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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 30, 1923
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Herschel Bernardi
Biography
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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".
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | I-Man | Bogosian |
| 1986 | David and Goliath | Goliath (voice) |
| 1985 | Almonds and Raisins | |
| 1981 | The Million Dollar Face | Nick Ravenna |
| 1978 | Actor | Nahum Favel Weissenfreund |
| 1976 | The Front | Philip Sussman |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Sgt. Max Turner |
| 1974 | The Story of Jacob and Joseph | Laban |
| 1974 | Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | |
| 1972 | Sand Castles | Alexis |
| 1972 | No Place to Run | Hyam Malsh |
| 1972 | Journey Back to Oz | Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice) |
| 1971 | The Big Freeze | |
| 1970 | A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American | Narrator |
| 1970 | But I Don't Want to Get Married! | Walter Benjamin |
| 1968 | A Hatful of Rain | John Pope, Sr. |
| 1967 | The Honey Pot | Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted) |
| 1965 | The Man from Button Willow | The Captain / Saloon Man#1 |
| 1965 | A Look Back at Crossbow | Narrator (uncredited) (voice) |
| 1964 | Send Me No Flowers | TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Hangman | Narrator |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Inspector Lefevre |
| 1963 | Love with the Proper Stranger | Dominick Rossini |
| 1963 | The Great Rights | |
| 1961 | The George Raft Story | Sam |
| 1961 | A Cold Wind in August | Juley Franz |
| 1960 | The Savage Eye | Kirk |
| 1959 | 1001 Arabian Nights | The Jinni of the Lamp (voice) |
| 1958 | Murder by Contract | George |
| 1958 | Stakeout on Dope Street | Mr. Fennel |
| 1947 | Flying South | Wolf (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Singing Blacksmith | Yankel, as a boy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hail to the Chief | Helmut Luger |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Avery Mendelsohn |
| 1979 | Sweepstakes | |
| 1976 | Good Heavens | |
| 1970 | Arnie | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1965 | Honey West | |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Gen. Daniel Sickles |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Kid McCoy |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Joe Monti |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Captain Ames |
| 1963 | Grindl | |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Mr. Otis |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Jerome P. Baggley |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | McCarthy |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Insp. Tony Delgano |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Louis Strode |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Pico |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Nathan Agurski |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Gerald Ward |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Ned Hazly |
| 1960 | The Flintstones | Silky (uncredited) (voice) |
| 1960 | The Flintstones | Doctor #1 (voice) |
| 1960 | The Flintstones | Detective (voice) |
| 1960 | The Flintstones | Agent (voice) |
| 1959 | The Detectives | |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Benno Fisk |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Julius Albert Vernon |
| 1958 | Naked City | Stanley Dorkner |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | Lieutenant Jacoby |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | |
| 1958 | Naked City | Gus Slate |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Joe Sale |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | |
| 1957 | Harbor Command | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Jake Carney |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Eddie |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Muggsy - a Hobo |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| The Art of Being Nick |