Ben Bard (January 26, 1893 – May 17, 1974) was an American movie actor, stage actor, and acting teacher. With comedian Jack Pearl, Bard worked in a comedy duo in vaudeville.[1]
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Born | Benjamin Greenberg (1893-01-26)January 26, 1893 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | May 17, 1974(1974-05-17) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Great Mausoleum Azalea Terrace Ruth Roland's family crypt |
Occupation | Film, stage actor |
Spouse(s) | Ruth Roland
(m. 1929; her death. 1937)Roma Clarisse
(m. 1939; died 1947)Jackie Lynn Taylor
(m. 1948; div. 1954) |
In 1926, Bard, Pearl, and Sascha Beaumont appeared in a short film made in Lee DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. He had a small role in The Bat Whispers (1930). Later in the decade, he ran a leading Hollywood acting school, Ben Bard Drama.
Bard was recruited to be a leading man at Fox Film Corporation. However, he was typecast as a "Suave Heavy"—a smooth-talking, well-dressed fellow with a dark side. An example of this type is his portrayal of "Mr. Brun" in The Seventh Victim (1943). Also in 1943, Bard appeared in two other Val Lewton-produced horror films: The Leopard Man, as Robles, the Police Chief, and The Ghost Ship, as First Officer Bowns.
Bard became the head of the New Talent Department at Twentieth-Century-Fox in September 1956,[2] eventually resigning in August 1959. He re-opened his school, Ben Bard Drama, in 1960.
Bard died in Los Angeles in 1974, aged 81. His resting place is with Ruth Roland in an unmarked grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[3] He is survived by his two sons, Bryan Barak Bard, a video documentary artist, and Bartley Bard, a professional director and screenwriter. [citation needed]
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