Bernard Erhard (February 6, 1934 – November 1, 2000) was an American

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Career

Early in his career, Erhard worked as a music teacher at the

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(USL), and directed numerous theater productions there. As a stage actor, he performed in the original 1975 production of

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's '' American Buffalo'' in Chicago. In cinema, he appeared in '' Walking the Edge'' (1985) and '' Say Yes'' (1986), and played the lead villain, Munkar, in the

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classic

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'' (1983). He served as the referee on the medieval-themed television game show '' Knights and Warriors'', under the moniker LORD ("Lord Of the Rules and Discipline"). He also worked as a voice actor in many children's cartoons. Among his roles were Cy-Kill in '' Challenge of the GoBots'', King Morpheus in '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'', Cryotek in '' Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light'' and one of the wolves in ''

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''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Erhard, Bernard 1934 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American educators American male voice actors University of Louisiana at Lafayette faculty American music educators