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
Complete Filmography

A Work of Art
2024
as Jimmy Fling
The music video for Ice Nine Kills new song, A Work of Art

Stream
2024
as Bruce
As the Keenans try to bring their family closer together, they unwittingly enter themselves into a game of life or death. With four deranged killers p...

The Mutilator 2
2023
as Jack Chatham
Many years after its initial 1984 release, The Mutilator is being remade. A wrap party has been scheduled for the night following the final day of sho...

Mr. Local Man
2019
Producer
Nhwale a villager and of course a bush man decided to visit town where he was brought by accident while he entered the foreign van who were hunting in...

Farmer of the Year
2018
as Virgil
When Hap Anderson, a widowed 83-year-old Minnesota farmer that thinks he's still quite the ladies' man, sells his family farm, he finds himself adrift...

The Kingsbury Run
2018
as Todd Fincher
75 Years after the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run's killing spree, bodies have begun to turn up again. A private investigator, Camila Ramsay, enlists Le...

A Christmas Tree Miracle
2013
as Henry Banks
“A Christmas Tree Miracle” is a warm-hearted tale that reminds us that in the holiday season, the best gifts in life are the simple ones, and that mir...

Vampire Riderz
2013
as Father Lemoine
The vampires roam the streets, and the vampire hunters must hunt down and destroy the Day Walker.

Alien Tornado
2012
as Mike Hardy
Aliens attack Earth with deadly electrical tornadoes, and it’s up to a farmer, his smart high-school daughter and a tornado blogger to thwart the horr...

Mask Maker
2011
as Mr. Peck
A lucky couple hits the jackpot when they purchase a 19th century plantation home for pennies on the dollar. Determined to get rich quick, they invite...

Dead Start
2009
as Mort Maxwell
Ann and Mark Savin slowly discover through live TV reports that zombies are attacking. After accepting the unbelievable, they must make life or death ...

See Jane Run
2001
Jane, a formerly suicidal Los Angeles waitress, decides her life does have meaning after all when she finds a gun that was thrown away after a conveni...
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998
A look at the dysfunctional relationships of three couples as seen from the male point of view.

Hourglass
1997
as Henry Jardine
A business executive gets mixed up with a killer female and her lesbian roommate, who plot to take over his fashion business.

Forest Warrior
1996
as Travis Thorne
John McKenna is a spiritual being who is able to transform into bear, wolf or eagle. He lives in the forests of Tanglewood and has dedicated his life ...

Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story
1995
as Uncle Paul
A young man begins to suspect that his mother may have murdered his father.

Tammy and the T-Rex
1994
as Dr. Wachenstein
An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies wh...

Pet Shop
1994
as Joe Yeagher
Disguised aliens set up a pet shop in a dusty Arizona town, hoping to lure local children with their adorable extraterrestrial critters.

Loving Deadly
1994
as Walter
A guy is smuggling babies across the border, and he gets busted. When he's in jail, his crime boss wants to keep him happy, so they arrange conjugal v...

Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
as Bernie Lomax
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lom...

Into the Sun
1992
as Mitchell Burton
Paul Watkins is an American pilot stationed in the Middle East, who is taken away from his normal duties of protecting the skies to show an actor ever...

Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991
as Count Spretzle / Sorcerer
Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil...

Side Out
1990
as Uncle Max
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.

Chameleons
1989
as Lieut. Abel
Shelley, a slightly-crazy heiress, discovers that her eccentric millionaire uncle Jason Carr was rather more eccentric than even she had thought--he w...

Weekend at Bernie's
1989
as Bernie Lomax
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to atte...

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
1988
as Dr. Crews
Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.

From a Whisper to a Scream
1987
as Jesse Hardwick
The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with ...

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987
as Santiago
Ten years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group. Complicating...

Half Nelson
1985
as Leo Holcomb
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor...

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984
as Howard Levinthal
The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities.

Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
1984
as Mr. O'Finley
Evil Nerd Menlo wants to get revenge on some surfers by selling a bad batch of soda called Buzz Cola which turns people into mutant zombies. Its up to...

Manimal
1983
as Charles P. Drew
Jonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal he wants.

Your Place... or Mine?
1983
as Stan
Karen (Tyne Daly) is a San Francisco real estate broker and best friend of psychiatrist Alexandra Benedict (Bonnie Franklin) whose boyfriend leaves he...

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983
as Freddie Barrett
Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes hor...

Six Pack
1982
as Terk
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quick...

Making Love
1982
as Harrington
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.

Prime Suspect
1982
as Lyman
A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his...

Looker
1981
as Commercial Director
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding ...

An Eye for an Eye
1981
as Dave Pierce
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He dec...

All Night Long
1981
as Ultra-Sav Day Manager
Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that...

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Nafius
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a ...

Steel
1979
as Valentino
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heigh...

Seven
1979
as Senator
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.

Rich Kids
1979
as Ralph Harris
Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979
as Lester Neal
A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.

Cops and Robin
1978
as Wayne Dutton
A veteran street cop and his partner, a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman, are assigned to protect the five-year-old daughter of the widow ...

Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
1977
as Benny Kowalski
Two undercover cops find their avocation -- a musical act -- helpful in tapping informants on the Las Vegas Strip regarding the alleged kidnapping of ...

Lapin 360
1972
as Bernard Lapin
Delia Peletier has been paid to have a child for a wealthy man who wants an heir. She has the baby and turns it over to her "employer," but subsequent...

Rachel, Rachel
1968
as Preacher
Rachel is a 35-year-old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, sh...

Laugh
N/A
as Colonel Bartholomew Collymore
Peter Collymore. A retired veteran from the Afghanistan war is fighting his greatest battle verse himself, his father (Terry Kiser) and a demonic enti...

The Pitchfork Retreat
N/A
as Ike
Three writers arrive by boat on a private island for a horror writer retreat where they are told they will compete for a life changing writing competi...
The Body Sculptor
N/A
as Dr. Jason Stone
Dr. Jason Stone had everything a man could want. The perfect wife, 2 beautiful children and a successful Plastic Surgery Practice. Life was perfect un...

Girls on Tap
N/A
as Terry
Finally the naked truth about the girls that raise the bar. Patrons expect hot food, cool drinks and devastatingly attractive bartenders and servers, ...

Dark Circles
N/A
as Professor Barnes
Martin Malone, a lonely voyeur who is caught and arrested following a misstep. As he nears the end of his court-mandated rehabilitation, Martin suspec...
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
N/A
as Wayne
To protect his former partner's widow, a veteran cop teams up with an android to keep her safe.

A Gunfighter's Deal
N/A
as Stranger
In his darkest days, Silas Johnson gets a visit from a mysterious man who promises to make him the fast-gun that he has always wanted to be. But, at w...