Christopher Bernau (born Herbert Augustine Bernau, June 2, 1940 â€"
June 14, 1989) was an American actor.Bernau was born in Santa Barbara,
California to Herbert Bernau, a physiotherapist, and Emma Bernau (nee
Vercellino), a homemaker. Bernau showed a love for the theatre at an
early age, and was frequently cast in high school plays.Bernau trained
in the drama department at the University of California before getting
his big break, appearing in the New York Shakespeare Festival's
production of Antony and Cleopatra in 1962. He continued in that role
until 1964, when he toured nationally in the production of Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? These roles, in addition to performing at
Canada's Stratford Festival, led to an appearance in a brief story arc
on Dark Shadows in 1969 and 1970, where he portrayed Philip Todd.His
most famous role, however, was that of villain Alan Spaulding on the
soap opera Guiding Light, a role he played from 1977 to 1984 and again
from 1986 until 1988. He left the show due to illness shortly before
his death in 1989.
June 14, 1989) was an American actor.Bernau was born in Santa Barbara,
California to Herbert Bernau, a physiotherapist, and Emma Bernau (nee
Vercellino), a homemaker. Bernau showed a love for the theatre at an
early age, and was frequently cast in high school plays.Bernau trained
in the drama department at the University of California before getting
his big break, appearing in the New York Shakespeare Festival's
production of Antony and Cleopatra in 1962. He continued in that role
until 1964, when he toured nationally in the production of Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? These roles, in addition to performing at
Canada's Stratford Festival, led to an appearance in a brief story arc
on Dark Shadows in 1969 and 1970, where he portrayed Philip Todd.His
most famous role, however, was that of villain Alan Spaulding on the
soap opera Guiding Light, a role he played from 1977 to 1984 and again
from 1986 until 1988. He left the show due to illness shortly before
his death in 1989.
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