Bob Newhart

Birthday

1929-09-05

Place of Birth

Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Biography

George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929), known professionally as Bob Newhart, is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Newhart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Elf

Elf

2003 7.1
Elf

as Papa Elf

2003
In & Out

In & Out

1997 6.4
In & Out

as Tom Halliwell

1997
Bob

Bob

1992 7.3
Bob

as Bob McKay

1992
The Rescuers

The Rescuers

1983 6.9
The Rescuers

as Bernard (voice)

1983
Newhart

Newhart

1982 7.8
Newhart

as Dick Loudon

1982
Catch-22

Catch-22

1970 7.1
Catch-22

as Maj. Major Major

1970
Hot Millions

Hot Millions

1968 6.8
Hot Millions

as Willard C. Gnatpole

1968