Bob Newhart

George Robert Newhart born September 5 1929 known professionally as Bob Newhart is an American standup 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 ButtonDown Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached 1 on the Billboard pop music chartsit remains the 20th bestselling album in history The followup album The ButtonDown 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 longrunning and prizewinning 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 shortlived and initially successful but was soon canceled named Bob Newhart also appeared in film roles such as Major Major in Catch22 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Newhart licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia