a massive success, and both albums held the Billboard #1 and #2 spots simultaneously, a feat unequaled until the 1991 release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II by hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
Newhart later went into acting, starring in two long-running and prize-winning situation comedies, first as psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show and then as innkeeper Dick Loudon on the 1980s sitcom Newhart. He also had a third sitcom that was short-lived and initially successful but was soon canceled, named Bob. Newhart also appeared in film roles such as Major Major in Catch-22, and Papa Elf in Elf. He provided the voice of Bernard in the Walt Disney animated films The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. One of his most recent roles is the library head Judson in The Librarian.
Newhart later went into acting, starring in two long-running and prize-winning situation comedies, first as psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show and then as innkeeper Dick Loudon on the 1980s sitcom Newhart. He also had a third sitcom that was short-lived and initially successful but was soon canceled, named Bob. Newhart also appeared in film roles such as Major Major in Catch-22, and Papa Elf in Elf. He provided the voice of Bernard in the Walt Disney animated films The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. One of his most recent roles is the library head Judson in The Librarian.
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Filmography
| 2023 | Once Upon a Studio · as Bernard (voice) (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Young Sheldon (TV Series) · as Professor Proton |
| 2014 | The Librarians (2014) (TV Series) · as Judson |
| 2011 | Five · as Dr. Roth |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses · as Lou Sherman |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) · as Bob Sr. |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) · as Arthur Jeffries |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Committed (TV Series) · as Blinky |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) |
| 2004 | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear · as Judson |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Morty Flickman |
| 2003 | Elf · as Papa Elf |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Walter Magnus |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde · as Sid Post |
| 2001 | The Sports Pages · as Doc Waddems |
| 1998 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie · as Leonard (voice) |
| 1997 | In & Out · as Tom Halliwell |
| 1997 | George & Leo (TV Series) · as George Stoody |
| 1995 | Svengoolie (TV Series) · as Dr. Robert Hartley |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Ben Hollander |
| 1992 | Bob (TV Series) · as Bob Mckay |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | The Entertainers · as Todd Wilson |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under · as Bernard (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Bob Newhart (voice) |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Dr. Bob Hartley |
| 1982 | Newhart (TV Series) · as Dick Loudon |
| 1980 | First Family · as President Manfred Link |
| 1980 | Little Miss Marker · as Regret |
| 1980 | Marathon · as Walter Burton |
| 1977 | The Rescuers · as Bernard (voice) |
| 1974 | Thursday's Game · as Marvin Ellison |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) · as Robert Hartley |
| 1971 | Cold Turkey · as Merwin Wren |
| 1970 | Catch-22 · as Maj. Major Major |
| 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever · as Dr. Mason Hume |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Hot Millions · as Willard C. Gnatpole |
| 1967 | Captain Nice (TV Series) · as Lloyd Larchmont |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Charles Fenton |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Gerald Swinney |
| 1962 | Hell Is for Heroes · as Pvt. James E. Driscoll |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as God |