Bob Newhart
Former accountant Bob Newhart – born in Oak Park, Illinois on September 5, 1929
- became an American television icon in the 1970s with his hit situation comedy
The Bob Newhart Show, co-starring Suzanne Pleshette, which ran for six years. He
followed it in 1982 with another smash hit, Newhart which ran for eight years.
He tried two more series that did not catch on and appeared in many mainstream
American television programs including E.R., Desperate Housewives, and NCIS, and
made appearances in major motion pictures. He finally won an Emmy Award in 2006
for his guest appearance o...
