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Peter Bonerz

Peter Bonerz

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19691999

Born 6 August 1938 · Portsmouth - New Hampshire - USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Peter Bonerz is an American actor and director who is best known as the character Dr. Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show.

Bonerz grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School, gaining his first theatrical experience with the Prep Players under rigid conditions. At Marquette University he participated in the Marquette University Players under the Rev. John J. Walsh, S.J. After graduating with a bachelor of science degree in 1960, he decided to seek a career in theater, beginning with The Premise, an improv group in New York.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19691999

  • Directors Guild of America Award

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Peter takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Peter takes.

Time of day

Night49%
Day38%
Interior9%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural37%
High key15%

Shot size

Medium51%
Wide22%
Closeup18%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral79%
Tense11%
Lonely8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Peter Bonerz's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.