Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart

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 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.

Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter
2024
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Studio
2023
Bernard (voice) (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
Self
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Self
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
2012
Self
Five
2011
Dr. Roth
Horrible Bosses
2011
Lou Sherman
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
Judson
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Self
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
Judson
Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned
2005
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
Judson
Elf
2003
Papa Elf
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003
Sid Post
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Self
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
Self (uncredited)
The Sports Pages
2001
Doc Waddems
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
Self
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
Leonard (voice)
In & Out
1997
Tom Halliwell
Bob Newhart: Off the Record
1992
Writer
Bob Newhart: Button-Down Concert
1992
Self
The Entertainers
1991
Todd Wilson
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
Bernard (voice)
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
Self
Rickles... On the Loose
1986
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Self
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
Self
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
Self
Little Miss Marker
1980
Regret
First Family
1980
President Manfred Link
Marathon
1980
Walter Burton
The Rescuers
1977
Bernard (voice)
Disney's Greatest Villains
1977
Bernard (voice) (archive footage)
Thursday's Game
1974
Marvin Ellison
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
1972
Self
Decisions! Decisions!
1971
John Hobson
Cold Turkey
1971
Merwin Wren
Catch-22
1970
Maj. Major Major
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
Dr. Mason Hume
Hot Millions
1968
Willard C. Gnatpole
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Self
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966
Himself
Hell Is for Heroes
1962
Pvt. James E. Driscoll