Peter Bonerz
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.
55 directing credits · 45 acting credits
Directing · 55
Friends
1994
Home Improvement
1991
Wings
1990
ALF
1986
Just Shoot Me!
1997
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Murphy Brown
1988
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Joey
2004
NewsRadio
1995
What I Like About You
2002
The Naked Truth
1995
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
The Hughleys
1998
Love & War
1992
Good Morning, Miami
2002
Hope and Gloria
1995
The Tony Randall Show
1976
True Colors
1990
E/R
1984
It's Your Move
1984
Flying Blind
1992
9 to 5
1982
Soul Man
1997
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
Good Heavens
1976
Pearl
1996
When Things Were Rotten
1975
My Sister Sam
1986
Doctor Doctor
1989
Three Sisters
2001
Room for Two
1992
Together We Stand
1986
Mr. Rhodes
1996
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
1974
Minor Adjustments
1995
Movie Stars
1999
Getting Personal
1998
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003
Foley Square
1985
You Again?
1986
The Two of Us
1981
The Thorns
1988
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
2019
Apple Pie
1978
Park Place
1981
Maggie Briggs
1984
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
Sharing Richard
1988
The Elvira Show
1993
Focus on Fishko
1983
The Recovery Room
1985
Julie Brown: The Show
1989
Likely Stories, Vol. 4
1983
Acting · 45
Friends
1994
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Parks and Recreation
2009
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Kim Possible
2002
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Dinosaurs
1991
That Girl
1966
Sanford and Son
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
The Addams Family
1964
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
McMillan & Wife
1971
Love & War
1992
George & Leo
1997
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
Bob
1992
9 to 5
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Good Heavens
1976
Three Sisters
2001
Man on the Moon
1999
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022
Catch-22
1970
The Bastard
1978
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
Summer Fun
1966
Fuzz
1972
Serial
1980
Petulia
1968
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969
Medium Cool
1969
Jennifer on My Mind
1971
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
1991
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976
Viewer Direction Advised
2018
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
Your Place... or Mine?
1983
Mirror, Mirror
1979
A Session with the Committee
1969
Funnyman
1967
A Storm in Summer
1970
Dad's A Dog
1990
Information Processing
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