Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022 · Movie
as The Maestro (voice)
Peter Bonerz
1938-08-06
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Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA
Writers: , The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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.
Filmography
Viewer Direction Advised
2018 · Movie
as Self
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017 · Movie
as Self
Parks and Recreation
2009 · TV Show
as Doug Demarco
Kim Possible
2002 · TV Show
as Rabbi Katz (voice)
Three Sisters
2001 · TV Show
as George Bernstein-Flynn
Man on the Moon
1999 · Movie
as Ed Weinberger
George & Leo
1997 · TV Show
Friends
1994 · TV Show
as Theater Patron (uncredited)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994 · TV Show
as Sal (voice)
Love & War
1992 · TV Show
Bob
1992 · TV Show
No image
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
1991 · Movie
as Dr. Jerry Robinson
Dinosaurs
1991 · TV Show
as Insurance Agent (voice)
Dad's A Dog
1990 · Movie
as Tony Sheridan
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986 · Movie
as Peter Benfield
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Calhoun 'Cal' Fletcher
Your Place... or Mine?
1983 · Movie
as Phil
9 to 5
1982 · TV Show
as Franklin Hart
Nobody's Perfekt
1981 · Movie
as Randall Kendall
Serial
1980 · Movie
as Leonard
Mirror, Mirror
1979 · Movie
as Andrew McLaren
The Bastard
1978 · TV Show
as Girard
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976 · Movie
as Carter Dowling
Good Heavens
1976 · TV Show
Fuzz
1972 · Movie
as Buck
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · TV Show
as Jerry Robinson
Sanford and Son
1972 · TV Show
Jennifer on My Mind
1971 · Movie
as Sergei Wasserman
McMillan & Wife
1971 · TV Show
A Storm in Summer
1970 · Movie
as Stanley
Catch-22
1970 · Movie
as Captain J.S. McWatt
Medium Cool
1969 · Movie
as Gus
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969 · Movie
as Mr. Bentley
A Session with the Committee
1969 · Movie
as Self
Petulia
1968 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV Show
as Earl
Funnyman
1967 · Movie
as Perry
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967 · TV Show
as Various
That Girl
1966 · TV Show
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Summer Fun
1966 · TV Show
The Addams Family
1964 · TV Show
as Mr. Boswell
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Stanley
No image
Information Processing
· Movie
Crew Credits
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
2019 · Movie
Director
Joey
2004 · TV Show
Director
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003 · TV Show
Director
What I Like About You
2002 · TV Show
Director
Good Morning, Miami
2002 · TV Show
Director
Three Sisters
2001 · TV Show
Director
Movie Stars
1999 · TV Show
Director
The Hughleys
1998 · TV Show
Director
No image
Getting Personal
1998 · TV Show
Director
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · TV Show
Director
Soul Man
1997 · TV Show
Director
Pearl
1996 · TV Show
Director
Mr. Rhodes
1996 · TV Show
Director
Minor Adjustments
1995 · TV Show
Director
NewsRadio
1995 · TV Show
Director
Hope and Gloria
1995 · TV Show
Director
The Naked Truth
1995 · TV Show
Director
Friends
1994 · TV Show
Director
The Elvira Show
1993 · Movie
Director
Flying Blind
1992 · TV Show
Director
Love & War
1992 · TV Show
Director
Room for Two
1992 · TV Show
Director
Home Improvement
1991 · TV Show
Director
True Colors
1990 · TV Show
Director
Wings
1990 · TV Show
Director
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989 · Movie
Director
Julie Brown: The Show
1989 · Movie
Director
Doctor Doctor
1989 · TV Show
Director
Sharing Richard
1988 · Movie
Director
Murphy Brown
1988 · TV Show
Director
No image
The Thorns
1988 · TV Show
Director
My Sister Sam
1986 · TV Show
Director
No image
Together We Stand
1986 · TV Show
Director
ALF
1986 · TV Show
Director
You Again?
1986 · TV Show
Director
No image
The Recovery Room
1985 · Movie
Director
George Burns Comedy Week
1985 · TV Show
Director
Foley Square
1985 · TV Show
Director
E/R
1984 · TV Show
Director
It's Your Move
1984 · TV Show
Director
No image
Maggie Briggs
1984 · TV Show
Director
Focus on Fishko
1983 · Movie
Director
Likely Stories, Vol. 4
1983 · Movie
Director
9 to 5
1982 · TV Show
Director
Nobody's Perfekt
1981 · Movie
Director
No image
Park Place
1981 · TV Show
Director
No image
The Two of Us
1981 · TV Show
Director
Archie Bunker's Place
1979 · TV Show
Director
Apple Pie
1978 · TV Show
Director
Good Heavens
1976 · TV Show
Director
The Tony Randall Show
1976 · TV Show
Director
When Things Were Rotten
1975 · TV Show
Director
No image
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
1974 · TV Show
Director
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · TV Show
Director
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · TV Show
Director
Funnyman
1967 · Movie
Writer
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967 · TV Show
Writer
