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.

The Big Bang Theory

7.9

The Simpsons

8.0

Horrible Bosses

6.6

Elf

6.7

Young Sheldon

8.1

The Rescuers

6.8

NCIS

7.6

Desperate Housewives

7.9

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

5.7

The Rescuers Down Under

6.6

ER

7.8

In & Out

6.5

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

6.3

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

6.2

The Daily Show

6.4

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

6.3

The Librarians

7.3

Saturday Night Live

6.9

Once Upon a Studio

8.3

Catch-22

6.7

Conan

7.0

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

6.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.8

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.1

Hell Is for Heroes

6.5

MADtv

6.9

Hot in Cleveland

7.4

The View

4.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

Murphy Brown

6.4

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

The Carol Burnett Show

7.6

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

6.8

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

7.1

The Bob Newhart Show

7.4

Newhart

7.1

Late Night with David Letterman

5.9

Little Miss Marker

6.5

Five

7.1

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.5

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

7.2

Hot Millions

6.6

What's My Line?

6.8

Cold Turkey

6.2

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.6

The Dick Cavett Show

6.6

Golden Globe Awards

6.8

Dean Martin: King of Cool

7.5

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

4.3

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

6.9

Don Rickles: One Night Only

7.6

The Emmy Awards

7.6

The Mike Douglas Show

5.1

Bob

6.8

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

5.5

First Family

3.0

Thursday's Game

5.2

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

7.6

The Hollywood Palace

4.5

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

5.8

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

6.5

Bob and Don: A Love Story

5.0

Night of 100 Stars II

8.0

Committed

5.0

Inside Comedy

6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

5.3

Captain Nice

5.7

The Judy Garland Show

8.0

The Bob Hope Show

7.0

The Sports Pages

6.0

Dinah!

6.5

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

6.0

Marathon

4.0

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

6.0

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

8.0

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

10.0

Bob Newhart: Off the Record

6.0

This Week

9.0

The Don Rickles Show

5.0

Playboy After Dark

1.0

Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man

0.0

Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking

0.0

Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

0.0

Yesterday's Tomorrows

0.0

The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special

0.0

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

0.0

Bob Newhart: Button-Down Concert

0.0

Decisions! Decisions!

0.0

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

0.0

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

0.0

Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter

0.0

Rickles... On the Loose

0.0

Salute to Stan Laurel

0.0

The Entertainers

0.0

Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned

0.0

Disney's Greatest Villains

0.0

Playboy's Penthouse

0.0

Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg

0.0

The Don Knotts Show

0.0

George & Leo

0.0

Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

0.0