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name: "Peter Bonerz"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 August 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T17:54:08.825167+00:00"
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# Peter Bonerz

Director. Born 6 August 1938 in Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 August 1938, Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA
- **Active:** 1970–1994
- **Works often with:** Alan Rafkin, James Burrows, Joe Regalbuto, Mary Kay Place, Peter Baldwin, Steve Zuckerman

## Biography

Peter Bonerz (born 6 August 1938) is an American actor and director. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University.

Bonerz began his career in improvisational theatre in New York and San Francisco before moving into television acting in the 1960s. He is best known for playing Dr Jerry Robinson on the sitcom *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972–78), for which he also directed 29 episodes. As a director he has worked on numerous comedy series, including *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1974), *Murphy Brown* (93 episodes), *Home Improvement* (29 episodes), *Friends* (12 episodes), *ALF*, *Wings*, *NewsRadio*, *Just Shoot Me!* and *Joey*. He has also directed the feature films *Police Academy 6: City Under Siege* (1989) and *Nobody's Perfekt* (1981).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Friends* (1994), Director
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), Director

## Also known for

- *ALF* (1986), Director
- *Police Academy 6: City Under Siege* (1989), Director
- *Home Improvement* (1991), Director
- *Joey* (2004), Director
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), Director
- *Wings* (1990), Director
- *NewsRadio* (1995), Director
- *What I Like About You* (2002), Director

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