Bruce Jarchow | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1948 |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Bruce Jarchow (born May 19, 1948) is an American film, television and stage actor. He began his career in Chicago as a member of The Second City Mainstage. He received the 1981 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Revue for "Well, I'm Off to the Thirty Years' War". His notable roles include Lyle Ferguson in the film Ghost , Dr. Mascelli in Outbreak, and Principal Scampi in the television series Weird Science . [1]
His television appearances include recurring roles in Seinfeld , Parks and Recreation , Desperate Housewives , Work in Progress , [2] ER , Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show , The Norm Show , What About Joan and According to Jim .
He is also featured in the films The Weather Man , Stranger than Fiction , Somewhere in Time , Continental Divide , The Puppet Masters , Big and Music from Another Room .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | My Bodyguard | Roberto | |
| 1980 | Somewhere in Time | Bones, in 1912 | |
| 1981 | Continental Divide | Hellinger | |
| 1986 | The Manhattan Project | Interrogator | |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Ad Man | |
| 1988 | Big | Photographer | |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Wayne | |
| 1990 | Ghost | Lyle Furgeson | |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Tim | |
| 1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | Detective at Crime Scene | |
| 1993 | My Life | Walter | |
| 1994 | The Puppet Masters | Barnes | |
| 1995 | Outbreak | Dr. Mascelli | |
| 1998 | Krippendorf's Tribe | Dr. Andrews, Chester Hill | |
| 1998 | Sour Grapes | Dr. Dean | |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room | Richard | |
| 2001 | Betaville | Headmaster | |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | Viewer | |
| 2006 | Stranger than Fiction | Commuter | |
| 2008 | The Promotion | Party Guest | |
| 2008 | The Express: The Ernie Davis Story | Dr. Hewlett | |
| 2012 | Close Quarters | Kowalski | |
| 2014 | Warren | Leonard Copley |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Equalizer | Flynn | Episode: "Pretenders" |
| 1993–1997 | Seinfeld | Doctor / Mooney | 2 episodes |
| 1997–2000 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | H. Gordon Jennings | 17 episodes |
| 1999 | The Norm Show | Anthony Curtis | 5 episodes |
| 2001 | What About Joan | Bob | 5 episodes |
| 2004 | ER | Dr. Hammond | 1 episode |
| 2004–2009 | According to Jim | (various) | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives | Samuel Bormanis | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | Frank Schnable | 1 episode |
| 2020–2021 | Work in Progress | Edward | 6 episodes [2] |