Bob Newman

Bob Newman. Actor: J.P. Patches. Newman was best known for playing Gertrude, sidekick/girlfriend/City Dump telephone operator to J.P. Patches - played by Chris Wedes - on the long-running television program on KIRO TV. However, Gertrude was only one of many characters that the talented and versatile Newman played on the show. Others included the villainous Boris S. Wart - the Second Meanest Man in the World (moo-ho-haha!); Ketchikan the Animal...