Bob Newhart

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-09-05 (95 years old)

Deathday

2024-07-18

Place of Birth

Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Bob Newhart

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 ...

Acting

1970

Catch-22

as Maj. Major Major

2003

Elf

as Papa Elf

1997

In & Out

as Tom Halliwell

1990

The Rescuers Down Under

as Bernard (voice)

1977

The Rescuers

as Bernard (voice)

1962

Hell Is for Heroes

as Pvt. James E. Driscoll

1968

Hot Millions

as Willard C. Gnatpole

1980

2007

1980

First Family

as President Manfred Link

1974

Thursday's Game

as Marvin Ellison

2023

Once Upon a Studio

as Bernard (voice) (archive footage)

1980

Marathon

as Walter Burton

1971

Decisions! Decisions!

as John Hobson

2001

The Sports Pages

as Doc Waddems

2024

Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Five

as Dr. Roth

2011

Horrible Bosses

as Lou Sherman

1991

The Entertainers

as Todd Wilson

1971

Cold Turkey

as Merwin Wren

1977

Disney's Greatest Villains

as Bernard (voice) (archive footage)

Production

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