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Herschel Bernardi

Acting
Known For

62 Years Old

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.

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 30th October 1923

Died

9th May 1986

All Credits

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