Terry Kiser
Acting • Born 1939-08-01
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Kiser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
117 credits
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
Movie • 1988
Dr. Crews
Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
Movie • 1984
Mr. O'Finley
Steel
Movie • 1979
Valentino
Weekend at Bernie's
Movie • 1989
Bernie Lomax
Weekend at Bernie's II
Movie • 1993
Bernie Lomax
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Movie • 1991
Count Spretzle / Sorcerer
Rachel, Rachel
Movie • 1968
Preacher
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Movie • 1983
Freddie Barrett
Mask Maker
Movie • 2011
Mr. Peck
Forest Warrior
Movie • 1996
Travis Thorne
From a Whisper to a Scream
Movie • 1987
Jesse Hardwick
Six Pack
Movie • 1982
Terk
Stream
Movie • 2024
Bruce
Tammy and the T-Rex
Movie • 1994
Dr. Wachenstein
Seven
Movie • 1979
Senator
Alien Tornado
Movie • 2012
Mike Hardy
Hourglass
Movie • 1997
Henry Jardine
Mutilator 2
Movie • 2023
Jack Chatham
A Christmas Tree Miracle
Movie • 2013
Henry Banks
Laugh
Movie
Colonel Bartholomew Collymore
The Pitchfork Retreat
Movie • 2025
Ike
Cops and Robin
Movie • 1978
Wayne Dutton
See Jane Run
Movie • 2001
The Body Sculptor
Movie
Dr. Jason Stone
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
Movie • 1977
Benny Kowalski
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
Movie • 1998
Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story
Movie • 1995
Uncle Paul
Rich Kids
Movie • 1979
Ralph Harris
Half Nelson
Movie • 1985
Leo Holcomb
Making Love
Movie • 1982
Harrington
Girls on Tap
Movie
Terry
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Movie • 1979
Lester Neal
Loving Deadly
Movie • 1994
Walter
Lapin 360
Movie • 1972
Bernard Lapin
Into the Sun
Movie • 1992
Mitchell Burton
Side Out
Movie • 1990
Uncle Max
An Eye for an Eye
Movie • 1981
Dave Pierce
Looker
Movie • 1981
Commercial Director
Pet Shop
Movie • 1994
Joe Yeagher
Farmer of the Year
Movie • 2018
Virgil
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Movie • 1979
Nafius
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
Movie • 1984
Howard Levinthal
Vampire Riderz
Movie • 2013
Father Lemoine
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Movie • 1987
Santiago
The Kingsbury Run
Movie • 2018
Todd Fincher
Prime Suspect
Movie • 1982
Lyman
Your Place... or Mine?
Movie • 1983
Stan
All Night Long
Movie • 1981
Ultra-Sav Day Manager
The Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom
Movie
Professor Barnes
Dead Start
Movie • 2009
Mort Maxwell
Chameleons
Movie • 1989
Lieut. Abel
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
Movie
Wayne
A Gunfighter's Deal
Movie • 2025
Stranger
Rose Blood
Movie • 2021
Dr. Crews
2:59
Movie
Robert Winward
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Gordon LaMonica
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Dennis Redfield
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
CHiPs
TV • 1977
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
Rhoda
TV • 1974
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Sal Cassella
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Santa Claus
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Mr. Hosek
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Augie
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Bob
Baywatch Nights
TV • 1995
George Wilson
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Royal Davis
227
TV • 1985
Tony
Maude
TV • 1972
Diff'rent Strokes
TV • 1978
Baretta
TV • 1975
Manimal
TV • 1983
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Charlie Brooks
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Teddy Becker
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Max
Emergency!
TV • 1972
The Secret Storm
TV • 1954
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Carl
Cover Up
TV • 1984
Tucker's Witch
TV • 1982
Hunter
TV • 1984
Phillip Sherman
The Huntress
TV • 2000
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Switch
TV • 1975
Hanna
City of Angels
TV • 1976
Carol & Company
TV • 1990
Enos
TV • 1980
Brothers
TV • 1984
Automan
TV • 1983
Throb
TV • 1986
Gemini Man
TV • 1976
Hard Time on Planet Earth
TV • 1989
The Roller Girls
TV • 1978
Don Mitchell
Good Company
TV • 1996
Sugar Time!
TV • 1977
Nasty Boys
TV • 1989
Boris Diamond
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Mr. Canon
Night Court
TV • 1984
Al Craven
Captains and the Kings
TV • 1976
Courtney Wickersham
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Alexsei
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Wally Bryce
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Charlie Brooks / Maxwell 'Iceman' Kronert
One Day at a Time
TV • 1975
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Sam (uncredited)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
H.G. Wells
Dream On
TV • 1990
Perry Gold
Cinema Insomnia
TV
Self
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Taxicab Driver
Hooperman
TV • 1987
C.J.
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Don
Two Guys and a Girl
TV • 1998
Chet
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Alex Strong