Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.<ref name="LA Times 2012-10-24">Template:Cite news</ref> He is best known as the creator and star of the television comedy series Arliss (1996–2002)<ref name="NYT 2006-04-01">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Go.com 1999-04-22">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and for his portrayal of newspaper reporter Alexander Knox in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Larry in Bull Durham (1988).

Early life

Wuhl was born in Union, New Jersey, to a Jewish family.<ref name="Philly 1989-08-11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> His father worked as a produce distributor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After attending Union High School, Wuhl headed to the University of Houston,<ref name="NYT 2006-04-01"/> where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Wuhl was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater in April 2012.Template:Cn

Career

Wuhl's first role in movies was a starring role in the 1980 comedy The Hollywood Knights along with other fledgling actors Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Fran Drescher, followed by a small role in the film Flashdance (1983). Wuhl had larger roles in films including Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) with Robin Williams,<ref name="Washington Post 1988-01-15">Template:Cite news</ref> Bull Durham (1988) with Kevin Costner,<ref name="NYT 2006-04-01"/><ref name="Go.com 1999-04-22"/> Tim Burton's 1989 Batman (as reporter Alexander Knox) with Michael Keaton,<ref name="NYT 2006-04-01"/><ref name="Philly 1989-08-11"/> Blaze (1989) with Paul Newman,<ref name="Philly 1989-08-11"/> Missing Pieces (1991) with Eric Idle, Mistress (1992) with Robert De Niro, Blue Chips (1994) with Nick Nolte, and Cobb (1994) with Tommy Lee Jones.<ref name="LA Times 1994-12-02">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Village Voice 2001-10-09">Template:Cite news</ref> He wrote two of the six episodes for the TV series Police Squad! in 1982 and did an audio commentary for its release on DVD in 2006.

Keith Carradine and he appeared in the 1985 music video to Madonna's "Material Girl". In 1992, he appeared in The Bodyguard as host of the Oscars. Wuhl won two Emmy Awards for co-writing the Academy Awards in 1990 and 1991 with Billy Crystal, Bruce Vilanch, David Steinberg, and others.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

From 1996 to 2002, he wrote and starred in the HBO series Arliss as the title character, an agent for high-profile athletes.<ref name="NYT 2012-03-12">Template:Cite news</ref> From 2000 to 2001, he was a frequent panelist on the ESPN game show 2 Minute Drill, often quizzing the contestants on sports-related movies.

In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl,<ref name="NYT 2006-04-01"/> where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007.

Wuhl hosted a sports, sports business, and entertainment daily talk-radio show,<ref name="LA Times 2011-05-20">Template:Cite news</ref> for Westwood One (now Dial Global) from January through December 2011. Wuhl occasionally fills in for Boomer Esiason on the Boomer and Carton show.

Wuhl played Herb Tucker in a revival of Neil Simon's play I Ought to Be in Pictures.<ref name="LA Times 2012-10-24"/> In 2017, he appeared with Don Most in another Simon play, The Sunshine Boys, at Judson Theatre Company. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Wuhl has appeared as himself in four episodes of American Dad! - the 2015 episode "Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour", the 2017 episode "The Talented Mr. Dingleberry", the 2019 episode "One-Woman Swole", and the 2021 episode "Cry Baby".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Wuhl married actress Barbara Koldys in 1983.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Hollywood Knights	Newbomb Turk
1983	Flashdance	Mawby's Regular
1987	Good Morning, Vietnam	Marty Lee Dreiwitz
1988	Bull Durham	Larry Hockett
1989	Batman	Alexander Knox
	Wedding Band	Waiter
	Blaze	Red Snyder
1991	Missing Pieces	Lou Wimpole
1992	Mistress	Marvin Landisman
	The Bodyguard	Oscar Host
1993	Sandman	Victor Giles
1994	Blue Chips	Marty
	Cobb	Al Stump
1995	Open Season	Stuart Sain
	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Man with Lighter
1997	Good Burger	Angry Customer
1998	Welcome to Hollywood	Himself
2013	Contest	Zack Conti
2020	Shirley	Randy Fisher
2022	The People's Joker	Himself
2024	Saturday Night	Dave Wilson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Moonlighting	Nut in Holding Cell	Episode: "Blonde on Blonde"
	Falcon Crest	Stand-up Comic	Episode: "Topspin"
	L.A. Law	Crutchfeld	Episode: "Pigmalion"
1988	CBS Summer Playhouse	Sid Barrows	Episode: "Sniff"
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Barker	Episode: "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"
	Not Necessarily the News	Commentator	Episode #7.9
1993	Percy & Thunder	Jim Keisling	Television film
1996–2002	Arliss	Arliss Michaels	80 episodes
1997	The Last Don	Bobby Bantz	2 episodes
1998	The Last Don II	Bobby Bantz	2 episodes
2006–2007	Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl	Himself	2 episodes
2007	Everybody Hates Chris	Abe Himmelfarb	Episode: "Everybody Hates DJs"
	Boston Legal	Bob Binder	Episode: "Oral Contracts"
2012–2013	Franklin & Bash	Hon. Maxwell Nulis	2 episodes
2015–2023	American Dad!	Himself	5 episodes
2016	Blue Bloods	Captain Ward Gibson	Episode: "Whistleblowers"
2019	Supergirl	Alexander Knox	Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	The Grandfather	Episode: "Chapter Eight: Ultimate Suffering"
2020–2021, 2025	The George Lucas Talk Show	Himself	13 episodes

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