Bruce Jarchow

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Bruce Jarchow
Born (1948-05-19) May 19, 1948 (age 76)
Occupationactor
Years active1980–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]

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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 .

Filmography

Film

Bruce Jarchow film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2001BetavilleHeadmaster
2005 The Weather Man Viewer
2006 Stranger than Fiction Commuter
2008 The Promotion Party Guest
2008 The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Dr. Hewlett
2012Close QuartersKowalski
2014WarrenLeonard Copley

Television

Bruce Jarchow television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 The Equalizer FlynnEpisode: "Pretenders"
1993–1997 Seinfeld Doctor / Mooney2 episodes
1997–2000 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show H. Gordon Jennings17 episodes
1999 The Norm Show Anthony Curtis5 episodes
2001 What About Joan Bob5 episodes
2004 ER Dr. Hammond1 episode
2004–2009 According to Jim (various)6 episodes
2006 Desperate Housewives Samuel Bormanis4 episodes
2009 Parks and Recreation Frank Schnable1 episode
2020–2021 Work in Progress Edward6 episodes [2]

References

  1. Dumas, Zoe (2023-10-13). "Ghost (1990): Where the Cast Is Today". MovieWeb. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  2. 1 2 Porter, Rick (2022-01-27). "'Black Monday,' 'Work in Progress' Canceled at Showtime". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-11-15.