Peter Scolari was born in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was an actor and director known for Bosom Buddies (1980), Newhart (1982), That Thing You Do! (1996), and Girls (2012). Scolari received three Emmy nominations for his work on Newhart and won the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his recurring role as Tad Horvath on Girls. He was married to Lisa Kretzschmar, Debra Steagall, Cathy Trien, and Tracy Shayne (at his death). On October 22, 2021, he died from leukemia in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Lisey's Story (2021)
Guest starring as Dave Debusher
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Lisey's Story (Jul 16, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Bool Hunt (Jun 4, 2021)
Evil (2019)
Guest starring as Bishop Thomas Marx
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2x11: I Is for IRS (Sep 26, 2021)
- Episode 2x09: U Is for U.F.O. (Sep 12, 2021)
- Episode 2x08: B Is for Brain (Sep 5, 2021)
- Episode 2x06: C Is for Cop (Jul 25, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: A Is for Angel (Jun 27, 2021)
- Episode 2x01: N Is for Night Terrors (Jun 20, 2021)
- Episode 1x11: Room 320 (Jan 9, 2020)
- Episode 1x10: 7 Swans a Singin' (Dec 12, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Exorcism Part 2 (Dec 5, 2019)
Fosse/Verdon (2019)
Guest starring as Mel
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Providence (May 28, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Me and My Baby (Apr 23, 2019)
Madoff (2016)
Guest starring as Peter Madoff
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Redemptions (Feb 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Catch Me If You Cancer (Feb 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Millions to Billions (Feb 3, 2016)
Gotham (2014)
Guest starring as Commissioner Loeb
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: Rise of the Villains: Damned If You Do (Sep 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x22: All Happy Families Are Alike (May 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x19: Beasts of Prey (Apr 13, 2015)
- Episode 1x18: Everyone Has a Cobblepot (Mar 2, 2015)
- Episode 1x12: What the Little Bird Told Him (Jan 19, 2015)
Girls (2012)
Guest starring as Tad Horvath
(21 episodes)
- Episode 6x09: Goodbye Tour (Apr 9, 2017)
- Episode 6x06: Full Disclosure (Mar 19, 2017)
- Episode 6x01: All I Ever Wanted (Feb 12, 2017)
- Episode 5x10: I Love You Baby (Apr 17, 2016)
- Episode 5x05: Queen for Two Days (Mar 20, 2016)
- Episode 5x02: Good Man (Feb 28, 2016)
- Episode 4x10: Home Birth (Mar 22, 2015)
- Episode 4x09: Daddy Issues (Mar 15, 2015)
- Episode 4x08: Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz (Mar 8, 2015)
- Episode 4x04: Cubbies (Feb 8, 2015)
- Episode 4x02: Triggering (Jan 18, 2015)
- Episode 4x01: Iowa (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 3x12: Two Plane Rides (Mar 23, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: Only Child (Feb 1, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: She Said OK (Jan 19, 2014)
- Episode 2x10: Together (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: On All Fours (Mar 10, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: It's Back (Mar 3, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: Video Games (Feb 24, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: The Return (May 20, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Apr 15, 2012)
Blue Bloods (2010)
Guest starring as Captain Higgins
- Episode 10x11: Careful What You Wish For (Jan 3, 2020)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Guest starring as Peter Scolari
- Episode 5x12: Jim Norton, Penny Johnson Jerald, Peter Scolari and Steven Williams (Nov 16, 2013)
What's New Scooby-Doo? (2002)
Guest starring as Professor Higginson
- Episode 1x10: A Scooby-Doo Christmas (Dec 14, 2002)
The West Wing (1999)
Guest starring as Jake Kimball
- Episode 3x18: Enemies Foreign and Domestic (May 1, 2002)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Dr. Dennis Barkley
- Episode 19x06: Unintended Consequences (Nov 1, 2017)
George & Leo (1997)
Guest starring as Dr. Michael Harris
- Episode 1x08: The Cameo Show (Nov 3, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
Sabrina: The Teenage Witch (1996)
Guest starring as Ringmaster
- Episode 7x15: Cirque du Sabrina (Feb 14, 2003)
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn (1996)
Guest starring as Peter Scolari
- Episode 1998-06-22: Peter Scolari (Jun 22, 1998)
Dweebs (1995)
Starring as Warren Mosbey
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Actress Show ()
- Episode 1x09: The Karl's Crisis Show ()
- Episode 1x08: The Bad P.R. Show ()
- Episode 1x07: The Noreen Sleeps with Warren Show ()
- Episode 1x06: The Crush Show (Oct 27, 1995)
- Episode 1x05: The Bad Back Show (Oct 20, 1995)
- Episode 1x04: The Cyrano Show (Oct 13, 1995)
- Episode 1x03: The Birthday Party Show (Oct 6, 1995)
- Episode 1x02: The Privacy Show (Sep 29, 1995)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 22, 1995)
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
Guest starring as Councilman Kemp
- Episode 2x07: What the Zoning Inspector Saw (Nov 13, 1996)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Guest starring as Charles Hibbard
- Episode 1x06: The Heart of the Matter (Nov 2, 1994)
The Nanny (1993)
Guest starring as Leslie Tilbert
- Episode 4x16: The Bank Robbery (Feb 12, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Guest starring as Hamner
- Episode 1x36: Moon of the Wolf (Nov 11, 1992)
Guest starring as The Shark
- Episode 4x01: The Terrible Trio (Sep 11, 1995)
Murphy Brown (1988)
Guest starring as Fred Noonan
- Episode 11x11: The Wheels on the Dog Go Round and Round (Dec 6, 2018)
Father Dowling Mysteries (1987)
Guest starring as Chris Robinson
- Episode S01 Special: A Father Dowling Mystery: Fatal Confession (Nov 30, 1987)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Guest starring as Leonard Randall / Delos of Atlantis
- Episode 3x10: The Trance (Nov 26, 1988)
Newhart (1982)
Starring as Michael Harris
(37 episodes)
- Episode 8x24: The Last Newhart (May 21, 1990)
- Episode 8x19: Georgie and Grace (Mar 19, 1990)
- Episode 8x16: Seein' Double (Feb 19, 1990)
- Episode 8x09: Attack of the Killer Aunt (Dec 11, 1989)
- Episode 8x07: Good Lord Loudon (Nov 20, 1989)
- Episode 8x05: Ramblin' Michael Harris (Oct 23, 1989)
- Episode 7x18: Message from Michael (Apr 24, 1989)
- Episode 7x16: The Little Match Girl (Mar 27, 1989)
- Episode 7x04: I Married Dick (Nov 21, 1988)
- Episode 6x20: Draw Partner (Mar 7, 1988)
- Episode 6x12: Support Your Local Shifflet (Dec 14, 1987)
- Episode 6x05: Reading, Writing, and Rating Points (Oct 12, 1987)
- Episode 5x10: Sweet and Sour Charity (Dec 8, 1986)
- Episode 5x06: Desperately Desiring Susan (2) (Nov 3, 1986)
- Episode 4x23: Replaceable You (Apr 14, 1986)
- Episode 4x02: The Way We Ought to Be (Oct 7, 1985)
- Episode 4x01: Pirate Pete (Sep 30, 1985)
- Episode 3x21: The Prodigal Darryl (May 6, 1985)
- Episode 3x20: R.I.P. Off (Apr 8, 1985)
- Episode 3x19: Out With the New, Inn With the Old (Mar 18, 1985)
- Episode 3x18: You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hires You (Mar 11, 1985)
- Episode 3x17: My Fair Larry (Mar 4, 1985)
- Episode 3x16: Look Homeward, Stephanie (Feb 25, 1985)
- Episode 3x15: Lady in Wading (Feb 18, 1985)
- Episode 3x14: Once I Had a Secret Love (Feb 11, 1985)
- Episode 3x13: Dick Gets Larry's Goat (Feb 4, 1985)
- Episode 3x12: Local Hero (Jan 14, 1985)
- Episode 3x11: Pillow Fight (Jan 7, 1985)
- Episode 3x10: Georgie's Girl (Dec 31, 1984)
- Episode 3x09: Happy Trails to You (Dec 10, 1984)
- Episode 3x08: The Fan (Dec 3, 1984)
- Episode 3x07: Poor Reception (Nov 26, 1984)
- Episode 3x06: Tickets, Please (Nov 19, 1984)
- Episode 3x04: Miss Stephanie (Nov 5, 1984)
- Episode 3x03: A Hunting We Will Go (Oct 29, 1984)
- Episode 3x02: Twenty Year Itch (Oct 22, 1984)
- Episode 3x01: Tell a Lie, Get a Check (Oct 15, 1984)
Guest starring as Michael Harris
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x20: Vermont Today (Mar 19, 1984)
- Episode 2x14: Book Beat (Jan 30, 1984)
Remington Steele (1982)
Guest starring as Albie Fervitz
- Episode 1x03: Steele Waters Run Deep (Oct 22, 1982)
Family Ties (1982)
Guest starring as Paul Kenter
- Episode 4x23: Once in Love with Elyse (a.k.a. Loan Arranger) (May 1, 1986)
Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
Guest starring as Peter Scolari
- Episode 7x52: Show #1027 (Sep 1, 1988)
Bosom Buddies (1980)
Starring as Henry Desmond/Hildegarde
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: The Grandfather (Feb 4, 1982)
- Episode 2x11: Cablevision (Jan 22, 1982)
- Episode 1x12: How Great Thou Art (Feb 19, 1981)
- Episode 1x09: Amy's Career (Jan 29, 1981)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Frank Hobbs
- Episode 9x11: Dare Devil / Picture Me A Spy / Sleeper (Jan 18, 1986)
Guest starring as Wellington Davis Rothmeyer
- Episode S09 Special: The Christmas Cruise (Dec 25, 1986)