From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPeter 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, Its Your Move, and ALF. He also directed a few films, such as Police Academy 6 City Under Siege.
Girard
Film 1978
Sergei Wasserman
Film 1971
Mr. Bentley
Film 1969
Dr. Jerry Robinson
Film 1991
Self
Film 2018
The Maestro (voice)
Film 2022
Stanley
Film 1970
Self (uncredited)
Film 1968
Ed Weinberger
Film 1999
Randall Kendall
Film 1981
Andrew McLaren
Film 1979
Captain J.S. McWatt
Film 1970
Perry
Film 1967
Leonard
Film 1980
Peter Benfield
Film 1986
Self
Film 2017
Carter Dowling
Film 1976
Self
Film 1969
Phil
Film 1983
Buck
Film 1972
Calhoun 'Cal' Fletcher
Tv 1984
Earl
Tv 1968
Tv 1966
Rabbi Katz (voice)
Tv 2002
Tv 1972
Tv 1972
Stanley
Tv 1951
Tv 1971
Franklin Hart
Tv 1982
Tv 1976
Mr. Boswell
Tv 1964
Tv 1966
Theater Patron (uncredited)
Tv 1994
George Bernstein-Flynn
Tv 2001
Doug Demarco
Tv 2009
Sal (voice)
Tv 1994
Various
Tv 1967
Insurance Agent (voice)
Tv 1991
Tv 1992
Tv 1997
Tv 1992