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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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Filmography (Movies)
David and Goliath
Character:Goliath (voice)
Release Date:25/04/1986
I-Man
Character:Bogosian
Release Date:06/04/1986
Almonds and Raisins
Character:
Release Date:31/08/1984
The Million Dollar Face
Character:Nick Ravenna
Release Date:12/03/1981
Actor
Character:Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
Release Date:21/02/1978
The Front
Character:Philip Sussman
Release Date:17/09/1976
No Deposit, No Return
Character:Sgt. Max Turner
Release Date:05/02/1976
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Character:Laban
Release Date:07/04/1974
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Character:
Release Date:28/01/1974
Journey Back to Oz
Character:Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
Release Date:14/12/1972
Sand Castles
Character:Alexis
Release Date:17/10/1972
No Place to Run
Character:Hyam Malsh
Release Date:19/09/1972
The Big Freeze
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1971
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Character:Walter Benjamin
Release Date:06/10/1970
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1970
A Hatful of Rain
Character:John Pope, Sr.
Release Date:03/03/1968
The Honey Pot
Character:Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
Release Date:21/05/1967
The Odds Against
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/10/1966
The Man from Button Willow
Character:The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
Release Date:03/04/1965
A Look Back at Crossbow
Character:Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1965
Send Me No Flowers
Character:TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:14/10/1964
The Hangman
Character:Narrator
Release Date:22/07/1964
Love with the Proper Stranger
Character:Dominick Rossini
Release Date:25/12/1963
Irma la Douce
Character:Inspector Lefevre
Release Date:05/06/1963
The Great Rights
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1963
The George Raft Story
Character:Sam
Release Date:22/11/1961
A Cold Wind in August
Character:Juley Franz
Release Date:26/07/1961
The Savage Eye
Character:Kirk
Release Date:06/06/1960
1001 Arabian Nights
Character:The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
Release Date:01/12/1959
Murder by Contract
Character:George
Release Date:18/12/1958
Stakeout on Dope Street
Character:Mr. Fennel
Release Date:03/05/1958
Flying South
Character:Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/08/1947
The Singing Blacksmith
Character:Yankel, as a boy
Release Date:01/11/1938
Television Appearances
Hail to the Chief
Character:Helmut Luger
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Avery Mendelsohn
Highway to Heaven
Character:
$weepstake$
Character:Meyer Bolinski
Good Heavens
Character:
Arnie
Character:
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
Honey West
Character:
Profiles in Courage
Character:Gen. Daniel Sickles
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character:Joe Monti
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:McCarthy
Mr. Novak
Character:Mr. Otis
Burke's Law
Character:Kid McCoy
The Fugitive
Character:Captain Ames
Grindl
Character:
Vacation Playhouse
Character:Jerome P. Baggley
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Sam Benedict
Character:Insp. Tony Delgano
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Dr. Kildare
Character:Pico
Dr. Kildare
Character:Nathan Agurski
Cain's Hundred
Character:Louis Strode
Route 66
Character:
Route 66
Character:Gerald Ward
The Flintstones
Character:Silky (uncredited) (voice)
The Flintstones
Character:Doctor #1 (voice)
The Flintstones
Character:Detective (voice)
The Flintstones
Character:Agent (voice)
Checkmate
Character:Ned Hazly
The Detectives
Character:
The Untouchables
Character:Benno Fisk
The Untouchables
Character:Julius Albert Vernon
Kraft Music Hall
Character:
Naked City
Character:Stanley Dorkner
Naked City
Character:Gus Slate
Peter Gunn
Character:Lieutenant Jacoby
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Character:Joe Sale
Harbor Command
Character:
The Walter Winchell File
Character:
State Trooper
Character:Jake Carney
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Matinee Theater
Character:
Studio 57
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Eddie
The Red Skelton Show
Character:Muggsy - a Hobo
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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