Terry Kiser
Born: 1939-08-01 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Terry Kiser (born August 1, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the dead title-character in the comedy Weekend at Bernie's, and its sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II. Terry was a regular on two soap operas, The Secret Storm on CBS and The Doctors on NBC. Kiser has guest-starred numerous times on episodic television, particularly sitcoms, though he made a notable appearance as a comedian Vic Hitler (aka, Vic the Narcoleptic Comic) on the drama Hill Street Blues. He also portrayed the conniving Doctor Crews in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood and appeared in Mannequin: On the Move as a sorcerer. He played a jerky lawyer in the volleyball film Sideout. Kiser also had a recurring role as Craven on Night Court, H.G. Wells in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He also appeared in three episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will & Grace and The Golden Girls, as well as in two episodes of Three's Company as two different characters. Kiser was a member of Carol Burnett's repertory company on Carol and Company that aired in 1990 and 1991. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Kiser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- The Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom as Professor Barnes
2024
- Stream as Bruce
2023
- Mutilator 2 as Jack Chatham
2019
- Mr. Local Man ... (Producer)
2018
- Farmer of the Year as Virgil
- The Kingsbury Run as Todd Fincher
2013
- Vampire Riderz as Father Lemoine
- A Christmas Tree Miracle as Henry Banks
2012
- Alien Tornado as Mike Hardy
2011
- Mask Maker as Mr. Peck
2009
- Dead Start as Mort Maxwell
2001
2000
1998
- Will & Grace as Carl
- Two Guys and a Girl as Chet
- Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1997
- Hourglass as Henry Jardine
1996
- Forest Warrior as Travis Thorne
- Good Company
1995
- Caroline in the City as Taxicab Driver
- Baywatch Nights as George Wilson
- Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story as Uncle Paul
1994
- Loving Deadly as Walter
- Pet Shop as Joe Yeagher
- Tammy and the T-Rex as Dr. Wachenstein
1993
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as H.G. Wells
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Charlie Brooks
- Weekend at Bernie's II as Bernie Lomax
1992
- Into the Sun as Mitchell Burton
1991
- Mannequin Two: On the Move as Count Spretzle / Sorcerer
1990
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Mr. Hosek
- Dream On as Perry Gold
- Carol & Company
- Side Out as Uncle Max
1989
- Weekend at Bernie's as Bernie Lomax
- Chameleons as Lieut. Abel
- Nasty Boys as Boris Diamond
- Hard Time on Planet Earth
1988
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood as Dr. Crews
1987
- The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Santiago
- Hooperman as C.J.
- From a Whisper to a Scream as Jesse Hardwick
1985
- The Golden Girls as Santa Claus
- 227 as Tony
- Half Nelson as Leo Holcomb
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Gordon LaMonica
- Night Court as Al Craven
- Hunter as Phillip Sherman
- Brothers
- Cover Up
- Surf II: The End of the Trilogy as Mr. O'Finley
- Young Lust: A Soap Opera as Howard Levinthal
1983
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Automan
- Manimal
- Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land as Freddie Barrett
- Your Place... or Mine? as Stan
1982
- Knight Rider as Royal Davis
- Prime Suspect as Lyman
- Making Love as Harrington
- Six Pack as Terk
- Cassie & Co.
- Tucker's Witch
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- The Fall Guy
- Simon & Simon
- Looker as Commercial Director
- An Eye for an Eye as Dave Pierce
- All Night Long as Ultra-Sav Day Manager
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Dennis Redfield
- Enos
1979
- Knots Landing as Teddy Becker
- Seven as Senator
- Steel as Valentino
- Rich Kids as Ralph Harris
- Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider as Lester Neal
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Nafius
1978
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Diff'rent Strokes
- The Roller Girls as Don Mitchell
- Cops and Robin as Wayne Dutton
1977
- Three's Company as Max
- CHiPs
- Sugar Time!
- Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover as Benny Kowalski
1976
- The Bionic Woman
- City of Angels
- Captains and the Kings as Courtney Wickersham
- Gemini Man
1975
- Baretta
- One Day at a Time
- Switch as Hanna
1974
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Alexsei
- Rhoda
1972
- Emergency!
- Maude
- Lapin 360 as Bernard Lapin
1971
- All in the Family as Bob
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Augie
- Rachel, Rachel as Preacher