1. Stewart Robert Einstein was an American actor, comedy writer, and producer.
21 Facts About Bob Einstein
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Bob Einstein created and performed the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne, and was known for his roles as Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry Middleman on Arrested Development.
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Bob Einstein won two Emmy Awards as a writer and was nominated four other times.
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Bob Einstein won a CableACE Award for acting as Super Dave, along with five other nominations.
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Bob Einstein was the son of radio comedian Harry Bob Einstein, and the older brother of fellow actor and comedian Albert Brooks.
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Bob Einstein was born in 1942 in Los Angeles, to Jewish parents.
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Bob Einstein's parents were the comic Harry Einstein, best known for playing the character Parkyakarkus on radio and in the movies, and the actress-singer Thelma Leeds.
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Bob Einstein was a Beverly Hills High School graduate and a 1965 graduate of Chapman College.
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Bob Einstein got his start writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he won an Emmy Award.
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Bob Einstein appeared on the show as Officer Judy, a uniformed police officer who gave the Brothers a speeding ticket for playing their instruments too fast.
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Bob Einstein created the goofy stuntman Super Dave Osborne character for a variety show hosted by John Byner.
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In 1987, Bob Einstein got his own variety show titled Super Dave, which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Global Television Network in Canada and Showtime in the United States.
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Bob Einstein later starred in the 2000 movie The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave.
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Bob Einstein made Super Dave's Spike Tacular, a four-episode sketch series on Spike TV reprising his Super Dave character, engaging in outrageous stunts.
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Bob Einstein had recurring roles as Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry Middleman in the third season of Arrested Development.
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Bob Einstein was featured on the Comedy Central show Crank Yankers as obnoxious district selectman Tony Deloge.
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Bob Einstein was on The Man Show where he did Century Club with Adam and Jimmy.
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Bob Einstein appeared on the second season of Anger Management as Charlie Goodson's very angry neighbor, and his character in the show instantly got an unflattering nickname based on a feminine hygiene product.
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Bob Einstein was the first comedian to appear twice on Jerry Seinfeld's Web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
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Bob Einstein called in as a "Celebrity Prognosticator" to give his thoughts on sports and various other topics.
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Bob Einstein died on January 2,2019, at the age of 76, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.