No one ever listened funnier than Bob Newhart. Any acting coach will tell you, of course, that an ability to really, fully listen to what another actor is saying is one of the trade’s essential tools.

When you're a kid obsessed with comedy, your personality quickly gets defined by the comics you love. For me, that comic was Bob Newhart, but it didn't start with Newhart. I was in fifth grade reading ...

The nice thing would be to wake up and find oneself in bed in a Chicago apartment between Bob and Emily, or in a Vermont inn with Dick and Joanna, and find that this was all a dream. Sadly, the world ...

Never, in the lively history of show business, has there been anybody like Bob Newhart and it was in Chicago that he burst onto the entertainment landscape. For more than half a century he remained a ...

Bob Newhart, the “button-down” stand-up comedy sensation of the 1960s who parlayed his low-key, Everyman demeanor and trademark stammering delivery into sitcom gold as the star of two classic TV ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Per the press release, “Bob Newhart: A Legacy Of Laughter takes an ...

The beloved stand-up performer died at 94 after a series of short illnesses. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Newhart, a beloved stand-up performer known for his iconic deadpan humor highlights on two ...

LOS ANGELES -- Bob Newhart, the accountant-turned-comedian best remembered now as the star of two television shows of the 1970s and 1980s that bore his name, has died at 94. Jerry Digney, Newhart's ...

Bob Newhart was still living with his parents when he was 30. He was a balding, slouch-eyed former accountant who talked in a calculated, halting stammer. He was no one’s idea of a superstar. Yet, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Bob Newhart, who has died at the age of 94, was an Oak Park native and an alumnus of Saint Ignatius College Prep and Loyola University in Chicago. He also worked as an accountant in ...