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    TV and film actor Philip Bruns dead at 80

    Associated Press – Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:06 PM EST

    NEW YORK (AP) — The actor who played the father on the 1970s comedy series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," has died. Philip Bruns was 80.

    Spokesman Joseph Armillas says Bruns died Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes.

    Bruns appeared on two seasons of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," playing Mary's father on the soap-opera parody. He also spent three years with Jackie Gleason on his comedy-variety show in the mid-1960s.

    Born in Pipestone, Minn., Bruns attended Yale University's drama school, then began his career in New York on the stage and as a prolific actor in TV commercials.

    He later went to Los Angeles, appearing in more than 40 feature films, including "Flashdance," ''The Stunt Man" and "My Favorite Year."

    Bruns is survived by his wife, actress Laurie Franks.

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    74 comments

    • KyKy
      KyKy  •  Akron, Ohio  •  3 months ago
      why never any pictures
      • mike h
        mike h 3 months ago
        Maybe because Yahoo assumes you morons are smart enough for look for them yourselves!
      • The Duke
        The Duke 3 months ago
        Thank you very much. I having trouble remembering what happen five minutes.....
        ....ago.
    • Richard
      Richard  •  Westby, Wisconsin  •  3 months ago
      WHY???? WHY???? what do you guys have against a pic w/ your story----what's up with that??
      • neiko
        neiko 3 months ago
        I didn't even notice until You guy said something, Every Picture is Worth a 1000 words.
      • mike h
        mike h 3 months ago
        Dude, you are aware of the concept of a search engine, right? Do you have to ask your mommy to feed a bathe you too?
    • Lamody
      Lamody  •  3 months ago
      Barney Martin replaced Phil Bruns as Morty Seinfeld on Seinfeld
      • DestinyChance
        DestinyChance 3 months ago
        oh thanks
      • Bob
        Bob 3 months ago
        google confirms this..............my wife does the same thing and I never stop wondering how she knows so much.
      • brian
        brian 3 months ago
        From one of the few that watched Seinfeld from the pilot on through...Great catch. Beat me to it.
    • Gilda
      Gilda  •  New York, New York  •  3 months ago
      Peter Breck also died and no photos!
      • Bob
        Bob 3 months ago
        Scroll down far enough Gilda and you'll see the picture.
      • Ferd'nand
        Ferd'nand 3 months ago
        Peter Breck was on Big Valley.
      • Ferd'nand
        Ferd'nand 3 months ago
        On Yahoo if you want to see pictures, GOOGLE for them. Yahoo does not want to exert themselves too much by posting pictures.
    • Pond
      Pond  •  3 months ago
      NO PICTURE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess yahoo doesn't have any except for Beeber...
      • Diogenes
        Diogenes 3 months ago
        Yahoo sucks.
      • Kevin
        Kevin 3 months ago
        Whats A Beeber ?
      • mike h
        mike h 3 months ago
        Dude, if you are upset about a stupid picture you seriously need help!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Eko
      Eko  •  Lenora, Kansas  •  3 months ago
      Are all the hard drives at the office filled with pictures of the Kardashians? Is that why Yahoo never seems to be able to put pictures with the vast majority of these news stories? I know most of them are taken from the AP and such, but come on would it kill someone at Yahoo to take the two seconds to GOOGLE an image to put up? And yes, I went there.
    • bigstud
      bigstud  •  Omaha, Nebraska  •  3 months ago
      Ok! I give up where the darn picture at.
    • whocares
      whocares  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 months ago
      HEY, WHEN YOU YAHOO BIG WIGS DIE, DON'T POST ANY PICTURES, WE WON'T CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE !!!
    • mike
      mike  •  Seattle, Washington  •  3 months ago
      I was trying to remember who he was and then I saw the picture they didn't put in the article.
    • Art
      Art  •  Detroit, Michigan  •  3 months ago
      yahoo sucks
    • Arnold
      Arnold  •  3 months ago
      Ad space takes precedence over anything devoted to the one paragraph 'story'.
    • Yorick Hunt
      Yorick Hunt  •  3 months ago
      And let's not forget he was the first to play Jerry's father on Seinfeld.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 months ago
      Yahoo must get a kickback from Google for hits on stories they post with no picture
    • Sandra
      Sandra  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  3 months ago
      why can't you find a picture of this man and post it? you sure have enough of that bimbo kardashian.
    • C.M.
      C.M.  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 months ago
      Actors ALWAYS have head shots! Maybe not current ones, but something identifiable. In addition, if the actor did TV, you could at least put up a screen shot! Please, please, PUH-LEEZE......Post a photo with the obits!!!
    • Doug
      Doug  •  Modesto, California  •  3 months ago
      I met him at the Holiday Inn in Modesto back in the mid '70s...the were filming parts of Nickelodeon here and Burt Renolds, Howe Needham (nice guy-gave autograph), Ryan and Tatum O'Neil (Rude) and Philip Brun were hanging out between shoots. We rode dirt bikes in the area and used to stop by H.Inn to play pinball. Philip Brun walks over (prolly noticed we were po' kids) and dumps about 50 quarters in the machine and says "watch this"...then calls over a buddy and says "look at all the games I won!...try to beat that!"...He winked at us and let us play the rest of the games....Really nice guy who stopped to smell the roses...RIP
    • Silent Majority
      Silent Majority  •  3 months ago
      Never wonder why yahoo is slipping down the scale.........NO Picture then who cares
    • bill
      bill  •  Wichita Falls, Texas  •  3 months ago
      MAN we are losing the great old actors the last three weeks what a shame and the new ones will have a hard time filling their shoes!
    • Diogenes
      Diogenes  •  3 months ago
      Photo please? Yahoo? Hello? Mary Hartman was forty years ago and I'd like to see if I remember Mr. Bruns face. Hello? Are the lights on Yahoo? Photo. Is that asking too much from your crap service?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 months ago
      ya, what they said. Me too
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