Herschel Bernardi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-10-30 (63 years old)

Deathday

1986-05-09

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Herschel Bernardi

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...

Acting

1976

The Front

as Philip Sussman

1963

Irma la Douce

as Inspector Lefevre

1986

I-Man

as Bogosian

1964

Send Me No Flowers

as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1959

1001 Arabian Nights

as The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)

1963

1958

1960

1965

The Man from Button Willow

as The Captain / Saloon Man#1

1972

Sand Castles

as Alexis

1972

No Place to Run

as Hyam Malsh

1964

The Hangman

as Narrator

1970

1978

Actor

as Nahum Favel Weissenfreund

1981

1986

David and Goliath

as Goliath (voice)

1961

A Cold Wind in August

as Juley Franz

1958

1938

The Singing Blacksmith

as Yankel, as a boy

1976

No Deposit, No Return

as Sgt. Max Turner

1968

A Hatful of Rain

as John Pope, Sr.

1972

Journey Back to Oz

as Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)

1965

A Look Back at Crossbow

as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

1967

The Honey Pot

as Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)

1947

Flying South

as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)

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