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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Oak Park, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

NCIS
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8

NCIS

(2003) Dr. Walter Magnus
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(1962) Gerald Swinney
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Ben Hollander
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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4
The Rescuers
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7

The Rescuers

(1977) Bernard (voice)
The Emmy Awards
Average
7

The Emmy Awards

(1949) Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
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8

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

(2020) Self (archive footage)
Playboy's Penthouse
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0

Playboy's Penthouse

(1959) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self
Bernard (voice) (archive footage)
2021 Self
2020 Self (archive footage)
2017 Professor Proton
2016 Self
2014 Judson
Self
2013 Self
2012 Self
Self
2011 Dr. Roth
Lou Sherman
2010 Self
Bob Sr.
2008 Judson
2007 Self
Arthur Jeffries
Self (archive footage)
2006 Judson
2005 N/A
N/A
N/A
2004 Morty Flickman
Judson
2003 Papa Elf
Dr. Walter Magnus
Self
Sid Post
2002 Self
Self (uncredited)
2001 Doc Waddems
1999 Self
1998 Leonard (voice)
1997 George Stoody
Tom Halliwell
Self
1996 Self
1995 Self - Special Guest
1994 Ben Hollander
1993 Self - Guest
1992 Self - Host
Bob McKay
N/A
N/A
Self
1991 Bob Hartley
Todd Wilson
1990 Bernard (voice)
1989 Bob Newhart (voice)
1988 Dr. Bob Hartley
1986 Self
Self
1985 Self
1983 Self
1982 Dick Loudon
Robert Hartley
Self
1981 N/A
1980 President Manfred Link
Regret
Walter Burton
1977 Bernard (voice)
1975 Self - Host
1974 Marvin Ellison
1972 Self
Robert Hartley
Brother-in-law
1971 John Hobson
Merwin Wren
1970 Self
Maj. Major Major
Dr. Mason Hume
1969 Self
N/A
1968 Self
Willard C. Gnatpole
Self - Guest
1967 Self
Self
Self - Cameo
N/A
1966 Himself
1965 Self
1964 Self - Comedian
1963 Himself
Charles Fenton
1962 Self
Self - Guest Host
Gerald Swinney
James E. Driscoll
1961 N/A
1960 Marvin
God
1959 Self
1957 Self
1956 Self
1950 Self
Self - Mystery Guest
1949 Self
1948 Comedian
Self
Self - Comedian
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1992 Writer
1961 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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