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 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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-09-05
Place of birth
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
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Cast
Catch-22
1970
6.64
Elf
2003
6.66
In & Out
1997
6.46
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
6.64
The Rescuers
1977
6.78
Hell Is for Heroes
1962
6.50
Hot Millions
1968
6.50
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
2012
0.00
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
7.57
Little Miss Marker
1980
6.57
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
1972
0.00
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
10.00
First Family
1980
3.00
Thursday's Game
1974
5.80
Once Upon a Studio
2023
8.30
Marathon
1980
4.00
Don Rickles: One Night Only
2014
7.60
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
0.00
Bob and Don: A Love Story
2023
5.00
Bob Newhart: Button-Down Concert
1992
0.00
Decisions! Decisions!
1971
0.00
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
6.00
The Sports Pages
2001
6.00
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Five
2011
7.06
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
7.60
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966
10.00
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
7.00
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
0.00
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
0.00
Bob Newhart: Off the Record
1992
6.00
Horrible Bosses
2011
6.57
The Entertainers
1991
0.00
Cold Turkey
1971
6.20
Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned
2005
0.00
Disney's Greatest Villains
1977
0.00
Oh No, Not Them
1989
0.00
