Herschel Bernardi
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Bonanza
Clarence Bolling
1959
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Avery Mendelsohn
1984
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Muggsy
1951
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
McCarthy
1963
Series
The Flintstones
Silky (uncredited) (voice)
1960
Series
The Flintstones
Doctor #1 (voice)
1960
Series
The Flintstones
Detective (voice)
1960
Series
The Flintstones
Agent (voice)
1960
Series
The Fugitive
Captain Ames
1963
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
Dr. Kildare
Pico
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Nathan Agurski
1961
Series
Peter Gunn
Lieutenant Jacoby
1958
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Highway to Heaven
1984
Series
The Untouchables
Benno Fisk
1959
Series
The Untouchables
Julius Albert Vernon
1959
Series
Burke's Law
Kid McCoy
1963
Series
Naked City
Stanley Dorkner
1958
Series
Naked City
Gus Slate
1958
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
Route 66
Gerald Ward
1960
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Joe Monti
1963
Series
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Series
Honey West
1965
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
The Detectives
1959
Series
Studio 57
1954
State Trooper
Jake Carney
1956
Series
Mr. Novak
Mr. Otis
1963
Series
Checkmate
Ned Hazly
1960
Series
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Joe Sale
1958
Series
Sam Benedict
Insp. Tony Delgano
1962
Vacation Playhouse
Jerome P. Baggley
1963
Series
Cain's Hundred
Louis Strode
1961
Series
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Profiles in Courage
Gen. Daniel Sickles
1964
Film
Irma la Douce
Inspector Lefevre
1963
$weepstake$
Meyer Bolinski
1979
Grindl
1963
Series
Harbor Command
1957
Series
Good Heavens
1976
Series
Arnie
1970
Series
Hail to the Chief
Helmut Luger
1985
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Eddie
1951
Film
Send Me No Flowers
TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1964
Film
The Front
Philip Sussman
1976
Film
Hangman
Narrator
1964
Film
No Deposit, No Return
Sgt. Max Turner
1976
Film
Sandcastles
Alexis
1972
Film
Love with the Proper Stranger
Dominick Rossini
1963
Film
Murder by Contract
George
1958
Film
Journey Back to Oz
Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
1972
Film
The Honey Pot
Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
1967
Film
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Series
The Art of Being Nick
Nick's Grandfather
Film
The Million Dollar Face
Nick Ravenna
1981
Film
Actor
Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
1978
Film
The George Raft Story
Sam
1961
Film
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Laban
1974
Film
1001 Arabian Nights
The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
1959
Film
I-Man
Bogosian
1986
Film
A Hatful of Rain
John Pope, Sr.
1968
Film
The Man from Button Willow
The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
1965
Film
No Place to Run
Hyam Malsh
1972
Film
A Cold Wind in August
Juley Franz
1961
Film
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Walter Benjamin
1970
Film
The Savage Eye
Kirk
1960
Film
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1974
Film
The Singing Blacksmith
Yankel, as a boy
1938
Film
Almonds and Raisins
1984
Film
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Narrator (voice)
1965
Film
Stakeout on Dope Street
Mr. Fennel
1958
David and Goliath
Goliath (voice)
1986
Film
The Odds Against
Narrator
1966
Film
The Great Rights
1963
The Big Freeze
1971
Flying South
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Newman's Drugstore
1976
A Look Back at Crossbow
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
1965
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
Narrator
1970