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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.
Filmography
all 88
TV Shows 59
Director 51
Movies 29
Voice 4
self 3
Writer 1
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary (2019)
Viewer Direction Advised (2018)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
Parks and Recreation (2009)
Joey (2004)
My Big Fat Greek Life (2003)
Good Morning, Miami (2002)
What I Like About You (2002)
Kim Possible (2002)
Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool (2001)
Three Sisters (2001)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Movie Stars (1999)
The Hughleys (1998)
Getting Personal (1998)
Soul Man (1997)
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
Mr. Rhodes (1996)
Pearl (1996)
Minor Adjustments (1995)
The Naked Truth (1995)
NewsRadio (1995)
Hope and Gloria (1995)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994)
Friends (1994)
The Elvira Show (1993)
Love & War (1992)
Flying Blind (1992)
Room for Two (1992)
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special (1991)
Home Improvement (1991)
Dinosaurs (1991)
True Colors (1990)
Wings (1990)
Julie Brown: The Show (1989)
Doctor Doctor (1989)
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
Murphy Brown (1988)
Sharing Richard (1988)
The Thorns (1988)
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986)
My Sister Sam (1986)
Together We Stand (1986)
ALF (1986)
You Again? (1986)
Foley Square (1985)
George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
It's Your Move (1984)
E/R (1984)
Maggie Briggs (1984)
Your Place... or Mine? (1983)
Nine to Five (1982)
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
Park Place (1981)
The Two of Us (1981)
Serial (1980)
Mirror, Mirror (1979)
Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Apple Pie (1978)
The Bastard (1978)
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976)
The Tony Randall Show (1976)
Good Heavens (1976)
When Things Were Rotten (1975)
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Fuzz (1972)
Sanford and Son (1972)
Jennifer on My Mind (1971)
McMillan and Wife (1971)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
Catch-22 (1970)
A Storm in Summer (1970)
Medium Cool (1969)
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
A Session with the Committee (1969)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Petulia (1968)
Funnyman (1967)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
That Girl (1966)
Summer Fun (1966)
The Addams Family (1964)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Likely Stories, Vol. 4
Focus on Fishko
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GenderMale
Birthday1938-08-06 (85 years old)
Birth PlacePortsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsDirectors Guild of America Award
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