Peter Bonerz
Directing
Born: August 6, 1938 (age 88) · Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA
Highest Rated
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
Friends
1994
Man on the Moon
1999
Parks and Recreation
2009
ALF
1986
Dinosaurs
1991
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
1989
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
Home Improvement
1991
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022
Kim Possible
2002
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Addams Family
1964
Photos (1)
Movies (16)
Man on the Moon
Ed Weinberger
Catch-22
Captain J.S. McWatt
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Maestro (voice)
Medium Cool
Gus
Fuzz
Buck
Serial
Leonard
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Mr. Bentley
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
Carter Dowling
Nobody's Perfekt
Randall Kendall
Jennifer on My Mind
Sergei Wasserman
A Storm in Summer
Stanley
Mirror, Mirror
Andrew McLaren
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Peter Benfield
Your Place... or Mine?
Phil
Funnyman
Perry
Dad's A Dog
Tony Sheridan
TV Shows (21)
Friends
Theater Patron (uncredited) · 1 eps
Kim Possible
Rabbi Katz (voice) · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Calhoun 'Cal' Fletcher · 1 eps
Parks and Recreation
Doug Demarco · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Earl · 1 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
Jerry Robinson · 142 eps
Dinosaurs
Insurance Agent (voice) · 1 eps
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Sal (voice) · 1 eps
The Addams Family
Mr. Boswell · 1 eps
Sanford and Son
1 eps
That Girl
1 eps
McMillan & Wife
1 eps
Love & War
1 eps
9 to 5
Franklin Hart · 29 eps
George & Leo
1 eps
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Various · 5 eps
Bob
1 eps
Three Sisters
George Bernstein-Flynn · 35 eps
Good Heavens
1 eps
The Bastard
Girard · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stanley · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (5)
Directing (47)
Friends
Director
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Director
Wings
Director
Murphy Brown
Director
Just Shoot Me!
Director
Home Improvement
Director
The Bob Newhart Show
Director
ALF
Director
NewsRadio
Director
What I Like About You
Director
Joey
Director
The Hughleys
Director
Archie Bunker's Place
Director
The Naked Truth
Director
Love & War
Director
9 to 5
Director
Good Morning, Miami
Director
Hope and Gloria
Director
The Tony Randall Show
Director
George Burns Comedy Week
Director
True Colors
Director
E/R
Director
Pearl
Director
It's Your Move
Director
My Sister Sam
Director
Doctor Doctor
Director
Movie Stars
Director
Three Sisters
Director
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Director
You Again?
Director
Mr. Rhodes
Director
Soul Man
Director
When Things Were Rotten
Director
Flying Blind
Director
Minor Adjustments
Director
Good Heavens
Director
Room for Two
Director
My Big Fat Greek Life
Director
Foley Square
Director
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
Director
Apple Pie
Director
Nobody's Perfekt
Director
The Elvira Show
Director
Julie Brown: The Show
Director
Sharing Richard
Director
Likely Stories, Vol. 4
Director
Focus on Fishko
Director