From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Steven Kampmann born May 31 1947 is an American actor writer and director He was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania He is best known for his role as Kirk Devane on the first two seasons of Newhart Kampmann also had roles in The Rodney Dangerfield Show Its Not Easy Bein Me LA Law The Richest Cat in the World Multiplicity and Analyze That Additionally he was a writer for WKRP in Cincinnati In 1981 he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for his work on WKRP in Cincinnati His screenplay credits include Back to School The Couch Trip and Stealing Home In 2008 Kampmann wrote and directed Buzzkill a film about a struggling writer who becomes famous when a serial killer steals his car and the newest draft of his script Kampmann is married to actress Judith Kahan and has four children He is also the uncle of Katie Kampmann Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Kampmann licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia