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  • NAME: George Robert Newhart
  • OCCUPATION: Television Actor
  • BIRTH DATE: c. 1929
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois

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A low-key satirist, Bob Newhart starred in a series of TV sitcoms, The Bob Newhart Show (1971–1978), Newhart (1982–1990), and Bob (1992).

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Born in Chicago in 1929, Bob Newhart was an accountant who created monologues as a diversion, becoming famous with a best-selling recording of his first nightclub engagement, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960). A dry-toned satirist, Bob Newhart starred in the television sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show (1971–1978), Newhart (1982–1990), and Bob (1992).

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Television comedian, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. An accountant who created monologues as a diversion, he became famous with a best-selling recording of his first nightclub engagement, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960). A low-key satirist, he starred in a series of television sitcoms, The Bob Newhart Show (1971–8), Newhart (1982–90), and Bob (1992).

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