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Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl

Highest Rated: 97% Bull Durham (1988)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Hollywood Knights (1980)

Birthday: Oct 9, 1951

Birthplace: Union, New Jersey, USA

This curly-haired, gap-toothed comedian and comedy writer found success in feature character roles, typically as pushy wiseacres and sleazy yet feckless nerds. Long an admirer of the cynical wit and loquacious patter of Billy Wilder, Neil Simon and Woody Allen, Robert Wuhl (pronounced "wall") ambled his way through the University of Houston over the course of seven years alongside classmate Dennis Quaid before trying standup comedy in New York. He was part of the comedy group "Bob, Larry and the Frog" before branching out as a solo act at places like the Improv. Wuhl eventually won notice for his self-described "optimistic anarchistic" style, and wrote material for comic Rodney Dangerfield.

Highest rated movies

97% Bull Durham
90% Good Morning, Vietnam
88% Shirley
77% Batman
75% Blaze
72% Mistress
65% Cobb
38% Blue Chips

Photos

Robert Wuhl at arrivals for ESPN Films DOC & DARRYL 30 for 30 Documentary Premiere, The Joseph Urban Theater at the Hearst Tower, New York, NY June 29, 2016. Photo By: Lev Radin/Everett Collection OPEN SEASON, Robert Wuhl, 1995. (c) HBO Films / BULL DURHAM, from left: Kevin Costner, Robert Wuhl, Trey Wilson (back to camera), 1988, © Orion HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS, Robert Wuhl & gang members, playing a Halloween prank, 1980. (c)Columbia Pictures COBB, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. COBB, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. COBB, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. COBB, Robert Wuhl, Tommy Lee Jones, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS, Robert Wuhl, 1980. (c)Columbia Pictures MISTRESS, Jace Alexander, Martin Landau, Robert Wuhl, 1992 GOOD MORNING VIETNAM, Bruno Kirby, Floyd Vivano, Robin Williams, Richard Portnow, Robert Wuhl, Forest Whitaker, 1987 COBB, Robert Wuhl, Tommy Lee Jones, 1994 COBB, Robert Wuhl, Tommy Lee Jones, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. MISSING PIECES, Robert Wuhl, Eric Idle, 1991, (c)Orion Pictures COBB, Robert Wuhl, Tommy Lee Jones, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS, Robert Wuhl, Fran Drescher, 1980. (c)Columbia Pictures MISSING PIECES, Robert Wuhl, Eric Idle, 1991, (c)Orion Pictures COBB, Robert Wuhl, Tommy Lee Jones, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. COBB, Robert Wuhl, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. MISTRESS, Robert DeNiro, Robert Wuhl, 1992

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet When George Got Murdered Unknown (Character) - 2022
88% 54% Shirley Randy Fisher (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 54% Contest Zack Conti (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Open Season Stuart Sain (Character),
Director
$5.2K 1995
65% 58% Cobb Al Stump (Character) $648.1K 1994
38% 51% Blue Chips Marty (Character) $21.8M 1994
72% 38% Mistress Marvin Landisman (Character) $53.6K 1992
No Score Yet 33% Missing Pieces Lou Wimpole (Character) - 1992
75% 49% Blaze Red Snyder (Character) $19.0M 1989
77% 84% Batman Alexander Knox (Character) $250.7M 1989
97% 82% Bull Durham Larry Hockett (Character) $49.9M 1988
90% 82% Good Morning, Vietnam SSgt. Marty Lee Dreiwitz (Character) $123.9M 1987
14% 71% The Hollywood Knights Newbomb Turk (Character) - 1980

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Icons Unearthed: Batman Narrator 2024
No Score Yet 80% Blue Bloods Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 91% American Dad! Himself (Guest Voice) 2015
61% 84% Franklin & Bash Hon. Maxwell Nulis (Guest Star) 2012-2013
86% 91% Boston Legal Bob Binder (Guest Star) 2007
96% 98% Everybody Hates Chris Abe Himmelfarb (Guest Star) 2007
62% No Score Yet Arli$$ Arliss Michaels (Character),
Director,
Writer
1996-2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Don Unknown (Character) 1997
82% 92% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1989
90% 93% Police Squad! Writer 1982