Herschel Bernardi
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1923-10-30
- Died
- 1986-05-09
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Hershel Bernardi
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herschel Bernardi (30 October 1923, New York City – 9 May 1986, Los Angeles, California) was an American film, Broadway, and television actor.
He is best known for his starring roles on Broadway including Fiddler on the Roof (as Tevye), Zorba, and Bajour, but he also acted in many television shows, including Harbor Command and The Eleventh Hour (both with Wendell Corey), as well as State Trooper, Peter Gunn. He was the lead in the CBS sitcom Arnie.
Bernardi wrote at least one script for Peter Gunn. In Arnie, he starred for two years as someone plucked from the loading dock of a flange company to become an executive. Originally, the character was to receive a $25,000 annual salary, which was very good in those days. But, national economic woes caused producers to substitute the figure of $20,000 per year before airing.
Born into the Yiddish theatre, Bernardi was appearing on the stages of 2nd Avenue with his acting family before he could talk.
Known For
TV Shows (43)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Avery Mendelsohn
Bonanza
1959
as Clarence Bolling
The Fugitive
1963
as Captain Ames
The Flintstones
1960
as Silky (uncredited) (voice) / Doctor #1 (voice) / Detective (voice) / Agent (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Pico / Nathan Agurski
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as McCarthy
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Untouchables
1959
as Benno Fisk / Julius Albert Vernon
Naked City
1958
as Stanley Dorkner / Gus Slate
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Muggsy - a Hobo
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Matinee Theater
1955
Burke's Law
1963
as Kid McCoy
Highway to Heaven
1984
Route 66
1960
as Gerald Ward
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Peter Gunn
1958
as Lieutenant Jacoby
The Detectives
1959
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Joe Monti
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Checkmate
1960
as Ned Hazly
Studio 57
1954
State Trooper
1956
as Jake Carney
Mr. Novak
1963
as Mr. Otis
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Louis Strode
Honey West
1965
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
as Joe Sale
Sam Benedict
1962
as Insp. Tony Delgano
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Jerome P. Baggley
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Gen. Daniel Sickles
Harbor Command
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Good Heavens
1976
$weepstake$
1979
as Meyer Bolinski
Arnie
1970
Grindl
1963
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Eddie
Hail to the Chief
1985
as Helmut Luger
The Art of Being Nick
as Nick's Grandfather
Movies (35)
The Front
1976
as Philip Sussman
Irma la Douce
1963
as Inspector Lefevre
Send Me No Flowers
1964
as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Murder by Contract
1958
as George
Actor
1978
as Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
No Place to Run
1972
as Hyam Malsh
I-Man
1986
as Bogosian
The Honey Pot
1967
as Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
Sand Castles
1972
as Alexis
Journey Back to Oz
1972
as Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Nick Ravenna
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963
as Dominick Rossini
No Deposit, No Return
1976
as Sgt. Max Turner
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Laban
The Savage Eye
1960
as Kirk
The George Raft Story
1961
as Sam
David and Goliath
1986
as Goliath (voice)
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
as Walter Benjamin
A Cold Wind in August
1961
as Juley Franz
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
as The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
The Man from Button Willow
1965
as The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
A Hatful of Rain
1968
as John Pope, Sr.
Stakeout on Dope Street
1958
as Mr. Fennel
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
The Great Rights
1963
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
A Look Back at Crossbow
1965
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Flying South
1947
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Hangman
1964
as Narrator
The Odds Against
1966
as Narrator
The Singing Blacksmith
1938
as Yankel, as a boy
The Big Freeze
1971
Almonds and Raisins
1984
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
as Narrator (voice)
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
1970
as Narrator
About Herschel Bernardi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herschel Bernardi (30 October 1923, New York City – 9 May 1986, Los Angeles, California) was an American film, Broadway, and television actor. He is best known for his starring roles on Broadway including Fiddler on the Roof (as Tevye), Zorba, and Bajour, but he also acted in many television shows, including Harbor Command and The Eleventh Hour (both with Wendell Corey), as well as State Trooper, Peter Gunn. He was the lead in the CBS sitcom Arnie. Bernardi wrote at least one script for Peter Gunn. In Arni… With 78 credits spanning from 1938 to 1986, Herschel Bernardi has appeared in 35 films and 43 TV shows.
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- The Front (1976) — as Philip Sussman
- Irma la Douce (1963) — as Inspector Lefevre
- Send Me No Flowers (1964) — as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Murder by Contract (1958) — as George
- Actor (1978) — as Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
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