Place of Birth:
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Date of Birth:
9/5/1929
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 I and Use Your Illusion II by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Newhart later went into acting, starring in two long-running and prize-winning situation comedies, first as psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show and then as innkeeper Dick Loudon on the 1980s sitcom Newhart. He also had a third sitcom that was short-lived and initially successful but was soon canceled, named Bob. Newhart also appeared in film roles such as Major Major in Catch-22, and Papa Elf in Elf. He provided the voice of Bernard in the Walt Disney animated films The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. One of his most recent roles is the library head Judson in The Librarian.
Catch-22
Elf
In & Out
The Rescuers Down Under
The Rescuers
Hell Is for Heroes
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Hot Millions
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Dean Martin: King of Cool
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Little Miss Marker
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
Yesterday's Tomorrows
First Family
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
Thursday's Game
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Once Upon a Studio
Marathon
Don Rickles: One Night Only
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Bob and Don: A Love Story
Bob Newhart: Button-Down Concert
Decisions! Decisions!
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
The Sports Pages
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Night of 100 Stars II
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter
Five
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Rickles... On the Loose
Salute to Stan Laurel
Bob Newhart: Off the Record
Horrible Bosses
The Entertainers
Cold Turkey
Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned
Disney's Greatest Villains