Joseph Bernard
Born(1923-12-12)December 12, 1923
DiedApril 3, 2006(2006-04-03) (aged 82)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, director, acting teacher
Years active1951–1995
SpouseBina Bernard (1952–2001; her death)
Children2
RelativesMolly Bernard (granddaughter)

Joseph Bernard (December 12, 1923 – April 3, 2006) was an American actor and acting teacher who appeared in 25 Broadway plays and several movies and TV appearances in the 1950s through 1970s.

Bernard was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at New York's New School for Social Research with acting teacher Stella Adler. One of his New School classmates was Marlon Brando.[1]

Bernard was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the D-Day invasion of France. After the war, he appeared in the play Winter Soldiers and then Skipper Next to God, directed by Lee Strasberg and starring John Garfield, with whom he became friends. Garfield was Bernard's best man at his marriage to his wife, Bina, whom he wed in 1952. Bina died in 2001.[1]

Bernard appeared in Murder, Inc., the Stanley Kramer film Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), in which he played an assistant to the American prosecutor, played by Richard Widmark, and a number of other films that included Ice Station Zebra. His television roles included appearances on Star Trek, The Twilight Zone (in the 1961 episode The Shelter), and Mission: Impossible.[1]

In 1968, he became an executive director and teacher at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in Hollywood. He moved to Las Vegas in 1979 and established the Joseph Bernard Acting Studio.[1]

In addition to directing episodes of The Flying Nun TV series, Joseph wrote both stage plays and screenplays. His original theater production Take Off Your Clothes, I'll Make You A Star, based on his experiences as an acting teacher, had runs in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Bernard and his son, writer/producer Sam Bernard, collaborated on the screenplay for the feature film Payback (1995) for Trimark Pictures.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1960Murder, Inc.Mendy Weiss
1961Judgment at NurembergMaj. Abe Radnitz
1968Don't Just Stand TherePolice Inspector
1968Ice Station ZebraDr. Jack Benning
1970R. P. M.4th Professor at dining tableUncredited
1971The SteagleMax Levine
1971Brute CorpsSheriff Alvarez
1972Stand Up and Be CountedExecutiveUncredited
1973The BabyMr. Foley
1973The Laughing PolicemanAvakian's Brother
1974HangupProprietor
1983The Man Who Loved WomenDr. Simon Abrams
1985Fever PitchBernstein
1986HeatPit Boss
1992MikeyDr. Schaefer
1993Warlock: The ArmageddonSutherland

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 White, Ken (2006-04-06). "Actor, teacher Joseph Bernard dies at age 82". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2009-01-30.

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