Sam Bernard

Sam Bernard

As Herman Schultz in "The Girl and the Wizard"
Photo Library of Congress
Born Sam Barnet
(1863-06-05)5 June 1863
Birmingham, England
Died 16 May 1927(1927-05-16) (aged 63)
Aboard ship on Atlantic Ocean
Years active 1900-1927
Spouse(s) Lizzie Reardon
Florence Deutsch

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.[1]

Acting credits

Selected plays:

Some of the movies he was featured in include:

Casino Theatre - 1900
Sam Bernard appeared here
in "The Girl and the Wizard" - 1909

References

  1. ↑ Sam Bernard Dies On Atlantic Liner The Gazette, Montreal, 19 May 1927 via Google News Archive. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  2. ↑ Cullen, Frank, et al. Vaudeville, Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in ..., Volume 1, p. 101 (2006)
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