Philip bruns biography
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Phil Bruns
American actor
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.
Philip bruns biography
Early life
Bruns was born on May 2, 1931, at a farm near Pipestone, Minnesota, the youngest of three children of Margie Evelyn Solon (née Trigg) and Henry Phillip Bruns. His ancestry was German and Irish.[1][2] He played high school football.[2]
He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Augustana College in South Dakota.
He earned his Master's Degree from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut. He also studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in London, England.[3][2]
Career
Bruns appeared in dozens of films, TV commercials, and on and Off-Broadway plays (winning an Obie