Barney Bernard (1877â€"1924) was an American stage and screen actor.
Bernard always looked older than he was which allowed him to play
aging ethnic Jewish characters. He established an onstage partnership
with Alexander Carr and the two starred in the successful play Potash
and Perlmutter beginning in 1913. Prior to the 'Potash' success,
Bernard was in the first Ziegfeld Follie revue, Ziegfeld Follies of
1908 and had also appeared in a few stage musicals with Al Jolson, La
Belle Paree (1911) w/Kitty Gordon, Vera Violetta (1911) w/Gaby Deslys,
The Whirl of Society (1912) w/Jose Collins.Bernard died in March 1924
while preparing to costar with Carr in the sequel to their film
version of Potash and Perlmutter(1923)(which was filmed at Ft. Lee New
Jersey), to be called In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter. Actor
George Sidney was brought in to replace Bernard as Abe Potash. He was
no relation to actor Sam Bernard.
Bernard always looked older than he was which allowed him to play
aging ethnic Jewish characters. He established an onstage partnership
with Alexander Carr and the two starred in the successful play Potash
and Perlmutter beginning in 1913. Prior to the 'Potash' success,
Bernard was in the first Ziegfeld Follie revue, Ziegfeld Follies of
1908 and had also appeared in a few stage musicals with Al Jolson, La
Belle Paree (1911) w/Kitty Gordon, Vera Violetta (1911) w/Gaby Deslys,
The Whirl of Society (1912) w/Jose Collins.Bernard died in March 1924
while preparing to costar with Carr in the sequel to their film
version of Potash and Perlmutter(1923)(which was filmed at Ft. Lee New
Jersey), to be called In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter. Actor
George Sidney was brought in to replace Bernard as Abe Potash. He was
no relation to actor Sam Bernard.
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