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Peter Bonerz

Peter Bonerz

Known For Directing
Birthday Aug 06, 1938 (87)
Birthplace Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

2022

as The Maestro (voice)

Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon

1999

as Ed Weinberger

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama

Circle of Violence: A Family Drama

1986

as Peter Benfield

Your Place... or Mine?

Your Place... or Mine?

1983

as Phil

Nobody's Perfekt

Nobody's Perfekt

1981

as Randall Kendall

Serial

Serial

1980

as Leonard

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror

1979

as Andrew McLaren

The Bastard

The Bastard

1978

as Girard

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

1976

as Carter Dowling

Fuzz

Fuzz

1972

as Buck

Jennifer on My Mind

Jennifer on My Mind

1971

as Sergei Wasserman

A Storm in Summer

A Storm in Summer

1970

as Stanley

Catch-22

Catch-22

1970

as Captain J.S. McWatt

Medium Cool

Medium Cool

1969

as Gus

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

1969

as Mr. Bentley

Funnyman

Funnyman

1967

as Perry

Funnyman

Funnyman

1967

Writer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Bob Newhart Show

as Jerry Robinson

Episodes: 142

First Aired: Sep 16, 1972

Three Sisters

as George Bernstein-Flynn

Episodes: 35

First Aired: Jan 09, 2001

9 to 5

as Franklin Hart

Episodes: 29

First Aired: Mar 25, 1982

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Various

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 05, 1967

Murder, She Wrote

as Calhoun 'Cal' Fletcher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Hawaii Five-O

as Earl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Kim Possible

as Rabbi Katz (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 07, 2002

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Stanley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

The Addams Family

as Mr. Boswell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1964

Friends

as Theater Patron (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1994

Parks and Recreation

as Doug Demarco

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2009

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

as Sal (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1994

Dinosaurs

as Insurance Agent (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 26, 1991

That Girl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Sanford and Son

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 1972

McMillan & Wife

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1971

Good Heavens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 29, 1976

Summer Fun

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 22, 1966

Love & War

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1992

George & Leo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1997

Bob

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1992

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