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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 30, 1923
Died
May 9, 1986
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Hershel Bernardi
Herschel Bernardi
0.3 Popularity
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. In the 1930s, Bernardi appeared in the Yiddish films of Edgar G. Ulmer and was later among those actors who made the transition from Yiddish-speaking roles in film to American films. Bernardi was also in several notable films, including Irma La Douce, Love with the Proper Stranger and the 1976 film The Front, a film about blacklisting in the entertainment industry. Bernardi was the victim of blacklisting during the 1950s, as were several other performers and the screenwriter and director on that film. Bernardi was a noted voiceover artist and narrator with hundreds of films, commercials and cartoons to his credit and was the original voice of StarKist Tuna animated character, "Charlie the Tuna". Herschel Bernardi also had two minor record hits, 1967's "If I Were A Rich Man", reflecting his success as Tevye, and 1971's "Pencil Marks On The Wall". Description above from the Wikipedia article Herschel Bernardi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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8.6
Goliath (voice)
David and Goliath
1986
5.0
Bogosian
I-Man
1986
5.0
Helmut Luger
Hail to the Chief
1985
7.5
Avery Mendelsohn
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
0.0
Almonds and Raisins
1984
0.0
Nick Ravenna
The Million Dollar Face
1981
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0.0
Meyer Bolinski
$weepstake$
1979
0.0
Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
Actor
1978
7.0
Philip Sussman
The Front
1976
Credits
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David and Goliath
as Goliath (voice)
1986
8.6
I-Man
as Bogosian
1986
5.0
Hail to the Chief
as Helmut Luger
1985
5.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Avery Mendelsohn
1984
7.5
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Almonds and Raisins
1984
0.0
The Million Dollar Face
as Nick Ravenna
1981
0.0
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$weepstake$
as Meyer Bolinski
1979
0.0
Actor
as Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
1978
0.0
The Front
as Philip Sussman
1976
7.0
Good Heavens
1976
5.5
No Deposit, No Return
as Sgt. Max Turner
1976
6.2
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
as Laban
1974
6.0
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
0.0
Journey Back to Oz
as Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
1972
5.2
Sand Castles
as Alexis
1972
4.0
No Place to Run
as Hyam Malsh
1972
6.0
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The Big Freeze
1971
0.0
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Walter Benjamin
1970
0.0
Arnie
1970
3.0
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A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
as Narrator
1970
0.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
A Hatful of Rain
as John Pope, Sr.
1968
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Guest Performer (uncredited)
1968
6.6
The Honey Pot
as Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
1967
6.4
Honey West
1965
7.0
The Man from Button Willow
as The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
1965
4.4
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A Look Back at Crossbow
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
1965
0.0
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Profiles in Courage
as Gen. Daniel Sickles
1964
5.0
Send Me No Flowers
as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1964
6.8
The Hangman
as Narrator
1964
6.6
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Dominick Rossini
1963
6.8
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Joe Monti
1963
5.3
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as McCarthy
1963
5.7
Mr. Novak
as Mr. Otis
1963
6.5
Burke's Law
as Kid McCoy
1963
6.0
The Fugitive
as Captain Ames
1963
7.2
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Grindl
1963
5.5
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Vacation Playhouse
as Jerome P. Baggley
1963
7.0
Irma la Douce
as Inspector Lefevre
1963
7.4
The Great Rights
1963
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Sam Benedict
as Insp. Tony Delgano
1962
6.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The George Raft Story
as Sam
1961
3.3
Dr. Kildare
as Pico
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Nathan Agurski
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as Louis Strode
1961
4.7
A Cold Wind in August
as Juley Franz
1961
5.1
Route 66
1960
6.3
Route 66
as Gerald Ward
1960
6.3
The Flintstones
as Silky (uncredited) (voice)
1960
7.4
The Flintstones
as Doctor #1 (voice)
1960
7.4
The Flintstones
as Detective (voice)
1960
7.4
The Flintstones
as Agent (voice)
1960
7.4
Checkmate
as Ned Hazly
1960
4.1
The Savage Eye
as Kirk
1960
5.5
1001 Arabian Nights
as The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
1959
5.7
The Detectives
1959
6.1
The Untouchables
as Benno Fisk
1959
7.8
The Untouchables
as Julius Albert Vernon
1959
7.8
Murder by Contract
as George
1958
6.7
Kraft Music Hall
1958
4.7
Naked City
as Stanley Dorkner
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Gus Slate
1958
5.5
Peter Gunn
as Lieutenant Jacoby
1958
6.4
Stakeout on Dope Street
as Mr. Fennel
1958
6.4
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Joe Sale
1958
6.6
Harbor Command
1957
4.0
The Walter Winchell File
1957
5.0
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State Trooper
as Jake Carney
1956
5.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eddie
1951
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
as Muggsy - a Hobo
1951
7.4
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
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Flying South
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1947
0.0
The Singing Blacksmith
as Yankel, as a boy
1938
1.0
The Art of Being Nick
as Nick's Grandfather
N/A
4.0