Herschel Bernardi
Acting
Born: October 30, 1923 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 9, 1986 (aged 62)
Highest Rated
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
The Flintstones
1960
Bonanza
1959
Irma la Douce
1963
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Front
1976
Send Me No Flowers
1964
The Untouchables
1959
Murder by Contract
1958
No Deposit, No Return
1976
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963
The Honey Pot
1967
Photos (2)
Movies (30)
Irma la Douce
Inspector Lefevre
Send Me No Flowers
TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Front
Philip Sussman
Love with the Proper Stranger
Dominick Rossini
Murder by Contract
George
The Honey Pot
Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
No Deposit, No Return
Sgt. Max Turner
Sandcastles
Alexis
Hangman
Narrator (voice)
Journey Back to Oz
Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
The Man from Button Willow
The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Laban
The Million Dollar Face
Nick Ravenna
The George Raft Story
Sam
The Singing Blacksmith
Yankel, as a boy
I-Man
Bogosian
No Place to Run
Hyam Malsh
Stakeout on Dope Street
Mr. Fennel
Actor
Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
1001 Arabian Nights
The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Walter Benjamin
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Narrator (voice)
The Savage Eye
Kirk
A Hatful of Rain
John Pope, Sr.
A Cold Wind in August
Juley Franz
Almonds and Raisins
1984
The Great Rights
1963
The Odds Against
Narrator
TV Shows (37)
Murder, She Wrote
Avery Mendelsohn · 1 eps
Bonanza
Clarence Bolling · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Captain Ames · 2 eps
The Flintstones
Silky (uncredited) (voice) · 1 eps
The Flintstones
Doctor #1 (voice) · 1 eps
The Flintstones
Detective (voice) · 1 eps
The Flintstones
Agent (voice) · 1 eps
Peter Gunn
Lieutenant Jacoby · 114 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Muggsy · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Pico · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Nathan Agurski · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Benno Fisk · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Julius Albert Vernon · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
4 eps
Highway to Heaven
1 eps
Route 66
1 eps
Route 66
Gerald Ward · 1 eps
Naked City
Stanley Dorkner · 1 eps
Naked City
Gus Slate · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Kid McCoy · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Joe Monti · 1 eps
Honey West
1 eps
The Detectives
1 eps
Kraft Music Hall
1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
Checkmate
Ned Hazly · 1 eps
Mr. Novak
Mr. Otis · 1 eps
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Joe Sale · 1 eps
Sam Benedict
Insp. Tony Delgano · 1 eps
The Walter Winchell File
1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Louis Strode · 1 eps
Harbor Command
1 eps
Grindl
1 eps
Good Heavens
1 eps
Arnie
48 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Eddie · 1 eps
Hail to the Chief
Helmut Luger · 7 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 3 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
