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name: "Terry Kiser"
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born: "1 August 1939"
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# Terry Kiser

Actor. Born 1 August 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 August 1939, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

## Biography

Terry Kiser is an American actor born on 1 August 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska. He trained at the Actors Studio in New York after studying at the University of Kansas and worked in industrial engineering before pursuing acting full time. His early credits include a role in the 1968 film *Rachel, Rachel* and regular appearances on the soap operas *The Secret Storm* and *The Doctors*.

Kiser is best known for playing the title character Bernie Lomax in the 1989 comedy *Weekend at Bernie's* and its 1993 sequel. He has guest-starred on numerous television series, including *All in the Family* (1978) as Bob, *Three's Company*, *Night Court* (recurring as Al Craven), *Hill Street Blues* as Vic Hitler, *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* as H. G. Wells, *Walker, Texas Ranger*, *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air*, *Will & Grace* and *The Golden Girls*. His other film roles include *Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood* (1988) as Dr. Crews.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All in the Family* (1971), Fi1m 82, as Bob — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)

## Also known for

- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Mr. Hosek
- *Knight Rider* (1982), Royal Davis
- *Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood* (1988), Dr. Crews
- *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), Bernie Lomax
- *Will & Grace* (1998), Carl
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), Charlie Brooks, Charlie Brooks / Maxwell 'Iceman' Kronert
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), H.G. Wells
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Gordon LaMonica, Wally Bryce

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