Frank Bonner(1942-2021)

Actor
Director
Soundtrack

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Under the Hollywood Sign (2014)

Frank Bonner was born on 28 February 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), Equinox (1970) and The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991). He was married to Gayle Hardage, Catherine Sherwood, Lillian Garrett, Mary Alice Rings and Sharon Gray. He died on 16 June 2021 in Laguna Niguel, California, USA.

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Known for

WKRP in Cincinnati

8.0

TV Series

Herb Tarlek

Equinox

5.2

Jim Hudson(as Frank Boers Jr.)

1970

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

5.6

TV Series

Herb Tarlek

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

7.1

TV Series

Henry 'Buck' O'Connell

Credits

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Actor

Under the Hollywood Sign
7.6
- Larry
- 2014
Remembering Phil
6.4
- Motel Clerk
- 2008
A Norwegian Lunch
Short
- Teacher
- 2004
Rheostatics: The Tarleks
Music Video
- Herb Tarlek
- 2004
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
4.4
- Harvey Ballister
- 2004
A Light in the Forest
4.2
- Kimmel
- 2003
City Guys
7.1
TV Series
- Jake
- 2000
Motel
6.6
- Gressil
- 1998
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
4.0
TV Series
- Mr. Harrington
- Mr. Spalding
- Mr. Ed Harrington ...
- 1994–1997
Fudge
7.0
TV Series
- Dr. Green
- 1995
The Colony
5.7
TV Movie
- Frank Williamson
- 1995
The Mommies
5.7
TV Series
- Director
- 1995
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
5.6
TV Series
- Herb Tarlek
- 1991–1993
Evening Shade
7.0
TV Series
- Walt Thompson
- 1993
Harry and the Hendersons
5.6
TV Series
- 1991

Director

Desire and Deceit
TV Series
- Director
- 2010
Living Straight
9.8
TV Movie
- Director
- 2003
City Guys
7.1
TV Series
- Director
- 1997–2001
USA High
6.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1997–1998
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
4.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1997
Campus Cops
7.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1995–1996
Fudge
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1995
The Mommies
5.7
TV Series
- directed by
- 1995
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
5.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1991–1993
Harry and the Hendersons
5.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1991–1993
The Famous Teddy Z
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1989–1990
You Take the Kids
7.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1990
Evening Shade
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1990
Head of the Class
6.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1986–1990
Just the Ten of Us
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1988–1990

Soundtrack

Videos4

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Under the Hollywood Sign

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Under the Hollywood Sign

Personal details

Alternative name
- Frank Boers Jr.
Born
- February 28, 1942
- Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Died
- June 16, 2021
- Laguna Niguel, California, USA(complications from Lewy body dementia)
Spouses
Other works
Music video: Appeared in the video for Rheostatics' "The Tarleks".
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
The Canadian rock group, 'Rheostatics', wrote a song about his WKRP in Cincinnati (1978) character "Herb Tarlek". Bonner also starred in the music video.

Quotes
[on his Herb Tarlek character] Herb is the kind of guy who gets so drunk at a business dinner that he forgets to make the deal. He is tasteless. Look at the clothes he wears, and the pinky ring. He's a redneck, a bigot and a hypocrite. He's the kind of guy who has a lovely wife at home and yet always tries to hit on some other woman, he's so insecure about his manhood that he hides a .38 revolver in the night stand next to his bed, and on weekends, mostly, he stays at home and hides.