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Terry Kiser

Born 1939-08-01
📍 Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Terry Kiser (born August 1, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the dead title-character in the comedy Weekend at Bernie's, and its sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II.

Terry was a regular on two soap operas, The Secret Storm on CBS and The Doctors on NBC. Kiser has guest-starred numerous times on episodic television, particularly sitcoms, though he made a notable appearance as a comedian Vic Hitler (aka, Vic the Narcoleptic Comic) on the drama Hill Street Blues. He also portrayed the conniving Doctor Crews in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood and appeared in Mannequin: On the Move as a sorcerer. He played a jerky lawyer in the volleyball film Sideout. Kiser also had a recurring role as Craven on Night Court, H.G. Wells in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He also appeared in three episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will & Grace and The Golden Girls, as well as in two episodes of Three's Company as two different characters. Kiser was a member of Carol Burnett's repertory company on Carol and Company that aired in 1990 and 1991.

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Filmography 108

The Pitchfork Retreat
as Ike
2025
A Gunfighter's Deal
as Stranger
2025
Stream
as Bruce
2024
Mutilator 2
as Jack Chatham
2023
Rose Blood
as Dr. Crews
2021
Farmer of the Year
as Virgil
2018
The Kingsbury Run
as Todd Fincher
2018
A Christmas Tree Miracle
as Henry Banks
2013
Vampire Riderz
as Father Lemoine
2013
Alien Tornado
as Mike Hardy
2012
Mask Maker
as Mr. Peck
2011
Dead Start
as Mort Maxwell
2009
See Jane Run
2001
The Huntress
2000
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998
Will & Grace
as Carl
1998
Two Guys and a Girl
as Chet
1998
Hourglass
as Henry Jardine
1997
Forest Warrior
as Travis Thorne
1996
Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story
as Uncle Paul
1995
Baywatch Nights
as George Wilson
1995
Caroline in the City
as Taxicab Driver
1995
Tammy and the T-Rex
as Dr. Wachenstein
1994
Pet Shop
as Joe Yeagher
1994
Loving Deadly
as Walter
1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as H.G. Wells
1993
Weekend at Bernie's II
as Bernie Lomax
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Charlie Brooks
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Charlie Brooks / Maxwell 'Iceman' Kronert
1993
Into the Sun
as Mitchell Burton
1992
Mannequin Two: On the Move
as Count Spretzle / Sorcerer
1991
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Mr. Hosek
1990
Dream On
as Perry Gold
1990
Side Out
as Uncle Max
1990
Nasty Boys
as Boris Diamond
1990
Chameleons
as Lieut. Abel
1989
Weekend at Bernie's
as Bernie Lomax
1989
Hard Time on Planet Earth
1989
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
as Dr. Crews
1988
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Jesse Hardwick
1987
Hooperman
as C.J.
1987
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Santiago
1987
L.A. Law
as Sal Cassella
1986
The Golden Girls
as Santa Claus
1985
227
as Tony
1985
The Golden Girls
as Don
1985
Half Nelson
as Leo Holcomb
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Gordon LaMonica
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Wally Bryce
1984
Cover Up
1984
Hunter
as Phillip Sherman
1984
Brothers
1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
as Howard Levinthal
1984
Surf 2
as Mr. O'Finley
1984
Night Court
as Al Craven
1984
Automan
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Manimal
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Your Place... or Mine?
as Stan
1983
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
as Freddie Barrett
1983
Tucker's Witch
1982
Knight Rider
as Royal Davis
1982
Six Pack
as Terk
1982
Making Love
as Harrington
1982
Cassie & Co.
as Alex Strong
1982
Prime Suspect
as Lyman
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
The Fall Guy
as Sam (uncredited)
1981
Looker
as Commercial Director
1981
An Eye for an Eye
as Dave Pierce
1981
All Night Long
as Ultra-Sav Day Manager
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Magnum, P.I.
as Dennis Redfield
1980
Enos
1980
Knots Landing
as Teddy Becker
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Nafius
1979
Steel
as Valentino
1979
Seven
as Senator
1979
Rich Kids
as Ralph Harris
1979
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
as Lester Neal
1979
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
Cops and Robin
as Wayne Dutton
1978
CHiPs
1977
Three's Company
as Max
1977
Three's Company
as Mr. Canon
1977
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
as Benny Kowalski
1977
Captains and the Kings
as Courtney Wickersham
1976
Gemini Man
1976
City of Angels
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
One Day at a Time
1975
Switch
as Hanna
1975
Baretta
1975
Rhoda
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Alexsei
1974
Lapin 360
as Bernard Lapin
1972
Maude
1972
Emergency!
1972
All in the Family
as Bob
1971
Hawaii Five-O
as Augie
1968
Rachel, Rachel
as Preacher
1968
Laugh
as Colonel Bartholomew Collymore
Girls on Tap
as Terry
The Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom
as Professor Barnes
2:59
as Robert Winward