Bob Newhart, the US comedian and actor, has died.
Known for his roles in the Christmas film Elf and US sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Newhart also had his own programme, The Bob Newhart Show.
Jerry Digney, Newhart’s publicist, said Newhart had died at the age of 94 after “a series of short illnesses”.
Newhart launched his career as a standup comic in the late 1950s.
He gained nationwide fame in the US when his routine was captured on vinyl in 1960 as The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, which went on to win a Grammy Award as album of the year.
Over the years, Newhart also appeared in several movies, usually in comedic roles. Among them: Catch 22, In And Out, Legally Blonde 2 and Elf, as the diminutive dad of adopted full-size son Will Ferrell.
More recent work included Horrible Bosses and the TV series The Librarians, as well as The Big Bang Theory and its spin-off series, Young Sheldon.
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