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| Bob Newhart | |
|---|---|
 Newhart in 2002 | |
| Birth name | George Robert Newhart |
| Born | September 5, 1929 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Medium | Film, television, stand-up |
| Alma mater | Loyola University Chicago (BBA) |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Genres | Deadpan, satire, observational comedy |
| Subject(s) | American culture, American politics |
| Spouse |
Virginia Quinn
(m. 1963; died 2023) |
| Children | 4[1] |
| Relative(s) |
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| Website | www |
| Military service | |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1952–1954 |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
| Unit | Armed Forces Radio Service |
| Awards | Good Conduct Medal |
George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American comedian and actor. He is known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television. He has received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2002.
Newhart came to prominence in 1960 when his record album of comedic monologues, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, became a bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart; it remains the 20th-best-selling comedy album in history.[3] The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!, was also a success, and the two albums held the Billboard number one and number two spots simultaneously.[4]
Newhart hosted a short lived NBC variety show entitled The Bob Newhart Show (1961) before starring as Chicago psychologist Robert Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 to 1978 and then as Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudon on series Newhart from 1982 to 1990. He also had two short-lived sitcoms in the 1990s, Bob and George and Leo. Newhart acted in films such as Catch-22 (1970), Cold Turkey (1971), In & Out (1997), and Elf (2003). He also voiced Bernard in the Disney animated films The Rescuers (1977) and The Rescuers Down Under (1990). Newhart played Professor Proton on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2018, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award.[5]
- ^ King, Susan (February 19, 2010). "The funny world of Bob Newhart". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ O'Connor, Rod (February 15, 2011). "Paul Brittain on Saturday Night Live-Interview". Timeout.com.
- ^ Manilla, Ben. "'Button-Down Mind' Changed Modern Comedy", October 23, 2007.
- ^ Newhart, Bob (2006). I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 1-4013-0246-7.
- ^ Cidoni Lennox, Michael (September 16, 2013). "Bob Newhart finally gets his Emmy Award". The Washington Times. Retrieved September 16, 2013.