Philip Bruns
Birthday
1931/05/02
Day of death
2012/02/08 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pipestone, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
Phil Bruns, Phillip Bruns
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.
Acting
(1983) Flashdance
as Frank Szabo
(1970) The Out-of-Towners
as Officer Meyers
(1994) Pentathlon
as Vic
(1988) Return of the Living Dead Part II
as Doc Mandel
(1978) Corvette Summer
as Gil
(1972) Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Wilfred Butler (1929)
(1974) Harry and Tonto
as Burt Coombes
(1992) The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
as Irv Crown
(1975) The Great Waldo Pepper
as Dilhoefer
(1968) The Swimmer
as Biswangers' Pool Party Guest (uncredited)
(1976) Nickelodeon
as Duncan
(1998) Johnny Skidmarks
as Old Coot
(1975) Rock-a-Die Baby
as Lt. John Anderson
(1975) Last Hours Before Morning
as Max
(1975) Target Risk
as Marty
(1970) Jenny
as Fred Callahan
(1980) The Stunt Man
as Ace
(1984) Airwolf: The Movie
as Mitch, the Director
(1974) The Family Kovack
as Jo-Jo Linsen
(1979) Aunt Mary
as Det. LaMonica
(1993) Love Bites
as Vinnie Helsting
(1975) Flash and the Firecat
as Mr. Walley
(1982) My Favorite Year
as Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player
(1980) The Gold Bug
as Tattoo
(1975) The Kansas City Massacre
as Capt. Jackson
(1986) Betrayed by Innocence
as Judge Mendola
(1973) Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
as Brack
(1990) Dead Men Don't Die
as Nolan
(1996) The Trigger Effect
as Mr. Schaefer
(1971) Taking Off
as Policeman
(1977) The Chopped Liver Brothers
as Mr. Ruth
(1986) The Christmas Star
as Lucky
(1999) Inferno
as Old Man Buyer
(1965) A Thousand Clowns
as The Man in the Restaurant
(1969) Let Me Hear You Whisper
as Dan
(1971) The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Gallagher
(1969) Midnight Cowboy
as Man in TV Montage (uncredited)
(1995) Digital Man
as Bob
(1974) Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
as ---
(1996) Ed
as Clarence
(1976) Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
as George Shumway
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as ---
(1984) Night Court
as Mr. Hubble
(1989) Seinfeld
as Morty Seinfeld
(1972) M*A*S*H
as ---
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Tompkins
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1981) Simon & Simon
as ---
(1984) Airwolf
as Mitch - Director
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Kentucky Rye")
(1995) Baywatch Nights
as Nicky Pine
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1972) Sanford and Son
as Calvin
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as Mr. Seymour
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as Daglee
(1979) Archie Bunker's Place
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Det. LaMonica
(1997) Just Shoot Me!
as Professor Gladstone
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as ---
(1968) The Outcasts
as ---
(1974) Sons and Daughters
as ---
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1966) The Rat Patrol
as General Koenig, 'the Butcher'
(1961) The Defenders
as District Attorney
(1990) Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
as ---
(1975) Barney Miller
as Harry Cranston
(1986) All is Forgiven
as George Aldrich
(1975) Isis
as Jack Evans
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Mr. Beasley
(1971) Columbo
as Gene Stafford
(1973) Kojak
as George Lampert
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Randolph
(1987) A Year in the Life
as Bob McCrone
(1962) Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
as Sketch Actor
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Pete
(1975) Barney Miller
as Gordon Kaiser
(1975) Barney Miller
as Frank Mallory
(1975) Barney Miller
as Elvin Swift
(1976) Delvecchio
as Ben
(1975) Bronk
as Gunther
(1977) How the West Was Won
as Doc