{"id":28319,"date":"2021-10-22T16:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=28319"},"modified":"2021-10-22T16:21:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:21:14","slug":"peter-scolari-dies-emmy-winning-bosom-buddies-newhart-girls-actor-was-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/22\/peter-scolari-dies-emmy-winning-bosom-buddies-newhart-girls-actor-was-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Scolari Dies: Emmy-Winning \u2018Bosom Buddies\u2019, \u2018Newhart\u2019, \u2018Girls\u2019 Actor Was 66"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28320\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Peter-Scolari.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Peter-Scolari.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Peter-Scolari-300x256.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Scolari appeared in numerous films and television series over the years, including &#8220;<em>Newhart<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Murphy Brown<\/em>,&#8221; and &#8220;<em>The Good Fight<\/em>.&#8221; He won an Emmy in 2016 for his portrayal of Hannah&#8217;s father Tad Horvath on &#8220;Girls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Bosom Buddies<\/em>&#8221; was on the air for two seasons at ABC. On the show, Scolari and Hanks dressed as women in order to move into an affordable women-only residence. The two actors remained good friends in real life, Scolari told Oprah Winfrey.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3268947282\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CVV1PRHv-7Z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CVV1PRHv-7Z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Lena Dunham (@lenadunham)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sad to see the news that Peter Scolari lost his battle with cancer. There wasn&#8217;t a sweeter man on the planet. We performed together in HAIRSPRAY for a time and he was always a total delight. Farewell, dear Peter.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1TPjakwLT3\">https:\/\/t.co\/1TPjakwLT3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harvey Fierstein (@HarveyFierstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarveyFierstein\/status\/1451588667106119689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Peter Scolari, who died today, was one of the funniest\u2014sneakily funny\u2014actors we\u2019ve worked with. He always took a nothing scene and found different ways to twist it, and throw in odd pauses that made it jump. I will try to collect my thoughts more. He was just wonderful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/25z6xgmD3f\">pic.twitter.com\/25z6xgmD3f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert King (@RKing618) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RKing618\/status\/1451593290407632901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scolari appeared in numerous films and television series over the years, including &#8220;Newhart,&#8221; &#8220;Murphy Brown,&#8221; and &#8220;The Good Fight.&#8221; He won an Emmy in 2016 for his portrayal of Hannah&#8217;s father Tad Horvath on &#8220;Girls.&#8221; &#8220;Bosom Buddies&#8221; was on the air for two seasons at ABC. 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