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