Peter Bonerz
Directing
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.
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tvJoey
2004
Director
tvMy Big Fat Greek Life
2003
Director
tvGood Morning, Miami
2002
Director
tvWhat I Like About You
2002
Director
tvThree Sisters
2001
Director
tvMovie Stars
1999
Director
tvThe Hughleys
1998
Director
tvSoul Man
1997
Director
tvJust Shoot Me!
1997
Director
tvMr. Rhodes
1996
Director
tvPearl
1996
Director
tvMinor Adjustments
1995
Director
tvThe Naked Truth
1995
Director
tvNewsRadio
1995
Director
tvHope and Gloria
1995
Director
tvFriends
1994
Director
movieThe Elvira Show
1993
Director
tvLove & War
1992
Director
tvFlying Blind
1992
Director
tvRoom for Two
1992
Director
tvHome Improvement
1991
Director
tvTrue Colors
1990
Director
tvWings
1990
Director
movieJulie Brown: The Show
1989
Director
tvDoctor Doctor
1989
Director
tvMurphy Brown
1988
Director
movieSharing Richard
1988
Director
The Thorns
1988
Director
tvMy Sister Sam
1986
Director
tvALF
1986
Director
tvYou Again?
1986
Director
tvFoley Square
1985
Director
tvGeorge Burns Comedy Week
1985
Director
tvIt's Your Move
1984
Director
tvE/R
1984
Director
Maggie Briggs
1984
Director
movieFocus on Fishko
1983
Director
movieLikely Stories, Vol. 4
1983
Director
tv9 to 5
1982
Director
movieNobody's Perfekt
1981
Director
Park Place
1981
Director
The Two of Us
1981
Director
tvArchie Bunker's Place
1979
Director
tvApple Pie
1978
Director
tvThe Tony Randall Show
1976
Director
tvGood Heavens
1976
Director
tvWhen Things Were Rotten
1975
Director
tvThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
Director
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Director
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movieMarcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022
The Maestro (voice)
tvParks and Recreation
2009
Doug Demarco
tvKim Possible
2002
Rabbi Katz (voice)
tvThree Sisters
2001
George Bernstein-Flynn
movieMan on the Moon
1999
Ed Weinberger
tvAaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Sal (voice)
tvFriends
1994
Theater Patron (uncredited)
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
1991
Dr. Jerry Robinson
tvDinosaurs
1991
Insurance Agent (voice)
movieDad's A Dog
1990
Tony Sheridan
movieCircle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986
Peter Benfield
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Calhoun 'Cal' Fletcher
tv9 to 5
1982
Franklin Hart
movieNobody's Perfekt
1981
Randall Kendall
movieSerial
1980
Leonard
movieMirror, Mirror
1979
Andrew McLaren
tvThe Bastard
1978
Girard
movieHow to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976
Carter Dowling
tvThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
Jerry Robinson
movieFuzz
1972
Buck
movieJennifer on My Mind
1971
Sergei Wasserman
movieCatch-22
1970
Captain J.S. McWatt
movieA Storm in Summer
1970
Stanley
movieWhat Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969
Mr. Bentley
moviePetulia
1968
Self (uncredited)
movieFunnyman
1967
Perry
tvThe Addams Family
1964
Mr. Boswell
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Stanley