List of characters

NOTE: This list is a "work-in-progress" and is not yet complete. The Bob Newhart Show has quite a cast of characters. The following lists each one.

Main characters

 * Bob Hartley
 * Emily Hartley
 * Howard Borden
 * Jerry Robinson
 * Carol Kester Bondurant

Bob's patients

 * Jack Riley as Elliot F. Carlin (76 episodes)
 * lorida Friebus as Mrs. Lillian Bakerman (17)
 * Amzie Strickland as Mrs. Bakermen (2)
 * Renée Lippin as Michelle Nardo (17)
 * John Fiedler as Emil Peterson (15)
 * Oliver Clark as Ed Herd (8)
 * Noam Pitlik as Victor Gianelli (5)
 * Daniel J. Travanti as Victor Gianelli (1)
 * Howard Hesseman as Craig Plager (7)
 * Lucien Scott as Edgar T. Vickers (5)
 * Merie Earle as Mrs. Loomis (4)
 * Rhoda Gemignani as Joan Rossi (3)
 * Michael Conrad as Mr. Trevesco (2)

Bob and Emily's relatives

 * Pat Finley as Ellen Hartley, Bob's sister and Howard's girlfriend (15 episodes)
 * Martha Scott as Martha Hartley, Bob's mother (7)
 * Barnard Hughes as Herb Hartley, Bob's father (3)
 * John Randolph as Cornelius "Junior" Harrison, Jr., Emily's father (3)
 * Ann Rutherford as Aggie Harrison, Emily's mother (2)

Neighbors, friends and others

 * Patricia Smith as Margaret Hoover, Emily's friend (7 episodes)
 * Tom Poston as Cliff "The Peeper" Murdock, Bob's college friend from Vermont (5)
 * Moosie Drier as Howie Borden, Howard's son (6)
 * Will Mackenzie as Larry Bondurant, Carol's boyfriend and later husband (8)
 * Richard Schaal as Chuck Brock, a boyfriend of Carol's (3)
 * Jill Jaress as Mary Ellen, a girlfriend of Howards's (3)
 * Gail Strickland as Courtney Simpson, a girlfriend of Jerry's (2)
 * Raúl Juliá as Dr. Greg Robinson, Jerry's brother (1)
 * Heather Menzies as Debbie Borden, Howard's younger sister (1)
 * William Redfield as Gordon Borden, the game warden, Howard's brother (1)

Rimbau Medical Arts Center

 * Larry Gelman as Dr. Bernie Tupperman, urologist (13 episodes)
 * Howard Platt as Dr. Phil Newman, cosmetic surgeon (6)
 * Shirley O'Hara as Debbie Flett, temp receptionist (3)
 * Kristina Holland as Gail Bronson, Carol's vacation replacement (2)
 * Phillip R. Allen as Dr. Frank Walburn, another psychologist (2)
 * Teri Garr as Miss Brennan, Dr. Walburn's receptionist (2)