Philip Bruns

Actor May 2 (died age 80) Pipestone, Minnesota, USA 1951–1999 (48 year career)

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Biography

Philip Bruns (May 2, 1931 – February 8, 2012) was an American television and movie actor and writer. He portrayed George Shumway, the father of Mary Hartman on the 1970s comedic series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and Morty Seinfeld, the father of Jerry Seinfeld, in the 1990 second episode of Seinfeld.

Known For

Film

Midnight Cowboy

Man in TV Montage (uncredited)

Film

Flashdance

Frank Szabo

Film

Return of the Living Dead Part II

Doc Mandel

Film

The Swimmer

Biswangers' Pool Party Guest (uncredited)

Film

Inferno

Old Man Buyer

Film

The Stunt Man

Ace

Film

The Out-of-Towners

Officer Meyers

Film

Harry and Tonto

Burt Coombes

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (40)

Inferno

as Old Man Buyer

Johnny Skidmarks

as Old Coot

The Trigger Effect

as Mr. Schaefer

as Clarence

Digital Man

as Bob

Pentathlon

as Vic

Love Bites

as Vinnie Helsting

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them

as Irv Crown

Dead Men Don't Die

as Nolan

Return of the Living Dead Part II

as Doc Mandel

The Christmas Star

as Lucky

Betrayed by Innocence

1986

as Judge Mendola

5.0

Airwolf: The Movie

1984

as Mitch, the Director

Flashdance

as Frank Szabo

My Favorite Year

as Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player

The Stunt Man

as Ace

The Gold Bug

as Tattoo

Aunt Mary

as Det. LaMonica

Corvette Summer

as Gil

The Chopped Liver Brothers

1977

as Mr. Ruth

Nickelodeon

1976

as Duncan

6.1

Rock-a-Die Baby

1975

as Lt. John Anderson

Flash and the Firecat

1975

as Mr. Walley

7.0

Last Hours Before Morning

1975

as Max

2.0

The Great Waldo Pepper

1975

as Dilhoefer

6.5

Target Risk

1975

as Marty

The Kansas City Massacre

as Capt. Jackson

The Family Kovack

as Jo-Jo Linsen

Harry and Tonto

as Burt Coombes

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

1974

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

1973

as Brack

Night of the Dark Full Moon

1972

as Wilfred Butler (1929)

5.1

Taking Off

1971

as Policeman

6.9

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

as Gallagher

The Out-of-Towners

as Officer Meyers

Jenny

as Fred Callahan

Midnight Cowboy

as Man in TV Montage (uncredited)

7.5

Let Me Hear You Whisper

1969

as Dan

The Swimmer

1968

as Biswangers' Pool Party Guest (uncredited)

7.3

A Thousand Clowns

1965

as The Man in the Restaurant

7.1

Television (40)

Just Shoot Me!

1997

as Professor Gladstone

Profiler

as Mr. Poole

Baywatch Nights

as Nicky Pine

Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

Seinfeld

as Morty Seinfeld

A Year in the Life

as Bob McCrone

All is Forgiven

as George Aldrich

Amazing Stories

as Mr. Beasley

The Twilight Zone

as Bartender (segment 'Kentucky Rye')

Night Court

as Mr. Hubble

Airwolf

as Mitch - Director

St. Elsewhere

as Marvin Kroll

Cagney & Lacey

as Daglee

Simon & Simon

Hill Street Blues

Trapper John, M.D.

Archie Bunker's Place

How the West Was Won

as Doc

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

1976

as George Shumway

7.1

Delvecchio

1976

as Ben

Barney Miller

as Harry Cranston

Isis

as Jack Evans

Bronk

as Gunther

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Dr. Randolph

Sons and Daughters

Kojak

as Mr. Seymour

M*A*S*H

The Streets of San Francisco

as Pete

Sanford and Son

as Calvin

The Rookies

Columbo

as Gene Stafford

Here's Lucy

as Tompkins

The Outcasts

Judd for the Defense

The Rat Patrol

as General Koenig, 'the Butcher'

7.2

The Wild Wild West

1965

7.6

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine

as Sketch Actor

The Defenders

as District Attorney

Route 66

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Det. LaMonica

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