Phil Bruns

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.

Bruns was born on May 2, 1931, at a farm near Pipestone, Minnesota, the youngest of three children of Margie Evelyn Solon (née Trigg) and Henry Phillip Bruns. His ancestry was German and Irish.^[1][2] He played high school football.^[2]

He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Augustana College in South Dakota. He earned his Master's Degree from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut. He also studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in London, England.^[3][2]

Bruns appeared in dozens of films, TV commercials, and on and Off-Broadway plays (winning an Obie Award for "Mr. Simian" in the 1963-64 season). He played the Warlock in Werner Liepolt's "The Young Master Dante" at The American Place Theater in 1968. He appeared for three seasons on The Jackie Gleason Show and played the father, George Shumway, on the 1970s comedic series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.^[2]

Bruns appeared as Morty Seinfeld in the sitcom Seinfeld, in a first-season episode entitled "The Stake Out", but was replaced in the role by Barney Martin^[3] after showrunners Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld decided they wanted the character of Morty Seinfeld to be "a harsher parent" or "an easy-to-anger curmudgeon".^[4][5]

Las películas en las que apareció Bruns incluyen A Thousand Clowns (1965), Jenny (1970), The Out-of-Towners (1970), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), Harry and Tonto (1974), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), Nickelodeon (1976), Corvette Summer (1978), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), Flashdance (1983), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988), Dead Men Don't Die (1991), The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1993), Love Bites (1993), Pentathlon (1994), The Trigger Effect y Ed (1996). ^{[ 6 ]} Escribió ' The Character Actor's Do's, Don't and Anecdotes' , que se publicó a principios de noviembre de 2008. ^{[ 7 ]}

En televisión, Bruns apareció en dramas y comedias como Sanford and Son , Seinfeld , The Wild Wild West , The Rat Patrol , Here's Lucy , Maude , The Six Million Dollar Man , The Secrets of Isis , The Streets of San Francisco , The Rookies , Kojak , Delvecchio , The Jeffersons , Archie Bunker's Place , Hill Street Blues , Simon & Simon , St. Elsewhere , Trapper John, MD , Cagney & Lacey , It's Garry Shandling's Show , Mr. Belvedere , Columbo: Exercise in Fatality , Barney Miller (como diferentes personajes en 4 episodios), Night Court , Airwolf , Just Shoot Me! y M*A*S*H ^{[ 6 ]}

Bruns se casó con Jill Owens, bailarina del programa The Jackie Gleason Show , en 1969. Posteriormente, se casó con Laurie Franks, estrella de Broadway. ^{[ 2 ]} Fue amigo de toda la vida de Peter O'Toole . ^{[ 2 ]}

Hasta su muerte, Bruns residió en Hollywood con su esposa, Laurie Franks (1929–2022). Falleció por causas naturales en un hospital de Los Ángeles el 8 de febrero de 2012. ^{[ 2 ] [ 3 ]}

• Calvin, "Cerrar el negocio", Sanford and Son, NBC, 1974
• Calvin, "Mi reino por un caballo" (también conocida como "Primera noche de fiesta"), Sanford and Son, NBC, 1974

• Phil Bruns en IMDb
• Philip Bruns (Aveleyman)
• Phil Bruns en la base de datos de Broadway en Internet
• Phil Bruns en la base de datos de teatro Off-Broadway en Internet (archivado)