Bob Newhart
Born: 1929-09-05 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Died: 2024-07-18
Known For: Acting
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 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.
Filmography
2024
- Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Once Upon a Studio as Bernard (voice) (archive sound)
- Bob and Don: A Love Story as Self
2021
- Dean Martin: King of Cool as Self
2020
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Young Sheldon as Professor Proton
2016
2014
- The Librarians as Judson
- Don Rickles: One Night Only as Self
2013
- Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
2012
- Inside Comedy as Self
- Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man as Self
2011
- Horrible Bosses as Lou Sherman
- Five as Dr. Roth
2010
- Conan as Self
- Hot in Cleveland as Bob Sr.
2008
2007
- The Big Bang Theory as Arthur Jeffries
- Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s as Self (archive footage)
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
2006
2005
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Morty Flickman
- The Librarian: Quest for the Spear as Judson
2003
- NCIS as Walter Magnus
- Elf as Papa Elf
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Sid Post
2002
- Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Self (uncredited)
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001
- The Sports Pages as Doc Waddems
1999
- Yesterday's Tomorrows as Self
1998
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie as Leonard (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- George & Leo as George Stoody
- In & Out as Tom Halliwell
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1995
- MADtv as Self - Special Guest
1994
- ER as Ben Hollander
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Bob as Bob McKay
- Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self - Host
- Bob Newhart: Off the Record
- Bob Newhart: Button-Down Concert as Self
1991
- The Entertainers as Todd Wilson
- The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special as Bob Hartley
1990
- The Rescuers Down Under as Bernard (voice)
1989
- The Simpsons as Bob Newhart (voice)
- Oh No, Not Them as Self (uncredited)
1988
- Murphy Brown as Dr. Bob Hartley
1986
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1983
1982
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- Newhart as Dick Loudon
1981
1980
- Marathon as Walter Burton
- First Family as President Manfred Link
- Little Miss Marker as Regret
1977
- The Rescuers as Bernard (voice)
- Disney's Greatest Villains as Bernard (voice) (archive footage)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Thursday's Game as Marvin Ellison
1972
- The Bob Newhart Show as Robert Hartley
- Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking as Self
- The Don Rickles Show as Brother-in-law
1971
- Decisions! Decisions! as John Hobson
- Cold Turkey as Merwin Wren
1970
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Dr. Mason Hume
- Catch-22 as Maj. Major Major
- The Don Knotts Show as Self
1969
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
- Hot Millions as Willard C. Gnatpole
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self - Cameo
- Captain Nice as Lloyd Larchmont
1966
- Christmas with Crosby & Kate as Himself
1965
- Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Charles Fenton
- The Judy Garland Show as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Gerald Swinney
- Hell Is for Heroes as Pvt. James E. Driscoll
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- The Bob Newhart Show as Self - Host
1959
- Playboy's Penthouse as Self
- The Grammys as Self
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee