- Born
- Birth namePeter Baldwin Bonerz
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Bonerz was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Elfrieda (née Kern) and Christopher Bonerz. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School. Here, performing with the Prep Players, he gained his first theatrical experience. At Marquette University, he participated in the Marquette University Players. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960, he decided to seek a career in theater, starting in New York City in improve with a troupe called The Premise. After compulsory service as a draftee in the United States Army, he worked with an improve troupe in San Francisco known as The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner, David Ogden Stiers, Howard Hesseman and Hamilton Camp.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseRosalind Di Trapani(December 13, 1963 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenEric M. BonerzEli A. Bonerz
- ParentsChristopher Andrew BonerzElfrieda Anna Kern
- Currently enjoying a thriving career behind the sitcom camera, as a director on many prominent comedy shows.
- Moved to New York in the early 1960s and joined The Premise, an improv group. After a stint as a draftee in the U.S. Army, he hooked up with The Committee, another improv troupe situated in San Francisco.
- Teaches multi-camera production at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
- Graduated with a BS degree in 1960 at Marquette University, where he was part of a theater group of players.
- The theater group that Peter worked with while he was a student at Marquette was the Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa.
- [on working with Orson Welles on "Catch-22"]: He was a terrible lens-hog. Whenever Mike did a master-shot, Orson would mess up his lines so they would have to be done in close-up.
- [on "Catch-22]: The Welles situation was almost identical to what was written in the script. We were all under the thumb of this huge, cigar-smoking general. The discomfort we were feeling was real.
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