Philip Bruns

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

6.17

Gender

Male

Birthday

02-May-1931

Age

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Pipestone, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As
  • Phil Bruns
  • Phillip Bruns

Philip Bruns

Biography

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.


Credits

Let Me Hear You Whisper Let Me Hear You Whisper (1969) Character: Dan
A scrub-woman attempts to rescue a dolphin who will talk to no one but her from a research laboratory.
The Family Kovack The Family Kovack (1974) Character: Jo-Jo Linsen
A tightly-knit family headed by a beleaguered Chicago widow rallies behind the eldest son when he is charged with bribing a city health department inspector in this pilot for a possible series.
The Chopped Liver Brothers The Chopped Liver Brothers (1977) Character: Mr. Ruth
Tom and Jay are best friends. Tom is married to Sally and Jay is single. Tom and Jay are also stand-up comedians and their mishaps as they seek stardom as headliners are related.
Betrayed by Innocence Betrayed by Innocence (1986) Character: Judge Mendola
A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita (1974) Character: N/A
Dramatization of the trial of General Yamashita.
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside (1973) Character: Brack
Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.
Dead Men Don't Die Dead Men Don't Die (1990) Character: Nolan
A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.
Love Bites Love Bites (1993) Character: Vinnie Helsting
Story about a vampire who falls in love with a woman and tries to "re-humanize" himself in order to be with her.
Target Risk Target Risk (1975) Character: Marty
A professional courier's girlfriend is abducted, and the kidnappers threaten to kill her unless the courier helps them fake a diamond robbery.
Last Hours Before Morning Last Hours Before Morning (1975) Character: Max
An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
Rock-a-Die Baby Rock-a-Die Baby (1975) Character: Lt. John Anderson
A premonition comes true when the members of a rock group begin to die off for no apparent reason.
Night of the Dark Full Moon Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972) Character: Wilfred Butler (1929)
A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (1976) Character: Duncan
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
Aunt Mary Aunt Mary (1979) Character: Det. LaMonica
The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000 boys and girls over nearly 40 years.
Flashdance Flashdance (1983) Character: Frank Szabo
Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
Flash and the Firecat Flash and the Firecat (1975) Character: Mr. Walley
Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.
Taking Off Taking Off (1971) Character: Policeman
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Midnight Cowboy Midnight Cowboy (1969) Character: Man in TV Montage (uncredited)
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Jenny Jenny (1970) Character: Fred Callahan
An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger so he can avoid the draft. She now has a father for her child and he doesn't have to go to Vietnam. But this marriage-of-convenience leads to a romance between the two.
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971) Character: Gallagher
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.
Airwolf: The Movie Airwolf: The Movie (1984) Character: Mitch, the Director
Airwolf is capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar and armed with ultra state-of-the-art hardware. Airwolf is the most awesome aerial weapon ever developed. When the helicopter is stolen by Libyan mercenaries, Michael Archangel, Project director for the CIA, enlists the help of Vietnam veteran Stringfellow Hawke and his closest friend Dominic Santini, to attempt to recover the Airwolf. The mission throws them into the midst of Middle Eastern violence and destruction, where they come face to face with danger, romance and intrigue in their battle to re-possess the deadliest aerial weapon ever used.
The Christmas Star The Christmas Star (1986) Character: Lucky
Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. McNickle hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighborhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus. McNickle takes advantage of the kids naive ness to help him get his counterfeit money hidden somewhere in a local department store while he develops kind-hearted feelings for his two con victims that make him slowly understand the true nature of Christmas.
A Thousand Clowns A Thousand Clowns (1965) Character: The Man in the Restaurant
Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
The Kansas City Massacre The Kansas City Massacre (1975) Character: Capt. Jackson
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
Harry and Tonto Harry and Tonto (1974) Character: Burt Coombes
Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived all his life. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States, visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.
The Stunt Man The Stunt Man (1980) Character: Ace
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
My Favorite Year My Favorite Year (1982) Character: Fed. Marshal Holt / Featured Player
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Johnny Skidmarks Johnny Skidmarks (1998) Character: Old Coot
Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die one by one. Is Johnny the next on the list?
The Swimmer The Swimmer (1968) Character: Biswangers' Pool Party Guest (uncredited)
Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides that he'd like to travel the eight miles back to his own home by simply swimming across every pool in town. Soon, Ned's journey becomes harrowing; at each house, he is somehow confronted with a reminder of his romantic, domestic and economic failures.
The Out-of-Towners The Out-of-Towners (1970) Character: Officer Meyers
George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell.
Corvette Summer Corvette Summer (1978) Character: Gil
Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down.
Return of the Living Dead Part II Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) Character: Doc Mandel
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Digital Man Digital Man (1995) Character: Bob
An out-of-control robot is inadvertently set loose in a small community, and a crack squad of soldiers are sent to hunt it down. Gradually, the members of the squad begin to suspect that some of them are robots.
Inferno Inferno (1999) Character: Old Man Buyer
Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny. Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of toughs, who beat him and steal his bike. However, Lomax is not a man to take an injustice lying down, and soon he begins exacting a violent revenge on the men who stole his motorcycle, with local handyman Jubal Early lending a hand and several area ladies offering aid and comfort.
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992) Character: Irv Crown
David seriously fancies smart, rich Carrie as soon as he first offends her in a Boston bar. They run into each other again and though she still finds him appalling, David manages to change her mind.
The Gold Bug The Gold Bug (1980) Character: Tattoo
Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse -- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.
The Great Waldo Pepper The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) Character: Dilhoefer
A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed.
Pentathlon Pentathlon (1994) Character: Vic
When East German Eric Brogar wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller vows revenge and Eric's best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all… the fight for his life.
The Trigger Effect The Trigger Effect (1996) Character: Mr. Schaefer
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.



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