Philip Bruns

Acting

Born May 2, 1931, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA

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.

Filmography

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