
Philip Bruns
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Midnight Cowboy

Flashdance

Return of the Living Dead Part II

Inferno

The Swimmer

The Great Waldo Pepper

The Trigger Effect

The Out-of-Towners

The Stunt Man

Airwolf: The Movie

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them

Corvette Summer

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Taking Off

Harry and Tonto

Nickelodeon

Ed

Pentathlon

Dead Men Don't Die

My Favorite Year

A Thousand Clowns

Digital Man

Night of the Dark Full Moon

Betrayed by Innocence

Aunt Mary

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Johnny Skidmarks

Let Me Hear You Whisper

Jenny

The Christmas Star

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

Last Hours Before Morning

The Kansas City Massacre

Flash and the Firecat
TV Shows

Night Court

St. Elsewhere

The Six Million Dollar Man

Hill Street Blues

The Defenders

Airwolf

The Twilight Zone

Barney Miller

Simon & Simon

Trapper John, M.D.

Cagney & Lacey

The Wild Wild West

Just Shoot Me!

Amazing Stories

Route 66

Profiler

Kojak

The Streets of San Francisco

Judd, for the Defense

The Rookies

Here's Lucy

How the West Was Won

Sanford and Son

Baywatch Nights

Archie Bunker's Place

The Rat Patrol

Bronk

A Year in the Life

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine

The Outcasts

Delvecchio

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Isis

Sons and Daughters










