Terry Kiser

ActorProducer Aug 1 (age 86) Omaha, Nebraska, USA 1954–2025 (71 year career)

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Biography

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 port…

Known For

Film

Weekend at Bernie's

Bernie Lomax

Film

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

Dr. Crews

Film

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Santiago

Film

Mannequin Two: On the Move

Count Spretzle / Sorcerer

Film

Looker

Commercial Director

Film

Weekend at Bernie's II

Bernie Lomax

Film

Rachel, Rachel

Preacher

Film

Tammy and the T-Rex

Dr. Wachenstein

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (54)

A Gunfighter's Deal

2025

as Stranger

The Pitchfork Retreat

2025

as Ike

Stream

as Bruce

Mutilator 2

as Jack Chatham

Rose Blood

as Dr. Crews

Farmer of the Year

as Virgil

The Kingsbury Run

as Todd Fincher

A Christmas Tree Miracle

as Henry Banks

Vampire Riderz

as Father Lemoine

Alien Tornado

as Mike Hardy

Mask Maker

as Mr. Peck

Dead Start

as Mort Maxwell

See Jane Run

2001

Divorce: A Contemporary Western

Hourglass

as Henry Jardine

Forest Warrior

as Travis Thorne

Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story

as Uncle Paul

Tammy and the T-Rex

as Dr. Wachenstein

Pet Shop

as Joe Yeagher

Loving Deadly

as Walter

Weekend at Bernie's II

as Bernie Lomax

Into the Sun

as Mitchell Burton

Mannequin Two: On the Move

1991

as Count Spretzle / Sorcerer

Side Out

as Uncle Max

Weekend at Bernie's

as Bernie Lomax

Chameleons

as Lieut. Abel

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

1988

as Dr. Crews

5.5

From a Whisper to a Scream

1987

as Jesse Hardwick

5.7

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

1987

as Santiago

7.3

Half Nelson

1985

as Leo Holcomb

Surf II: The End of the Trilogy

1984

as Mr. O'Finley

4.6

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

1984

as Howard Levinthal

1.0

Your Place... or Mine?

1983

as Stan

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

as Freddie Barrett

Making Love

as Harrington

Six Pack

as Terk

Prime Suspect

as Lyman

An Eye for an Eye

as Dave Pierce

Looker

as Commercial Director

6.1

All Night Long

1981

as Ultra-Sav Day Manager

Seven

as Senator

Steel

as Valentino

Rich Kids

as Ralph Harris

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

as Nafius

1.9

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

as Lester Neal

Cops and Robin

as Wayne Dutton

Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover

1977

as Benny Kowalski

Lapin 360

as Bernard Lapin

Rachel, Rachel

as Preacher

The Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom

as Professor Barnes

Girls on Tap

as Terry

Laugh

as Colonel Bartholomew Collymore

Future Cop: Cops and Robin

as Wayne

The Body Sculptor

as Dr. Jason Stone

Television (58)

The Huntress

Will & Grace

as Carl

Two Guys and a Girl

as Chet

Good Company

Caroline in the City

as Taxicab Driver

Baywatch Nights

as George Wilson

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as H.G. Wells

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Charlie Brooks

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Mr. Hosek

Dream On

as Perry Gold

Carol & Company

Nasty Boys

as Boris Diamond

Hard Time on Planet Earth

1989

as Felix

6.0

Hard Time on Planet Earth

Hooperman

as C.J.

L.A. Law

as Sal Cassella

Throb

The Golden Girls

as Santa Claus

227

as Tony

Murder, She Wrote

as Gordon LaMonica

Night Court

as Al Craven

Hunter

as Phillip Sherman

Brothers

Cover Up

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

6.5

Hardcastle and McCormick

Automan

Manimal

Knight Rider

as Royal Davis

Tucker's Witch

Cassie & Co.

Simon & Simon

Hill Street Blues

The Fall Guy

as Sam (uncredited)

Magnum, P.I.

as Dennis Redfield

Enos

Knots Landing

as Teddy Becker

WKRP in Cincinnati

Diff'rent Strokes

The Roller Girls

as Don Mitchell

Three's Company

as Max

CHiPs

Sugar Time!

The Bionic Woman

Gemini Man

City of Angels

Captains and the Kings

1976

as Courtney Wickersham

Baretta

One Day at a Time

Switch

as Hanna

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Alexsei

Rhoda

Emergency!

Maude

All in the Family

as Bob

Hawaii Five-O

as Augie

The Secret Storm

Cinema Insomnia

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Mr. Local Man

2019

Producer

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