David Bauer (born Herman Bernard Waldman,Ragan, David (1992)
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'. Volume 37, Issue 7. March 2, 1939. p. 97. Retrieved November 16, 2023. March 6, 1917"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7SF-6R6 : Wed Nov 15 09:54:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Herman Bernard Waldman. – February 8 or 13, 1973) was an American film, television, and stage actor who, from November 1958 until his death, was based primarily in Britain.

Early life and career

Born in Chicago, Illinois to Leo Waldman and Ida Katz,"California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K4-XP6 : 9 March 2021), Herman B Waldman and Rose Cherub, 06 Jul 1946; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,601. Waldman attended Washington University in

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, Missouri, graduating in 1938. Aside from his

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, Waldman was awarded the school's $75 Dramatic Club Prize and, more important, a scholarship to the Berkshire Playhouse in

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, where he had a chance to meet, among others, Jane Wyatt, Edith Barrett and

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, and to perform alongside such actors as

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and Eugenie Leontovich. After serving in the army from 1943 to 1946, Waldman joined the

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in Los Angeles, appearing that year in the west coast premiere of Harry Brown's ''A Sound of Hunting'', wherein, according to ''Los Angeles Daily News'' critic David Hanna, Brown's sometimes "overdrawn" supporting characters managed to retain some "semblance of credulity ic thanks largely to the finesse of the men who play them. Michael Vincent and Herman Waldman carry the comedy burden with surety and excellent timing." Waldman's radio credits include ongoing roles in ''

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'' and ''

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'' and at least one appearance on the anthology series '' Favorite Story''. In the summer of 1948, by which time he had amassed more than 100 stage and radio credits (along with his first feature film), Waldman adopted the stage name David Wolfe, appearing in such films as '' The Undercover Man'', '' 5 Fingers'', '' Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie'', and ''

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''. Following his appearance before the

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, Wolfe was blacklisted; consequently, the professional alias underwent one last tweak, and, as of no later than the December 1956 New York Shakespeare Festival revival of ''

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'', Waldman was being billed as David Bauer. As David Bauer, he appeared in '' The Baron'', ''

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'' (where he provided opening narration for each episode), '' The Avengers'', '' Department S'', ''

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'', '' Jason King'', ''

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'', '' The Protectors'', ''

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'', '' The Saint'', '' Strange Report'', and '' Undermind''. He appeared in films such as '' Patton'', '' Inspector Clouseau'', '' Diamonds Are Forever'', '' You Only Live Twice'', and ''

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''.

Personal life and death

Bauer was married twice: to Rose Cherub from July 1946 until at least April 1950, and, from 1960 until his death, to British actress Stella Tanner, with whom he had one child, Santa Fe-based actress and disc jockey Alexa Bauer. David Bauer died of a heart attack at his home in London on either the 8th or 13 February 1973.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauer, David 1917 births 1973 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American expatriate male actors American expatriates in England Male Spaghetti Western actors Male actors from Chicago Washington University in St. Louis alumni 20th-century American male actors American emigrants to England

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Personal life and death

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