The Bob Newhart Show - Cast

Cast

• Bob Newhart as Dr. Robert Hartley, psychologist
• Suzanne Pleshette as Emily Hartley, his wife, a school teacher and later assistant principal
• Bill Daily as Howard Borden, their next-door neighbor, an airline navigator and later co-captain
• Peter Bonerz as Dr. Jerry Robinson, Bob's friend, an orthodontist
• Marcia Wallace as Carol Kester, their receptionist

Bob's patients

• Jack Riley as Elliot F. Carlin (76 episodes)
• Florida Friebus as Mrs. Lillian Bakerman (17)
• Amzie Strickland as Mrs. Bakermen (2)
• Renée Lippin as Michelle Nardo (17)
• John Fiedler as Emil Peterson (15)
• Oliver Clark as Ed Herd (8)
• Noam Pitlik as Victor Gianelli (5)
• Daniel J. Travanti as Victor Gianelli (1)
• Howard Hesseman as Craig Plager (7)
• Lucien Scott as Edgar T. Vickers (5)
• Merie Earle as Mrs. Loomis (4)
• Rhoda Gemignani as Joan Rossi (3)
• Michael Conrad as Mr. Trevesco (2)

Bob and Emily's relatives

• Pat Finley as Ellen Hartley, Bob's sister and Howard's girlfriend (15 episodes)
• Martha Scott as Martha Hartley, Bob's mother (7)
• Barnard Hughes as Herb Hartley, Bob's father (3)
• John Randolph as Cornelius "Junior" Harrison, Jr., Emily's father (3)
• Ann Rutherford as Aggie Harrison, Emily's mother (2)

Neighbors, friends and others

• Patricia Smith as Margaret Hoover, Emily's friend (7 episodes)
• Tom Poston as Cliff "The Peeper" Murdock, Bob's college friend from Vermont (5)
• Moosie Drier as Howie Borden, Howard's son (6)
• Will Mackenzie as Larry Bondurant, Carol's boyfriend and later husband (8)
• Richard Schaal as Chuck Brock, a boyfriend of Carol's (3)
• Jill Jaress as Mary Ellen, a girlfriend of Jerry's (3)
• Gail Strickland as Courtney Simpson, a girlfriend of Jerry's (2)
• Raúl Juliá as Dr. Greg Robinson, Jerry's brother (1)
• Heather Menzies as Debbie Borden, Howard's younger sister (1)
• William Redfield as Gordon Borden, the game warden, Howard's brother (1)

Rimbau Medical Arts Center

• Larry Gelman as Dr. Bernie Tupperman, urologist (13 episodes)
• Howard Platt as Dr. Phil Newman, cosmetic surgeon (6)
• Shirley O'Hara as Debbie Flett, temp receptionist (3)
• Kristina Holland as Gail Bronson, Carol's vacation replacement (2)
• Phillip R. Allen as Dr. Frank Walburn, another psychologist (2)
• Teri Garr as Miss Brennan, Dr. Walburn's receptionist (2)