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Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 05, 1929
Died Jul 18, 2024 (94)
Birthplace Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Bo ... b 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.

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Filmography

Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Bernard (voice) (archive footage)

Five

Five

2011

as Dr. Roth

Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses

2011

as Lou Sherman

Elf

Elf

2003

as Papa Elf

The Sports Pages

The Sports Pages

2001

as Doc Waddems

In & Out

In & Out

1997

as Tom Halliwell

The Entertainers

The Entertainers

1991

as Todd Wilson

The Rescuers Down Under

The Rescuers Down Under

1990

as Bernard (voice)

Marathon

Marathon

1980

as Walter Burton

First Family

First Family

1980

as President Manfred Link

Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

1980

as Regret

The Rescuers

The Rescuers

1977

as Bernard (voice)

Thursday's Game

Thursday's Game

1974

as Marvin Ellison

Decisions! Decisions!

Decisions! Decisions!

1971

as John Hobson

Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey

1971

as Merwin Wren

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970

as Dr. Mason Hume

Catch-22

Catch-22

1970

as Maj. Major Major

Hot Millions

Hot Millions

1968

as Willard C. Gnatpole

Hell Is for Heroes

Hell Is for Heroes

1962

as Pvt. James E. Driscoll

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Newhart

as Dick Loudon

Episodes: 184

First Aired: Oct 02, 1982

The Bob Newhart Show

as Robert Hartley

Episodes: 142

First Aired: Sep 16, 1972

Bob

as Bob McKay

Episodes: 33

First Aired: Sep 18, 1992

George & Leo

as George Stoody

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Sep 15, 1997

The Don Rickles Show

as Brother-in-law

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 14, 1972

The Big Bang Theory

as Arthur Jeffries

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 24, 2007

ER

as Ben Hollander

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Desperate Housewives

as Morty Flickman

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 03, 2004

Young Sheldon

as Professor Proton

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 25, 2017

The Librarians

as Judson

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 07, 2014

Hot in Cleveland

as Bob Sr.

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 16, 2010

The Simpsons

as Bob Newhart (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Committed

as Blinky

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 2005

Newhart

as Robert Hartley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1982

Captain Nice

as Lloyd Larchmont

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1967

Murphy Brown

as Dr. Bob Hartley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1988

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Charles Fenton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

NCIS

as Walter Magnus

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Gerald Swinney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self - Guest Host

Episodes: 97

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Bob Newhart Show

as Self - Host

Episodes: 34

First Aired: Oct 11, 1961

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 28

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 29, 1957

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Comedian

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 04, 1964

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 09, 1967

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 22, 1969

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 08, 2003

The Daily Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 22, 1996

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

This Week

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 15, 1981

The View

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

Playboy's Penthouse

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 1959

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1992

Inside Comedy

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2012

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 2020

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1982

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1993

MADtv

as Self - Special Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1995

Conan

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 08, 2010

Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 14, 2005

The Don Knotts Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1970

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Playboy After Dark

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 18, 1969

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1949

The Judy Garland Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1963

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 1950

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1967

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self - Cameo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 05, 1967

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

Dinah!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 21, 1974

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 05, 1967

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

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