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Peter Bonerz Net Worth

Peter Bonerz net worth is
$20 Million

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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 a number of 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. He directed a large 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. 
Net Worth$20 Million
Date Of BirthAugust 6, 1938
Place Of BirthPortsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Height6' 1" (1.85 m)
OccupationActor, director
ProfessionDirector, Actor, Writer
NicknamesPeter Bonerz, Bonerz, Peter
Star SignLeo
#Fact
1Teaches multi-camera production at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. [December 2010]
2Currently enjoying a thriving career behind the sitcom camera, as a director on many prominent comedy shows.
3Grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School.
4Graduated with a BS degree in 1960 at Marquette University, where he was part of a theater group of players.
5Moved to New York in the early 1960s and joined The Premise, an improv group. After a stint as a draftee in the U.S. Army, he hooked up with The Committee, another improv troupe situated in San Francisco.
6Best known on TV for his co-starring role as curly-haired Jerry Robinson, an eccentric dentist on Bob Newhart comedy series. The show, which began in 1972, ran for six seasons--with ratings among the top 20 in the first three seasons.
7Bonerz first acted on stage in a production of "Agamemnon" at Columbia University in 1961.
8Has two sons: Eli and Eric.
9In Medium Cool (1969), he played a fictional TV news soundman during the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. On the set of The Bob Newhart Show (1972), he actually learned to work behind the camera as a director. The show was filmed in Los Angeles but set in Chicago.
10Attended Marquette University.

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
$#*! My Dad Says2011TV Series 2 episodes
Joey2005-2006TV Series 3 episodes
Drive/II2006TV Movie
Living with Fran2005TV Series 2 episodes
Good Morning, Miami2003-2004TV Series 13 episodes
The Stones2004TV Series
What I Like About You2004TV Series 1 episode
My Big Fat Greek Life2003TV Series 2 episodes
The Sweet Spot2002TV Series documentary
The Fighting Fitzgeralds2001TV Series 1 episode
Just Shoot Me!2000-2001TV Series 3 episodes
Three Sisters2001TV Series
Movie Stars2000TV Series 1 episode
The Hughleys1998-1999TV Series 6 episodes
Home Improvement1996-1999TV Series 29 episodes
Soul Man1998TV Series 1 episode
Friends1994-1998TV Series 12 episodes
Murphy Brown1991-1998TV Series 93 episodes
Mr. Rhodes1996TV Series 1 episode
Pearl1996TV Series
The Naked Truth1995-1996TV Series 4 episodes
NewsRadio1995TV Series 2 episodes
Minor Adjustments1995TV Series 1 episode
Hope & Gloria1995TV Series 3 episodes
Wings1994TV Series 11 episodes
Love & War1992-1993TV Series 12 episodes
Flying Blind1992-1993TV Series 4 episodes
Room for Two1992TV Series 5 episodes
Doctor Doctor1991TV Series 1 episode
True Colors1990-1991TV Series 4 episodes
1st & Ten: The Championship1990-1991TV Series 7 episodes
Julie Brown: The Show1989TV Movie
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege1989
Sharing Richard1988TV Movie
My Sister Sam1987-1988TV Series 11 episodes
The Thorns1988TV Series 7 episodes
Good Morning, Miss Bliss1987TV Series 1 episode
Nothing Is Easy1987TV Series 1 episode
ALF1986-1987TV Series 9 episodes
You Again?1986TV Series 3 episodes
Foley Square1985-1986TV Series 9 episodes
George Burns Comedy Week1985TV Series 1 episode
The Recovery Room1985TV Movie
E/R1984-1985TV Series 22 episodes
It's Your Move1984TV Series 1 episode
Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs1984TV Series 6 episodes
Back Together1984TV Movie
Focus on Fishko1983Short
Likely Stories, Vol. 41983TV Movie
Nine to Five1982TV Series 1 episode
The Two of Us1981-1982TV Series 16 episodes
Nobody's Perfekt1981
Park Place1980-1981TV Series 3 episodes
Archie Bunker's Place1979-1980TV Series 4 episodes
Love, Natalie1980TV Movie
A Dog's Life1979TV Movie
The Bob Newhart Show1974-1978TV Series 29 episodes
Apple Pie1978TV Series 8 episodes
The Tony Randall Show1976TV Series 1 episode
Father O Father1976TV Movie
Good Heavens1976TV Series 1 episode
When Things Were Rotten1975TV Series 1 episode
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers1974TV Series 1 episode
Mary Tyler Moore1974TV Series 1 episode

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Captain Movies' Shorts2012completedFirst Man on Earth
Melissa & Joey2015TV SeriesUncle Bert
Parks and Recreation2014TV SeriesDoug Demarco
Retired at 352011-2012TV SeriesChuckie Lutz
Six Steps to Success2008Short
Kim Possible2003TV SeriesRabbi Katz
Three Sisters2001-2002TV SeriesGeorge Bernstein-Flynn
Man on the Moon1999Ed. Weinberger - 'Taxi' Producer
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters1997TV SeriesSal
George & Leo1997TV SeriesDr. Robins
Friends1997TV SeriesTheater Patron
Home Improvement1997TV SeriesPeter
Love & War1993TV SeriesCharles
Bob1993TV SeriesJerry Robinson
Dinosaurs1991TV SeriesInsurance Agent
Dad's a Dog1989TV MovieTony Sheridan
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama1986TV MoviePete Benfield
Murder, She Wrote1986TV SeriesCalhoun 'Cal' Fletcher
George Burns Comedy Week1985TV SeriesCharlie
Your Place... or Mine1983TV MoviePhil
Nine to Five1982-1983TV SeriesFranklin Hart
Nobody's Perfekt1981Randall Kendall
Serial1980Dr. Leonard Miller
Mirror, Mirror1979TV MovieAndrew McLaren
The Bastard1978TV MovieGirard
The Bob Newhart Show1972-1978TV SeriesDr. Jerry Robinson
Visions1977TV SeriesHenry Stokes
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce1976TV MovieCarter Dowling
Good Heavens1976TV SeriesErnie
Fuzz1972Buck
Sanford and Son1972TV SeriesDoctor
Story Theatre1971TV Series
McMillan & Wife1971TV SeriesGeorge Harvard
Jennifer on My Mind1971Sergei
U.S.A.1971TV Movie
Hawaii Five-O1970TV SeriesEarl
Catch-221970Capt. J.S. McWatt
A Storm in Summer1970TV MovieStanley
The Governor & J.J.1969TV SeriesHubbell
Medium Cool1969Gus
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?1969Mr. Bentley
That Girl1968TV SeriesLarry Yorkin
Funnyman1967Perry
Hey, Landlord1967TV SeriesProctor
Summer Fun1966TV SeriesChips
The Addams Family1965TV SeriesMr. Boswell

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Funnyman1967

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mr. Vinegar and the Curse2008Short executive producer

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Man on the Moon1999technical advisor: TV sitcom

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective2004Video documentary short special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Session with the Committee1969Documentary
SillsDocumentary post-productionHimself
The Bob Newhart Show: Group Therapy2014Video documentaryHimself
Entertainment Tonight2008TV SeriesHimself
TV Land's Top Ten2005TV Series documentaryHimself
The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards2005TV SpecialHimself
TV Land Landmarks: Breaking the Mold2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective2004Video documentary shortHimself - Director
Intimate Portrait2002TV Series documentaryHimself
Look Out, Haskell, It's Real: The Making of 'Medium Cool'2001TV Movie documentary
Biography2001TV Series documentaryHimself
1996 MTV Movie Awards1996TV SpecialHimself
The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1993TV SpecialHimself - Nominee: Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special1991TV SpecialDr. Jerry Robinson
The $10,000 Pyramid1978-1983TV SeriesHimself
Password Plus1979TV SeriesHimself - Celebrity Contestant
CBS Galaxy1977TV SpecialHimself - Guest
Shoot for the Stars1977TV SeriesHimself
Stumpers!1976TV SeriesHimself
Celebrity Bowling1976TV SeriesHimself
Dinah!1975TV SeriesHimself
Information Processing1971Documentary short
A World of Love1970TV Movie documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2005Icon AwardTV Land AwardsThe Bob Newhart Show (1972)
1992DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series'Murphy Brown (1988)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1994DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series'Murphy Brown (1988)
1993Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Comedy SeriesMurphy Brown (1988)

Known for movies

Director

Murphy Brown (1991-1998)
as Director

Director

The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
as Director

Director

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
as Director

Director

Home Improvement (1996-1999)
as Director

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