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Bob Newhart: Biography

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Birth Name: George Robert Newhart
Birth Place: Oak Park, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/05/1929, Virgo
Profession: Actor; comedian

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Hallmark Channel Books Bob Newhart for Movie | Today's News: Our Take | 3/26/2008
Bob Newhart will be returning to the tube this summer in Herb's Murders, a two-hour original movie for the Hallmark Channel. Newhart will play a detective who, with the help of his police-officer daughter, investigates the killing of a publisher.Murders is but one of Hallmark's 30 original movies planned for release this year. Among the other projects are The Ride of Her Life, feauturing 7th Heaven's Stephen Collins, and Ladies of the House , which finds Pam Grier, Florence Henderson and Donna Mills working on a church-sponsored home-renovation project.For those who just can't get enough of funny old ladies, Hallmark also announced that it will begin airing The Golden Girls in March 2009. I've already begun counting the days! — Adam Bryant read more
TNT Books Noah Wyle for Third Librarian Installment | Today's News: Our Take | 3/6/2008
Noah Wyle will be back on TNT this winter in the latest high-adventure installment of the successful Librarian franchise, The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice. Other returning cast members Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin join newcomers Bruce Davison (X-Men, Knight Rider) and Stana Katic (Heroes) in a new conspiracy that leads Wyle to New Orleans to protect the Judas Chalice from falling into the hands of notorious vampire Prince Vlad Dracul. The first installment in the series became the No. 1-ranked movie on ad-supported cable in 2004, and the sequel placed among the top five cable movie telecasts of 2006. Production began in New Orleans earlier this week, but no firm premiere date has been set. — Adam Bryant read more
A Salute to Suzanne Pleshette | Roush Dispatch | 1/28/2008
She was so nice to come home to. In many ways, Suzanne Pleshette’s wonderful (and twice Emmy-nominated) performance as Emily Hartley on CBS’s ’70s classic The Bob Newhart Show was an important evolution of the dream sitcom wife. With her husky voice and dark good looks, Pleshette embodied an elegant, sophisticated, sardonic yet warm soulmate for the endearingly mild-mannered Newhart. If Rob and Laura Petrie (Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore) were TV’s first convincingly sexy modern sitcom couple, despite adhering to ’60s TV conventions dictating they be shown sleeping in separate beds—as if!—Bob and Emily took it a step further. They actually went to bed together. (One terrific episode chronicled a sleepless night as they tried to live up to their policy of not going to bed mad.) This bed, not so coincidentally, took its place in TV history when it was recreated for the finale of Bob Newhart’s second hit sitcom, Newhart—where it was... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 7/17/2007
Blue Collar comedian Bill Engvall will join the ranks of Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby and Ray Romano, each of whom has segued read more
In the Works: TBS Says Hi to Bob Newhart | Today's News: Our Take | 3/13/2007
TBS announced on Tuesday morning that in addition to renewing 10 Items or Less for a second season, it has the following series in development: Uncommon Sense, a domestic comedy penned by Larry Miller; Big Shot, a Jamie Foxx-produced series about a teenage NBA rookie; a Dave Caplan (Drew Carey Show)-penned laffer about a woman who finds humor in life despite adversity; and Bob Newhart: In Search of Comedy, a late-night comedy anthology.Over at A&E, Ice Cube has been tapped to produce Good in the Hood, a reality-series pilot in which a reformed gang member, drug dealer or thief helps similar folk turn their lives around. read more

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Bob Newhart: Photos

The Librarian Return to King Solomon s Mines, Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart courtesy Erik Heinila/TNT

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Bob Newhart, Virginia Newhart courtesy John Shearer/WireImage.com

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Bob Newhart: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
58th Annual Emmy Awards (Appearing)	2006	TV Show Series	Available
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Actor - Judson)	2006	TV Show Series
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (Appearing)	2005	TV Show Series
Unforgettable Moments in Television Entertainment (Remarks by)	2005	TV Show Series
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Actor - Judson)	2004	TV Show Series