Herschel Bernardi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 30, 1923
- Died
- May 9, 1986 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
The Art of Being Nick
TV · as Nick's Grandfather · 3 eps
I-Man
Movie · as Bogosian
David and Goliath
Movie · as Goliath (voice)
Hail to the Chief
TV · as Helmut Luger · 7 eps
Almonds and Raisins
Movie
Highway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Avery Mendelsohn · 1 ep
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Movie · as Self
The Million Dollar Face
Movie · as Nick Ravenna
$weepstake$
TV · as Meyer Bolinski · 1 ep
Actor
Movie · as Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
The Front
Movie · as Philip Sussman
No Deposit, No Return
Movie · as Sgt. Max Turner
Newman's Drugstore
Movie
Good Heavens
TV · 1 ep
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Movie · as Laban
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Movie
Sandcastles
Movie · as Alexis
No Place to Run
Movie · as Hyam Malsh
Journey Back to Oz
Movie · as Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
The Big Freeze
Movie
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
Movie · as Narrator
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Movie · as Walter Benjamin
Arnie
TV · 48 eps
A Hatful of Rain
Movie · as John Pope, Sr.
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Honey Pot
Movie · as Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
The Odds Against
Movie · as Narrator
The Man from Button Willow
Movie · as The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
A Look Back at Crossbow
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Honey West
TV · 1 ep
Send Me No Flowers
Movie · as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Hangman
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Gen. Daniel Sickles · 1 ep
Irma la Douce
Movie · as Inspector Lefevre
Love with the Proper Stranger
Movie · as Dominick Rossini
The Great Rights
Movie
Burke's Law
TV · as Kid McCoy · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Joe Monti · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Captain Ames · 2 eps
Grindl
TV · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Mr. Otis · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Jerome P. Baggley · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as McCarthy · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sam Benedict
TV · as Insp. Tony Delgano · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The George Raft Story
Movie · as Sam
A Cold Wind in August
Movie · as Juley Franz
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Louis Strode · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Pico, Nathan Agurski · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Savage Eye
Movie · as Kirk
Route 66
TV · as Gerald Ward · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · as Ned Hazly · 1 ep
The Flintstones
TV · as Silky (uncredited) (voice), Doctor #1 (voice), Detective (voice), Agent (voice) · 1 ep
1001 Arabian Nights
Movie · as The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
The Detectives
TV · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Benno Fisk, Julius Albert Vernon · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Clarence Bolling · 1 ep
Murder by Contract
Movie · as George
Stakeout on Dope Street
Movie · as Mr. Fennel
Naked City
TV · as Stanley Dorkner, Gus Slate · 1 ep
Peter Gunn
TV · as Lieutenant Jacoby · 114 eps
Kraft Music Hall
TV · 1 ep
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
TV · as Joe Sale · 1 ep
The Walter Winchell File
TV · 1 ep
Harbor Command
TV · 1 ep
State Trooper
TV · as Jake Carney · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Matinee Theater
TV · 4 eps
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Eddie · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Muggsy · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Flying South
Movie · as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Singing Blacksmith
Movie · as Yankel, as a boy