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Biography

Robert Klein began his comedic career when he joined Second City improv troupe in 1965. From there Robert received his first Broadway role in…more

Born

New York, NY

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- The Stones
  Stan Stone
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Lawyer Trap
    3/31/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Seamus on You
    3/24/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    3/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Road Not Taken
  - S 1: Ep 8 Courting the Coopers
  - + 5 More Credits
- Bob Patterson
  Landau
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bathroom Bob
    10/31/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 Awards Bob
    10/24/01
  - S 1: Ep 3 Naked Bob
    10/16/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 Honest Bob
    10/9/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    10/2/01
  - + 5 More Credits
- Sisters
  Big Al Barker (1993-1996)
  - S 6: Ep 28 War & Peace (2)
    5/4/96
  - S 6: Ep 27 War & Peace (1)
    5/4/96
  - S 6: Ep 26 Taking a Gamble
    4/27/96
  - S 6: Ep 25 Housecleaning
    4/20/96
  - S 6: Ep 24 Nothing Personal
    4/13/96
  - + 113 More Credits
- Clarissa Now
  Hugh Hamilton
- Comedy Tonight
  Host
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 127 Show #2158
    4/28/04
  - S 8: Ep 66 Show #1524
    12/14/00
  - S 7: Ep 112 Show #1374
    3/27/00
  - S 5: Ep 203 Show #1065
    8/14/98
  - S 5: Ep 115 Show #0977
    3/24/98
  - + 1 More Credits
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 155 Show #1739
    1/19/93
  - S 11: Ep 83 Show #1667
    8/12/92
  - S 10: Ep 150 Show #1578
    1/14/92
  - S 10: Ep 85 Show #1513
    7/30/91
  - S 9: Ep 117 Show #1384
    11/6/90
  - + 20 More Credits
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 39 Show #4450
    12/12/91
  - S 29: Ep 148 Show #4378
    7/19/91
  - S 29: Ep 81 Show #4311
    3/19/91
  - S 29: Ep 4 Show #4234
    10/5/90
  - S 28: Ep 107 Show #4152
    4/27/90
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 9 November 23, 1969: The Rolling Stones, Ella Fitzgerald, Eddie Albert, Robert Klein
    11/23/69
  - S 24: Ep 20 February 7, 1971: Gladys Knight and the Pips, Sid Caesar, Carol Channing
    2/7/71
  - S 24: Ep 5 October 18, 1970: B.B. King, The Carpenters, Tony Bennett, George Burns
    10/18/70
  - S 23: Ep 30 April 26, 1970: Richie Havens, Lesley Gore, Moms Mabley, Stiller & Meara
    4/26/70
  - S 23: Ep 21 February 15, 1970: Supremes (without Diana Ross), Joe Frazier, Robert Klein
    2/15/70
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (68)

Role
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Dwight Stanitch
  - S 13: Ep 13 Father's Shadow
    2/8/12
  - S 12: Ep 15 Flight
    2/2/11
- Heartland
  Trent
  - S 4: Ep 9 Local Hero
    12/5/10
- Countdown with Keith Olbermann
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 52 June 10, 2010
    6/10/10
  - S 6: Ep 95 August 21, 2008
    8/21/08
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Dwight Stannich
  - S 11: Ep 2 Sugar
    9/30/09
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody
    1/28/09
  - S 1: Ep 4 When I'm Bad, I'm Better: The Groundbreakers
    1/21/09
  - S 1: Ep 3 Slip on a Banana Peel: The Knockabouts
    1/21/09
  - S 1: Ep 1 Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks, & Oddballs
    1/14/09
- History Alive
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 22 Sputnik Mania
    11/29/08
  - S 3: Ep 2 History of the Joke
    2/18/08
- Life On Mars
  Elliot Casso
  - S 1: Ep 4 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows
    10/30/08
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Self
  - S 6: Ep 11 March 28, 2008
    3/28/08
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 65 LL Cool J, Robert Klein
    4/25/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 124 Episode 299
    3/30/06
- CenterStage
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 4 Robert Klein
    6/17/05
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 156 Show #2375
    6/7/05
- The View
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 21 Richardson/Danza
    9/27/04
- McEnroe
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode 14
    7/26/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 157 Dwayne Johnson, Robert Klein, and The Living End
    4/6/04
  - S 3: Ep 146 Eric McCormack and Robert Klein
    1/25/01
  - S 3: Ep 106 Robert Klein, Eric McCormack, and Mark Knopfler
    11/29/00
- Yes, Dear
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 5 Big Brother-in-Law
    10/20/03
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 9: Ep 160 Robert Klein, Paget Brewster, Blanquita Cullum, Hal Sparks
    5/6/02
  - S 9: Ep 50 Shafiq Saddiqui, Billy Corgan, Robert Klein, Dr. Movindri Reddy
    11/12/01
- Starhunter
  Kouyomdjian
  - S 1: Ep 12 Goodbye, So Long
    1/17/01
- OZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 10 Conversions
    1/14/01
- Intimate Portrait
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 15 Madeline Kahn
    1/1/00
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  guest
  - S 4: Ep 4 Robert Klein
    7/15/99
- Cosby
  Jack
  - S 3: Ep 16 A Very Nice Dance
    2/8/99
- Mad About You
  Stan Freitus
  - S 7: Ep 9 Farmer Buchman
    1/11/99
- The King of Queens
  Bruce
- Dr. Katz
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 1 Old Man
    6/17/98
- Duckman
  Ghost of Uncle Mo Dorkin
  - S 4: Ep 25 Hamlet 2: This Time It's Personal
    8/2/97
- Duckman
  Voice of Uncle Mo Dawkin
  - S 4: Ep 13 Love! Anger! Kvetching! (a.k.a. Ain't Gonna Be No Mo No Mo')
    4/12/97
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 77 Show #77
    10/15/96
- Grace Under Fire
  Fred Mullens
  - S 3: Ep 22 Mr. Mullen's Opus
    4/3/96
  - S 3: Ep 16 Positively Hateful
    2/7/96
- Phenom
  Stephen
  - S 1: Ep 9 Crazy for You
    11/9/93
- Frasier
  Voice of Gary
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Crucible
    10/21/93
- Law & Order
  Rick Mason
  - S 4: Ep 1 Sweeps
    9/15/93
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 89 February 10, 1992
    2/10/92
  - S 4: Ep 29 October 21, 1991
    10/21/91
  - S 3: Ep 147 May 8, 1991
    5/8/91
  - S 3: Ep 84 January 23, 1991
    1/23/91
  - S 2: Ep 156 May 22, 1990
    5/22/90
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 72 December 18, 1991
    12/18/91
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 165 April 29, 1991
    4/29/91
  - S 1: Ep 88 January 6, 1989
    1/6/89
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 63 December 18, 1990
    12/18/90
  - S 1: Ep 64 December 4, 1989
    12/4/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 226 December 8, 1989
    12/8/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Barney Drake
  - S 5: Ep 18 Trevor Hudson's Legacy
    4/16/89
- Family Ties
  Roger Erdman
  - S 6: Ep 25 The Boys Next Door
    3/6/88
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Bill Lowery
  - S 1: Ep 3 Wordplay
    10/4/85
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Bill Andrews
  - S 13: Ep 1 Summer Switch
    9/19/84
- Tales from the Darkside
  Wyatt ("Lover's Vow")
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, host
  - S 9: Ep 13 Host: Robert Klein
    12/12/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 48 November 16, 1979
    11/16/79
  - S 5: Ep 115 March 1, 1979
    3/1/79
  - S 4: Ep 149 April 27, 1978
    4/27/78
  - S 4: Ep 3 September 14, 1977
    9/14/77
  - S 3: Ep 188 June 29, 1977
    6/29/77
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 29: Ep 7 Bob Hope's All-Star Birthday Party
    5/30/79
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 37 Jo Anne Worley & Robert Klein
    5/15/78
  - S 6: Ep 32 Lynn Redgrave & Robert Klein
    4/10/78
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 Robert Klein/Bonnie Raitt
    1/28/78
  - S 1: Ep 5 Robert Klein/ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III
    11/15/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 16: Ep 87 January 20, 1978
    1/20/78
  - S 16: Ep 86 January 19, 1978
    1/19/78
  - S 16: Ep 85 January 18, 1978
    1/18/78
  - S 16: Ep 84 January 17, 1978
    1/17/78
  - S 16: Ep 83 Week of January 16, 1978
    1/16/78
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 34 January 9-13, 1978 (NBC-TV)
    1/9/78
- Visions
  Rebbe
  - S 2: Ep 10 A Secret Space
    12/4/77
- Dinah!
  Himself/Host
  - S 2: Ep 197 July 30, 1976
    7/30/76
- Sammy & Company
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 10 December 6, 1975
    12/6/75
- Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
  Mike Moran
  - S 1: Ep 7 Moran's The Man
    10/26/74
- The Midnight Special
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 18 Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips
    5/25/73
- Love, American Style
  Mike Wasenski
  - S 4: Ep 79 Love and the End of the Line
    3/9/73
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Themselves
  - S 11: Ep 90 Week of January 8, 1973
    1/8/73
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 6: Ep 117 March 15, 1972
    3/15/72
- The David Frost Show
  Himself/Guest Host
  - S 3: Ep 242 September 9, 1971
    9/9/71
  - S 3: Ep 241 September 8, 1971
    9/8/71
- This is Tom Jones
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 25 March 26, 1970
    3/26/70
- Midnight Caller
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 8 Ryder on the Storm
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 77 December 3, 1969
    12/3/69
  - S 7: Ep 43 October 15, 1969
    10/15/69
  - S 7: Ep 42 October 14, 1969
    10/14/69
  - S 7: Ep 33 October 1, 1969
    10/1/69
  - S 7: Ep 15 September 5, 1969
    9/5/69
  - + 15 More Credits
- You're Putting Me On
  Guest Contestant
  - S 1: Ep 18 Week 17
    10/20/69
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 36 October 20, 1969
    10/20/69
  - S 1: Ep 6 July 14, 1969
    7/14/69
  - S 4: Ep 170 May 15, 1972
    5/15/72
  - S 4: Ep 62 December 14, 1971
    12/14/71
  - S 3: Ep 239 September 6, 1971
    9/6/71
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 27 October 7, 1969
    10/7/69
  - S 7: Ep 236 Week of August 18, 1969
    8/18/69
  - S 7: Ep 223 July 30, 1969
    7/30/69
  - S 7: Ep 212 July 1, 1969
    7/1/69
  - S 7: Ep 197 June 10, 1969
    6/10/69
  - + 26 More Credits
- Della!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 June 24, 1969
    6/24/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 203 June 17, 1969
    6/17/69
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 88 July 3, 1968
    7/3/68
  - S 1: Ep 72 June 11, 1968
    6/11/68
  - S 1: Ep 56 May 20, 1968
    5/20/68
  - S 1: Ep 50 May 10, 1968
    5/10/68
  - S 8: Ep 3 September 5, 1973
    9/5/73
  - + 12 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Jesse James
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The King of Queens
  Bruce
  - S 2: Ep 11 Sparing Carrie
    11/29/99

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