Ben Bard

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Ben Bard January 26 1893 Milwaukee May 17 1974 Los Angeles was a movie actor stage actor and acting teacher With comedian Jack Pearl Bard worked in a comedy duo in vaudeville In 1926 Bard Pearl and Sascha Beaumont appeared in a short film made in Lee DeForests Phonofilm soundonfilm process Bard had a small roll in Roland Wests classic mystery The Bat Whispers 1930 Later in the decade he ran a leading Hollywood acting school Ben Bard Drama He married the serial film star Ruth Roland in 1929 and was married to Roland until her death in 1937 Bard was recruited to be a leading man at Fox Film Corporation However he was typecast as a Suave Heavya smoothtalking welldressed 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 Lewtonproduced horror films The Leopard Man as Robles the Police Chief and The Ghost Ship as First Officer Bowns In 1939 he married Roma Clarisse an actress and last recipient of the Ruth Roland Scholarship to Ben Bard Drama They had 3 children before she died in 1947 In 1948 Bard married Jackie Lynn Taylor an actress in the Our Gang series They divorced in 1954 During the 1950s Bard was the head of the New Talent Department at Twentieth Century Fox He reopened his school Ben Bard Drama in 1960 Bard died in Los Angeles in 1974 His resting place is with Ruth Roland at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale He is survived by his son Bryan Barak Bard who is a video documentary artist living in Israel He is also survived by his other son Bartley Bard who is a professional director and screenwriter Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Bard licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia