Characteristic of the many elaborate hoaxes and practical jokes Kaufman concocted, Clifton was not exclusively played by Kaufman — others, mainly Bob Zmuda, stepped into the role on occasion — enabling Kaufman and his accomplices to create an air of confusion as to whether Clifton was a real person or not.

However, Kaufman had the last laugh, enlisting his brother Michael or his showbiz partner Bob Zmuda to play the role, with Kaufman making unannounced appearances onstage during Clifton's act.

Bob Zmuda occasionally portrayed Kaufman's Tony Clifton character on stage and for television appearances.

Clifton is a “ villain character ” created by Kaufman and his creative partner, Bob Zmuda ( Paul Giamatti ).

* Paul Giamatti as Bob Zmuda / Tony Clifton

* Bob Zmuda as Jack Burns

The film stars Danny DeVito as Kaufman's manager George Shapiro, Courtney Love as girlfriend Lynne Marguiles, and Paul Giamatti as Bob Zmuda.

Additionally, since Bob Zmuda was involved in the production of the film, around the same time having written a " tell all " book (" Andy Kaufman Revealed!

In 1999, Giamatti played Bob Zmuda ( and Tony Clifton ) in the Andy Kaufman biopic, Man on the Moon.

* Bob Zmuda ... Cubby

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

Robert ( Bob ) M. Frankston ( born June 14, 1949 in Brooklyn New York ) is the co-creator with Dan Bricklin of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program and the co-founder of Software Arts, the company that developed it.

Robert Quinlan " Bob " Costas ( born March 22, 1952 ) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s.

Modern musicians such as Little Richard, Mark Farner, Dan Peek, Donna Summer, Bob Dylan, Kerry Livgren, Dave Hope, Dave Mustaine, Nicko McBrain, Roger McGuinn, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Johnny Cash, Brian Welch, Keith Farley, Cliff Richard, Charlie Daniels, Randy Travis, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, and Lou Gramm were artists whose born again conversions had an impact on modern culture.

It was here that their second child, Robert " Bob " Marshall Gardner, was born in 1874.

Robert James " Bob " Ritchie ( born January 17, 1971 ), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations.

Robert James " Bob " Ritchie was born on January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan to William " Bill " Ritchie, a car dealer who owned several local dealerships, and Susan Ritchie.

* Bob Morris ( racing driver ) ( born 1948 ), winner of the 1976 Bathurst 1000

* Bob Morris ( musician ) ( born 1985 ), songwriter, singer, and guitarist of Stamps

Robert Anton Wilson ( born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007 ), known to friends as " Bob ", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic.

Vinton Gray " Vint " Cerf (; born June 23, 1943 ) is an American computer scientist, who is recognized as one of " the fathers of the Internet ", sharing this title with American computer scientist Bob Kahn.

* Bob Welch ( baseball ) ( born 1956 ), American baseball pitcher

* Bob Welch ( author ) ( born c. 1955 ), American author and newspaper columnist

He notes that those born in the years before the actual boom were often the most influential people among boomers ; for example, The Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts, he was born on June 2, 1941 to and writers like Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg who were considerably older than the boomer generation.

* Bob Quick ( basketball ) ( born 1946 ), retired American basketball player

* Bob Cook ( born January 6, 1948 in Sudbury, Ontario ) is a retired ice hockey right winger.

Bob Black ( born Robert Charles Black, Jr. on January 4, 1951 ) is an American anarchist.

Robert Joseph Semore " Bob " Dole ( born July 22, 1923 ) is an American attorney and politician.

Kevin Patrick Smith ( born August 2, 1970 ) is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian / raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob.

Rodney was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica, as were reggae singer Bob Marley and political activist Marcus Garvey who both had a great influence on Rodney's life: Garvey in his philosophy, which Burning Spear greatly took to, and Marley in directly helping Burning Spear get started in the music industry ( by some accounts ) by introducing him to Clement Dodd.

* Bob Kearney ( born 1956 ), former American professional baseball player

According to Revelation X ; The " Bob " Apocryphon, " Bob " was born in Dallas, Texas, to Xinucha-Chi-Xan M. Dobbs ( a pharmacist ) and Jane McBride Dobbs.

* Bob Simpson ( cricketer ) ( born 1936 ), Australian cricketer

On December 11, 1975, shortly after the release of Bugs Bunny Superstar, which prominently featured Bob Clampett, Jones wrote a letter to Tex Avery, accusing Clampett of taking credit for ideas that were not his.

* December 2 – Bob Hawke's government is re-elected in Australia with a reduced majority.

* December 31 – Bob Shaw, Irish writer ( d. 1996 )

* December 20 – Bob Hayes, American athlete

* December 9 – Bob Hawke, twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia

* December 31 – Bob Barker makes his TV debut as host of the game show Truth or Consequences.

* December 19 – Paul Keating replaces Bob Hawke as the new prime minister of Australia.

* December 12 – Bob Barker, American game show host ( The Price Is Right )

On December 8, 1956, two examples on the same broadcast were " Nuttin ' for Christmas ," which became a vehicle for Rocky Rockwell dressed in a child's outfit, and Elvis Presley's " Don't Be Cruel ," which was sung by violinist Bob Lido, wearing fake Presley-style sideburns.

In Pep Comics # 22, December 1941, writer Vic Bloom and artist Bob Montana published Archie Andrews ' first adventure, beginning with " Chick " showing off for his new neighbor, Betty Cooper.

In December 2009, Robert Canning of IGN ranked the ten episodes to feature Bob that had aired at the time.

Robert Lee " Bullet Bob " Hayes ( December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002 ) was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys.

The division title came after a bad start by the team, that led to the exit of head coach Bob Hartley, in December.

His only " Christmas gift " is allowing his overworked, underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit Christmas Day off with pay-which he does only to keep with social custom, Scrooge considering it " a poor excuse for picking a man ’ s pocket every twenty-fifth of December!

Bob Shaw, born Robert Shaw, ( 31 December 1931 – 11 February 1996 ) was a science fiction author and fan from Northern Ireland, noted for his originality and wit.

On December 16, 2010, Miramax reunited with Bob and Harvey Weinstein, forming a joint venture with the brothers ' current studio, The Weinstein Company, to develop sequels to films from the former studio.

Sting took part in Bob Geldof's " Feed The World " project in December 1984.

Robert " Bob " Arum ( born December 8, 1931 in New York City ) is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas.

By December 1976 Norman had signed a one-year agreement to allow four albums to be manufactured and distributed through Sonrise Manufacturing Co ,, which was owned by Bob Cotterell.

, members of the Hillsborough Township Committee are Mayor Carl Suraci ( term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Gloria McCauley ( 2012 ), And Commiteemens Frank DelCore ( 2013 ), Doug Thomson ( 2012 ) and Bob Wagner ( 2012 ).

* Junior Barnard, ( December 17, 1920-April 15, 1951 ) guitarist with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

On 11 December 1983, Prime Minister Bob Hawke promised to hand back the land title to the traditional owners and agreed to the community's 10-point plan which included forbidding the climbing of Uluru.

On Friday 1 December 1989, Bob Geldof called Pete Waterman to ask if he would consider producing a new version of the song featuring the big stars from that time.