Jerry Digney, Newhart's publicist, says the actor died Thursday in Los Angeles after a series of short illnesses.
LOS ANGELES — Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popularJerry Digney, Newhart's publicist, says the actor died Thursday in Los Angeles after a series of short illnesses., best remembered now as the star of two hit television shows of the 1970s and 1980s that bore his name, launched his career as a standup comic in the late 1950s.
He waited 10 years before undertaking another"Bob Newhart Show" in 1972. This one was a situation comedy with Newhart playing a Chicago psychologist living in a penthouse with his schoolteacher wife, Suzanne Pleshette. Their neighbors and his patients, notably Bill Daily as an airline navigator, were a wacky, neurotic bunch who provided an ideal counterpoint to Newhart's deadpan commentary.Four years later, the comedian launched another show, simply called"Newhart.
Over the years, Newhart also appeared in several movies, usually in comedic roles. Among them:"Catch 22,""In and Out,""Legally Blonde 2" and"Elf," as the diminutive dad of adopted full-size son Will Ferrell. More recent work included “Horrible Bosses” and the TV series “The Librarians,” “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon."her death in 2023
Their efforts failed, but the records came to the attention of Warner Bros., which signed Newhart to a record contract and booked him into a Houston club in February 1960. Newhart was booked for several appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and at nightclubs, concert halls and college campuses across the country. He hated the clubs, however, because of the heckling drunks they attracted.
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