Herschel Bernardi
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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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Fotos
Filmes (36)
David and Goliath
1986 · Goliath (voice)
I-Man
1986 · Bogosian
Almonds and Raisins
1984
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982 · Self
The Million Dollar Face
1981 · Nick Ravenna
Actor
1978 · Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
The Front
1976 · Philip Sussman
Newman's Drugstore
1976
No Deposit, No Return
1976 · Sgt. Max Turner
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974 · Laban
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
Journey Back to Oz
1972 · Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
Sandcastles
1972 · Alexis
No Place to Run
1972 · Hyam Malsh
The Big Freeze
1971
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970 · Walter Benjamin
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
1970 · Narrator
A Hatful of Rain
1968 · John Pope, Sr.
The Honey Pot
1967 · Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
The Odds Against
1966 · Narrator
The Man from Button Willow
1965 · The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965 · Narrator (voice)
A Look Back at Crossbow
1965 · Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Send Me No Flowers
1964 · TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Hangman
1964 · Narrator (voice)
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963 · Dominick Rossini
Irma la Douce
1963 · Inspector Lefevre
The Great Rights
1963
The George Raft Story
1961 · Sam
A Cold Wind in August
1961 · Juley Franz
The Savage Eye
1960 · Kirk
1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
Murder by Contract
1958 · George
Stakeout on Dope Street
1958 · Mr. Fennel
Flying South
1947 · Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Singing Blacksmith
1938 · Yankel, as a boy
Séries (43)
Hail to the Chief
1985 · Helmut Luger
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Avery Mendelsohn
Highway to Heaven
1984
$weepstake$
1979 · Meyer Bolinski
Good Heavens
1976
Arnie
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
Honey West
1965
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Gen. Daniel Sickles
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Joe Monti
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · McCarthy
Mr. Novak
1963 · Mr. Otis
Burke's Law
1963 · Kid McCoy
The Fugitive
1963 · Captain Ames
Grindl
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Jerome P. Baggley
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Sam Benedict
1962 · Insp. Tony Delgano
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Pico, Nathan Agurski
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Louis Strode
Route 66
1960 · Gerald Ward
The Flintstones
1960 · Silky (uncredited) (voice), Doctor #1 (voice), Detective (voice), Agent (voice)
Checkmate
1960 · Ned Hazly
The Detectives
1959
The Untouchables
1959 · Benno Fisk, Julius Albert Vernon
Bonanza
1959 · Clarence Bolling
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Naked City
1958 · Stanley Dorkner, Gus Slate
Peter Gunn
1958 · Lieutenant Jacoby
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958 · Joe Sale
Harbor Command
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
State Trooper
1956 · Jake Carney
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
Matinee Theater
1955
Studio 57
1954
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Eddie
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Muggsy
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
The Art of Being Nick
· Nick's Grandfather