fiction.wikisort.org - Actor

Joseph E. Bernard (June 1, 1880 – October 18, 1958), also billed as Joe Bernard and Joseph Bernard, was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s.

Joseph E. Bernard
Bernard in the 1934 film, Murder in the Clouds
Born	(1880-06-01)June 1, 1880 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	October 18, 1958(1958-10-18) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–51

Biography

Bernard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to James Alfred Bernard and Katherine Bernard (née Tuite). He had a younger brother, Alfred Aloysius Bernard.^{[citation needed]} Bernard made his film debut in a featured role in the 1929 film short, Meet the Wife^{[citation needed]} During his twenty-year career, Bernard appeared in over 120 films. His roles consisted mainly of unnamed, un-credited roles, although he would occasionally be given a slightly larger role, such as the part of Lavery in Moonlight in Vermont.[1] One of his largest roles was his last, as Gibby in the classic romantic comedy Pat and Mike (1952), starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.[2] He had also worked with Spencer and Hepburn three years earlier, playing Spencer's father, Mr. Bonner, in another classic romantic comedy, Adam's Rib (1949).[3] Bernard died on October 18, 1958, in Los Angeles County, California.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Joseph E. Bernard at IMDb

---