Sam Bernard
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 As Herman Schultz in The Girl and the Wizard (1909) Photo Library of Congress | |
| Born | Samuel Barnett 5 June 1863 |
| Died | 16 May 1927 (aged 63) Aboard ship on Atlantic Ocean |
| Years active | Late 1870s–1927 |
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Sam Bernard (born Samuel Barnett, 5 June 1863 – 16 May 1927) was an English-born American vaudeville comedian who also performed in musical theatre, comic opera and burlesque and appeared in a few silent films.
Life and career
Bernard was born in
B. F. Keith's theatre company in Providence, Rhode Island. After a brief tour in England, he returned to the U.S., performed in the Night Owls comedy troupe, and then became the part-owner and leading comedy actor in the French Folly Company. He was friendly with Joe Weber and Lew Fields, and in 1890 agreed to manage their troupes, the Russell Brothers Comedians and then the Vaudeville Club touring company, in which Bernard also starred.[1][2]
In 1896, Bernard became the star performer in the newly formed
The Rollicking Girl (1905), The Rich Mr Hoggenheimer (1906), The Girl and the Wizard (1909), He Came From Milwaukee (1910); All for the Ladies (1912); The Belle of Bond Street (1914); and The Century Girl (1916).[1][2]
He began to explore acting in motion pictures in 1915, after he was signed to the
Fatty Arbuckle), Poor Schmaltz (1915), The Great Pearl Tangle (1916), and Because He Loved Her (1916).[3]
He returned to stage revues in Friendly Enemies (1918), As You Were (1920), and Irving Berlin's Music Box Revue (1921), and wrote and starred in Nifties of 1923.[1][2]
Sam Bernard died of apoplexy while aboard the SS Columbus after its departure from New York en route to Europe.[4]
Acting credits
Theatre
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Selected plays:
- The Man in the Moon (1899)
- The Belle of Bohemia (1900)
- 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)[1]
Films
Some of the movies in which he was featured 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)
References
- ^ a b c d Frank Cullen, Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America, Psychology Press, pp.100–101
- ^ ISBN 0-19-311323-6.
- ^ Sam Bernard, imdb.com. Retrieved 4 April 2017
- ^ Sam Bernard Dies On Atlantic Liner The Gazette, Montreal, 19 May 1927 via Google News Archive. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sam Bernard.
- Sam Bernard at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sam Bernard at IMDb
- Sam Bernard at Find a Grave
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