From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Herschel Bernardi 30 October 1923 New York City 9 May 1986 Los Angeles California was an American film Broadway and television actor He is best known for his starring roles on Broadway including Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye Zorba and Bajour but he also acted in many television shows including Harbor Command and The Eleventh Hour both with Wendell Corey as well as State Trooper Peter Gunn He was the lead in the CBS sitcom Arnie Bernardi wrote at least one script for Peter Gunn In Arnie he starred for two years as someone plucked from the loading dock of a flange company to become an executive Originally the character was to receive a 25000 annual salary which was very good in those days But national economic woes caused producers to substitute the figure of 20000 per year before airing Born into the Yiddish theatre Bernardi was appearing on the stages of 2nd Avenue with his acting family before he could talk In the 1930s Bernardi appeared in the Yiddish films of Edgar G Ulmer and was later among those actors who made the transition from Yiddishspeaking roles in film to American films Bernardi was also in several notable films including Irma La Douce Love with the Proper Stranger and the 1976 film The Front a film about blacklisting in the entertainment industry Bernardi was the victim of blacklisting during the 1950s as were several other performers and the screenwriter and director on that film Bernardi was a noted voiceover artist and narrator with hundreds of films commercials and cartoons to his credit and was the original voice of StarKist Tuna animated character Charlie the Tuna Herschel Bernardi also had two minor record hits 1967s If I Were A Rich Man reflecting his success as Tevye and 1971s Pencil Marks On The Wall Description above from the Wikipedia article Herschel Bernardi licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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