Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born October 30, 1923
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.
David and Goliath
1986
as Goliath (voice)
MovieI-Man
1986
as Bogosian
TVHail to the Chief
1985
as Helmut Luger
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Avery Mendelsohn
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
MovieAlmonds and Raisins
1984
MovieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
MovieThe Million Dollar Face
1981
as Nick Ravenna
$weepstake$
1979
as Meyer Bolinski
MovieActor
1978
as Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
MovieThe Front
1976
as Philip Sussman
Newman's Drugstore
1976
TVGood Heavens
1976
MovieNo Deposit, No Return
1976
as Sgt. Max Turner
MovieThe Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Laban
MovieJudgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
MovieJourney Back to Oz
1972
as Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
MovieSandcastles
1972
as Alexis
MovieNo Place to Run
1972
as Hyam Malsh
The Big Freeze
1971
MovieBut I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
as Walter Benjamin
TVArnie
1970
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
1970
as Narrator
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieA Hatful of Rain
1968
as John Pope, Sr.
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Honey Pot
1967
as Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
MovieThe Odds Against
1966
as Narrator
TVHoney West
1965
MovieThe Man from Button Willow
1965
as The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
MovieSean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
as Narrator (voice)
A Look Back at Crossbow
1965
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Gen. Daniel Sickles
MovieSend Me No Flowers
1964
as TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
MovieHangman
1964
as Narrator
MovieLove with the Proper Stranger
1963
as Dominick Rossini
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Joe Monti
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as McCarthy
TVMr. Novak
1963
as Mr. Otis
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Kid McCoy
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Captain Ames
Grindl
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Jerome P. Baggley
MovieIrma la Douce
1963
as Inspector Lefevre
MovieThe Great Rights
1963
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVSam Benedict
1962
as Insp. Tony Delgano
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe George Raft Story
1961
as Sam
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Pico
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Louis Strode
MovieA Cold Wind in August
1961
as Juley Franz
TVRoute 66
1960
TVThe Flintstones
1960
as Silky (uncredited) (voice)
TVCheckmate
1960
as Ned Hazly
MovieThe Savage Eye
1960
as Kirk
Movie1001 Arabian Nights
1959
as The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
TVThe Detectives
1959
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Benno Fisk
TVBonanza
1959
as Clarence Bolling
MovieMurder by Contract
1958
as George
TVKraft Music Hall
1958
TVNaked City
1958
as Stanley Dorkner
TVPeter Gunn
1958
as Lieutenant Jacoby
MovieStakeout on Dope Street
1958
as Mr. Fennel
TVMickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
as Joe Sale
TVHarbor Command
1957
TVThe Walter Winchell File
1957
State Trooper
1956
as Jake Carney
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVStudio 57
1954
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Eddie
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Muggsy
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Flying South
1947
as Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Singing Blacksmith
1938
as Yankel, as a boy
TVThe Art of Being Nick
as Nick's Grandfather
