Philip 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Pipestone, Minnesota, USA, 1931-05-02

Died: 2012-02-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	A Thousand Clowns	The Man in the Restaurant	71
2	1968	The Swimmer	Biswangers' Pool Party Guest (uncredited)	73
3	1969	Let Me Hear You Whisper	Dan	0
4	1969	Midnight Cowboy	Man in TV Montage (uncredited)	75
5	1970	Jenny	Fred Callahan	45
6	1970	The Out-of-Towners	Officer Meyers	67
7	1971	Taking Off	Policeman	70
8	1971	The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	Gallagher	50
9	1972	Night of the Dark Full Moon	Wilfred Butler (1929)	51
10	1973	Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside	Brack	0
11	1974	The Family Kovack	Jo-Jo Linsen	0
12	1974	Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita		0
13	1974	Harry and Tonto	Burt Coombes	71
14	1975	Target Risk	Marty	0
15	1975	The Great Waldo Pepper	Dilhoefer	64
16	1975	Rock-a-Die Baby	Lt. John Anderson	0
17	1975	Last Hours Before Morning	Max	20
18	1975	Flash and the Firecat	Mr. Walley	70
19	1975	The Kansas City Massacre	Capt. Jackson	47
20	1976	Nickelodeon	Duncan	60
21	1977	The Chopped Liver Brothers	Mr. Ruth	0
22	1978	Corvette Summer	Gil	54
23	1979	Aunt Mary	Det. LaMonica	80
24	1980	The Gold Bug	Tattoo	50
25	1980	The Stunt Man	Ace	67
26	1982	My Favorite Year	Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player	67
27	1983	Flashdance	Frank Szabo	65
28	1984	Airwolf: The Movie	Mitch, the Director	58
29	1986	Betrayed by Innocence	Judge Mendola	55
30	1986	The Christmas Star	Lucky	56
31	1988	Return of the Living Dead Part II	Doc Mandel	63
32	1990	Dead Men Don't Die	Nolan	41
33	1992	The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them	Irv Crown	54
34	1993	Love Bites	Vinnie Helsting	50
35	1994	Pentathlon	Vic	44
36	1995	Digital Man	Bob	48
37	1996	The Trigger Effect	Mr. Schaefer	58
38	1998	Johnny Skidmarks	Old Coot	58
39	1999	Inferno	Old Man Buyer	61

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Det. LaMonica	87
2	1960	Route 66		64
3	1961	The Defenders	District Attorney	62
4	1962	Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine	Sketch Actor	50
5	1965	The Wild Wild West		76
6	1966	The Rat Patrol	General Koenig, 'the Butcher'	72
7	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
8	1968	Here's Lucy	Tompkins	69
9	1968	The Outcasts		53
10	1971	Columbo	Gene Stafford	81
11	1972	Sanford and Son	Calvin	75
12	1972	The Rookies		69
13	1972	MAS*H		79
14	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Pete	70
15	1973	Kojak	Mr. Seymour	70
16	1973	Kojak	George Lampert	70
17	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Dr. Randolph	73
18	1974	Sons and Daughters		0
19	1975	Barney Miller	Harry Cranston	72
20	1975	Barney Miller	Gordon Kaiser	72
21	1975	Barney Miller	Frank Mallory	72
22	1975	Barney Miller	Elvin Swift	72
23	1975	Bronk	Gunther	62
24	1975	Isis	Jack Evans	66
25	1976	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman	George Shumway	67
26	1976	Delvecchio	Ben	0
27	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		63
28	1979	Archie Bunker's Place		65
29	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
30	1981	Simon & Simon		67
31	1982	Cagney & Lacey	Daglee	70
32	1982	St. Elsewhere		54
33	1984	Night Court	Mr. Hubble	73
34	1984	Airwolf	Mitch - Director	76
35	1985	The Twilight Zone		77
36	1985	Amazing Stories	Mr. Beasley	75
37	1986	All is Forgiven	George Aldrich	50
38	1987	A Year in the Life	Bob McCrone	68
39	1989	Seinfeld	Morty Seinfeld	83
40	1990	Max Monroe: Loose Cannon		60
41	1995	Baywatch Nights	Nicky Pine	54
42	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Professor Gladstone	67