Bernard Adolph Reinold (1860 – March 19, 1940) was an American stage actor. He also used the stage name of Adolph Bernard. Reinhold was born in

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. He ran away to sea at age 15 to avoid having to follow his father (Bernard Henry Reinhold, head of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University) into the medical profession, spending four years on a whaling boat. He then became an actor, including supporting

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, and stints with

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's company and

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's company. He was also on the executive staff of producer

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. One of his last roles was in ''Quarantine'' (1924) with

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. He became superintendent of the Percy Williams Home for Retired Actors in 1926, where he died on March 19, 1940. He also fought in the

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and

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,(20 March 1940)
Major B.A. Reinold
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'' and was buried in

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.(21 March 1940
Maj. Reinold, Fought in 4 Wars, Headed Actors' Home on L.I.
''Brooklyn Daily Eagle''

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External links

Bernard A. Reinold papers, 1893-1924
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinold, Bernard Adolph 1860 births 1940 deaths 19th-century American male actors 20th-century American male actors Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Male actors from Manhattan