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Biography
Sam Bernard (5 June 1863 - 16 May 1927) was an English stage, film and vaudeville star. He also performed comic opera and burlesque.
Life and career
Bernard was born in Birmingham. At the beginning of his acting career in vaudeville, he went by his given name of "Samuel Barnet"; he changed his surname to "Bernard" as he considered it "more ethnic." He began to explore acting in motion pictures in 1915, after he was signed to the Triangle Film Corporation.
Bernard was one of the first stars to collaborate with Weber & Fields, and was also reported to have performed with the historic Lucier Comedy Company.
He died of apoplexy while aboard the SS Columbus after its departure from New York en route to Europe.
Acting credits
Selected plays:
- The Man in the Moon (1899)
- Hoity Toity (1901)
- The Girl from Kays (1904)
- The Rollicking Girl (1905)
- The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer (1906)
- Nearly a Hero (1908)
- The Girl and the Wizard (1909)
- He Came from Milwaukee (1910)
- All for the Ladies (1912)
- The Belle of Bond Street (1914)
- The Century Girl (1916)
- Friendly Enemies (1918)
- As You Were (1920)
- Music Box Revue (1923)
Some of the movies he was featured in include:
- A Janitor's Wife's Temptation (1915)
- Because He Loved Her (1915)
- Fatty And The Broadway Stars (1915)
- Poor Schmaltz (1915)
- The Great Pearl Tangle (1916)
- Call A Cop (1921)
Sam Bernard appeared here
in "The Girl and the Wizard" - 1909