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Peter Bonerz is a Actor and Director American born on 6 august 1938 at Portsmouth (USA)
Peter Bonerz (born August 6, 1938 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire) is an American actor and director who is best known for his role as Dr. Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show.
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 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 Reverend 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 City. After compulsory service as a draftee in the United States Army, he joined The Committee, an improv troupe in San Francisco, California.
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 roles in several films, including Medium Cool (1969) and Catch-22 (1970), the latter of which also included his future co-star Bob Newhart. In 1971, Bonerz was part of an ensemble cast in the short-lived improvisational television show Story Theatre, which also included Alan Alda and Valerie Harper. 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 receptionist. 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 the movie Serial (1980). In 1986, Bonerz co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and River Phoenix in the CBS television movie Circle of Violence: A Family Drama. In 2014, he played Doug Demarco in the "Anniversaries" episode of Parks and Recreation. He directed a number of situation comedy episodes for series such as Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Foley Square, My Sister Sam, 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.
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Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 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 Reverend 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 City. After compulsory service as a draftee in the United States Army, he joined The Committee, an improv troupe in San Francisco, California.
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 roles in several films, including Medium Cool (1969) and Catch-22 (1970), the latter of which also included his future co-star Bob Newhart. In 1971, Bonerz was part of an ensemble cast in the short-lived improvisational television show Story Theatre, which also included Alan Alda and Valerie Harper. 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 receptionist. 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 the movie Serial (1980). In 1986, Bonerz co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and River Phoenix in the CBS television movie Circle of Violence: A Family Drama. In 2014, he played Doug Demarco in the "Anniversaries" episode of Parks and Recreation. He directed a number of situation comedy episodes for series such as Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Foley Square, My Sister Sam, 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.
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Man on the Moon (1999)
, 1h58Directed by Miloš Forman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about films
Actors Jim Carrey, Patton Oswalt, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Bob Zmuda, Paul Giamatti
Roles Ed Weinberger
Rating73%
Andy Kaufman's (Jim Carrey) "foreign man" character appears in black and white, declaring that (due to massive editing), this is actually the end of the film, not the beginning. He plays a phonograph record alongside the credits before walking somberly off. Kaufman then comes back, and, in his normal voice, claiming he "had to get rid of the people who don't understand me, and don't want to try," he proceeds to show the story of his life on a film projector, starting with his childhood home in Great Neck, New York, circa 1957.
, 1h30Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Tuesday Weld, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Bonerz, River Phoenix, Ellen Travolta
Roles Peter Benfield
Rating61%
Georgia Benfield (Tuesday Weld) is at a difficult place in her life; her husband, Pete (Peter Bonerz) has left her for a younger woman, her teenage son, Chris (River Phoenix) is unmanageable, and she's struggling financially when her widowed mother, Charlotte (Geraldine Fitzgerald) moves in. Amid juggling a new full-time job, raising two children, and her failing marriage, the constant bickering between mother and daughter continues as it has ever since Georgia was a child. Finally, at her wit's end, Georgia loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family secrets come to light, both mother and daughter must learn to accept the past, to change what is happening at present, in order to face a better future.
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Bonerz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Kaplan, Alex Karras, Robert Klein, Susan Clark, Alex Rocco, Paul Stewart
Roles Randall Kendall
Rating44%
Three therapy patients — Dibley (Gabe Kaplan), whose memory often fails him; Swaboda (Alex Karras), who believes that his late mother is still alive and living with him; and Walter (Robert Klein), who has three personalities — want the city to buy them a new car after theirs is totaled by a pothole. Legal means prove to be insufficient, so the three of them hatch a plan to extort the money from the mayor (Arthur Rosenberg).
Serial (1980)
, 1h30Directed by Bill Persky
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Sally Kellerman, Bill Macy, Pamela Bellwood, Peter Bonerz
Roles Leonard
Rating64%
In trendy Marin County, California during the late 1970s, uptight Harvey Holroyd is losing patience fast.
The Bastard (1978)
, 4hDirected by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Andrew Stevens, Tom Bosley, Kim Cattrall, Buddy Ebsen, Lorne Greene, Olivia Hussey
Roles Girard
Rating67%
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution.
, 1h14Directed by Jerry Paris
Genres Comedy
Actors Barbara Eden, Hal Linden, Peter Bonerz, Marcia Rodd, Harold Gould, Chuck McCann
Roles Carter Dowling
Rating57%
Ellen (Barbara Eden) and Carter (Peter Bonerz) used to be married. But now they're happily divorced.
Fuzz (1972)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch, Dominic Chianese
Roles Buck
Rating54%
Detectives Steve Carella (Reynolds), Meyer Meyer (Weston), Eileen McHenry (Welch) and Bert Kling (Skeritt) are part of the 87th Precinct's team, investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man (Brynner). While attempting to investigate and prevent the murders of several high-ranking city officials, they also must keep track of the perpetrators of a string of robberies. Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks on homeless men.
Jennifer on My Mind (1971)
, 1h30Directed by Noel Black
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Michael Brandon, Tippy Walker, Renee Taylor, Robert De Niro, Steve Vinovich, Barry Bostwick
Roles Sergei Wasserman
Rating39%
Marcus Rottner (Brandon), a 24-year-old heir of his late grandfather's fortune, is living in his New Jersey Palisades apartment as he finds out hippie girlfriend Jennifer Da Silva (Walker) has died of a heroin overdose in his living room. Fearing that he might be arrested for her death, he decides to dump her body, but not before his sister Selma (Taylor) and her psychologist boyfriend Sergei (Bonerz) -- whom Marcus detests—pay him a visit. They notice his strange behavior and suspect that Marcus has gotten himself into trouble. They search his apartment, but to no avail.
Catch-22 (1970)
, 2h2Directed by Mike Nichols, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry
Roles Captain J.S. McWatt
Rating70%
Captain Yossarian (Alan Arkin), a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bombardier, is stationed on the Mediterranean base on Pianosa during World War II. Along with his squadron members, Yossarian is committed to flying dangerous missions, and after watching friends die, he seeks a means of escape.
Medium Cool (1969)
, 1h51Directed by Haskell Wexler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about television, Political films
Actors Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Peter Boyle, Haskell Wexler
Roles Gus
Rating71%
John Cassellis is a television news cameraman. In one of the opening scenes, a group of cameramen and journalists are discussing the ethical responsibilities within their profession: When should filming a gruesome scene end and human responsibility to try to save a life begin? As viewers we are presented with issues such as violence as spectacle, political and social discontent, extreme racism, and class divisions. The film is constantly juggling documentary footage with feature film image. Among his sources, Wexler uses footage from military training camps in Illinois for military troops preparing for planned demonstrations by students and anti-war activists during the Democratic National Convention later that summer.
, 1h41Directed by Lee H. Katzin, Bernard Girard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller, Mildred Dunnock, Peter Bonerz
Roles Mr. Bentley
Rating67%
The opening scene of the film sets the tone. Claire Marrable (Page) is recently widowed and at the funeral, she frantically removes flowers from her husband's coffin, while eerie music plays in the background. A few days later, her husband's will is revealed by the junior partner of a law firm (The Bob Newhart Show's Peter Bonerz, in one
Petulia (1968)
, 1h45Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Pippa Scott
Roles Self (uncredited)
Rating68%
The film has a non-linear construction with frequent flash-backs and flash-forwards (especially at the beginning of the film.) The title character is a young San Francisco socialite married to a savagely abusive man. She finagles a meeting with physician Archie Bollen, whom she first saw and with whom she became smitten as he treated an injured Mexican boy. Bollen is in the process of divorcing his wife, is sifting through new relationships with his ex, the new man in her life, his sons, and friends who knew him only as one-half of a couple. The two soon embark on a quirky relationship.
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, 1h24Directed by Peter Bonerz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Bubba Smith, G. W. Bailey, Lance Kinsey
Rating44%
The police must investigate a series of robberies along a strip of land in the city. The Mayor (Kenneth Mars) assigns Captain Harris (G.W. Bailey) and Lt. Proctor (Lance Kinsey) to the case, but while on stakeout the Wilson gang, composed of Ace (Gerrit Graham), Flash (Brian Seeman), and Ox (Darwyn Swalve), manages to slip through their fingers. The Mayor wants Harris and Proctor to work with Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) on apprehending the gang. Lassard assembles a seven-man team consisting of Hightower (Bubba Smith), Tackleberry (David Graf), Jones (Michael Winslow), Hooks (Marion Ramsey), Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook), Fackler (Bruce Mahler), and Lassard's nephew, Nick (Matt McCoy).
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Bonerz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Kaplan, Alex Karras, Robert Klein, Susan Clark, Alex Rocco, Paul Stewart
Rating44%
Three therapy patients — Dibley (Gabe Kaplan), whose memory often fails him; Swaboda (Alex Karras), who believes that his late mother is still alive and living with him; and Walter (Robert Klein), who has three personalities — want the city to buy them a new car after theirs is totaled by a pothole. Legal means prove to be insufficient, so the three of them hatch a plan to extort the money from the mayor (Arthur Rosenberg).