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Herschel Bernardi
New York City, New York, USA
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 acto…
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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.
Filmography
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1986
David and Goliath
Movie Goliath (voice)
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1986
I-Man
Movie Bogosian
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1985
Hail to the Chief
TV show Helmut Luger
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Avery Mendelsohn
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1984
Highway to Heaven
TV show
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1984
Almonds and Raisins
Movie
- 1982
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1981
The Million Dollar Face
Movie Nick Ravenna
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1979
$weepstake$
TV show Meyer Bolinski
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1978
Actor
Movie Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
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1976
The Front
Movie Philip Sussman
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1976
Newman's Drugstore
Movie
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1976
Good Heavens
TV show
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1976
No Deposit, No Return
Movie Sgt. Max Turner
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1974
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Movie Laban
- 1974
More credits
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1972
Journey Back to Oz
Movie Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
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1972
Sandcastles
Movie Alexis
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1972
No Place to Run
Movie Hyam Malsh
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1971
The Big Freeze
Movie
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1970
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Movie Walter Benjamin
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1970
Arnie
TV show
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1970
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
Movie Narrator
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1968
A Hatful of Rain
Movie John Pope, Sr.
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self (uncredited)
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1967
The Honey Pot
Movie Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
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1966
The Odds Against
Movie Narrator
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1965
Honey West
TV show
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1965
The Man from Button Willow
Movie The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
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1965
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1965
A Look Back at Crossbow
Movie Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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1964
Profiles in Courage
TV show Gen. Daniel Sickles
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1964
Send Me No Flowers
Movie TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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1964
Hangman
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1963
Love with the Proper Stranger
Movie Dominick Rossini
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1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV show Joe Monti
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1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV show McCarthy
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1963
Mr. Novak
TV show Mr. Otis
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1963
Burke's Law
TV show Kid McCoy
