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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

98

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-08-06 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA

Also Known As

Peter Bonerz

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

The Bastard

1978

The Bastard

as

Girard

Jennifer on My Mind

1971

Jennifer on My Mind

as

Sergei Wasserman

Medium Cool

1969

Medium Cool

as

Gus

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

2022

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

as

The Maestro (voice)

A Storm in Summer

1970

A Storm in Summer

as

Stanley

Petulia

1968

Petulia

as

Self (uncredited)

Man on the Moon

1999

Man on the Moon

as

Ed Weinberger

Nobody's Perfekt

1981

Nobody's Perfekt

as

Randall Kendall

Mirror, Mirror

1979

Mirror, Mirror

as

Andrew McLaren

Catch-22

1970

Catch-22

as

Captain J.S. McWatt

Funnyman

1967

Funnyman

as

Perry

Serial

1980

Serial

as

Leonard

Fuzz

1972

Fuzz

as

Buck

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Calhoun 'Cal' Fletcher

Kim Possible

Kim Possible

as

Rabbi Katz (voice)

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show

as

Jerry Robinson

9 to 5

9 to 5

as

Franklin Hart

The Addams Family

The Addams Family

as

Mr. Boswell

Friends

Friends

as

Theater Patron (uncredited)

Three Sisters

Three Sisters

as

George Bernstein-Flynn

Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation

as

Doug Demarco

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

as

Insurance Agent (voice)

Bob

Bob

as

Production

Crew

Directing