Barney Bernard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBarney Bernard
American actor
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1878
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States
Date of Death: 21-Mar-1924
Profession: actor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Barney Bernard
- Barney Bernard (1877–1924) 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.
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