Bob Newhart est un acteur américain né le 5 septembre 1929 à Oak Park (Illinois).

Il a accédé à la notoriété dans les années 1960 avec son album de monologues comiques The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart ; il a reçu le Grammy Award du meilleur nouvel artiste en 1961.

Plus tard dans sa carrière, Bob Newhart s'est surtout illustré comme acteur, notamment à la télévision. Son rôle dans The Big Bang Theory lui a valu le Emmy Award du meilleur acteur guest star dans une série comique en 2013 et 2014.

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Newhart was introduced by Buddy Hackett to Virginia "Ginnie" Quinn, the daughter of character actor Bill Quinn. They were married on January 12, 1963. The couple have four children (Robert, Timothy, Jennifer and Courtney), and nine grandchildren. They are Roman Catholic and raised their children as such. He is a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California.

Newhart's best friend is comedian Don Rickles, who nicknamed him "Charlie Everybody" for his everyman persona.

In 1985, Newhart was rushed to the emergency room, suffering with secondary polycythemia, after years of heavy smoking. He made a recovery, several weeks after, and has since quit smoking.

Newhart was an early home computer hobbyist, purchasing the Commodore PET after its 1977 introduction. He wrote in 2001, "Later, I moved up to the 64 KB model and thought that was silly because it was more memory than I would ever possibly need."

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