Bob Newhart

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 received 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. 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.

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. Provided by Wikipedia