Frank Bonner is an American actor and director, with a career spanning nearly 40 years. Born Frank Woodrow Boers, Jr., to musician parents in Arkansas, he adopted the screen name “Frank Bonner.” He was known by his screen name for most of his career. Following high school, he worked with the ‘US Navy’ for 4 years, before moving to Los Angeles and beginning his acting career with stage plays. He received his first professional break with the play ‘The Only Bathtub in Cassis’ but his real break came with him being cast as the outrageous ‘Herb Tarlek’ in the 1978 TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati.’ He has numerous acting and directorial projects to his credit, including ‘Sidekicks,’ ‘Head of the Class,’ ‘Just the Ten of Us,’ and ‘City Guys.’ However, his portrayal of ‘Herb’ would remain his best-loved and best-known role for decades. Such was its popularity that it even inspired a song and music video by the Canadian band ‘Rheostatics.’