Harry Bernard (January 13, 1878 – November 4, 1940) was an American actor and comedian. He is best remembered for his appearance in numerous comedy films by

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and

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as a policeman. He played with

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(25 films),

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, who also pr ...

(nine films) and

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(33 films). The character actor also worked as a theatre and vaudeville actor. Bernard was born in

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, and died of a heart attack in

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in 1940. He was married to Jere Gerard Bernard (1886-1970); they had one daughter named Patricia.

Selected filmography

*''Bluff'' (1916) *''

Two Tars ''Two Tars'' is a silent short subject directed by James Parrott starring comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 3, 1928. Plot During a shore leave, two sailors opt to rent an automobile, with Laurel ...

'' (1928, Short) - Truck Driver *''

Liberty Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. The concept of liberty can vary depending on perspective and context. In the Constitutional ...

'' (1929, Short) - Worker at Sea Food Dealer *''

Wrong Again ''Wrong Again'' is a 1929 synchronized sound film, sound short film, short subject film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Laurel and Hardy. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized orchestral musical score ...

'' (1929, Short) - Policeman *'' Night Owls'' (1930, Short) - Policeman (uncredited) *''

They Learned About Women ''They Learned About Women'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code sports drama musical film directed by Jack Conway and Sam Wood, and starring Van and Schenck in their final film appearance together. Although predominantly a black and white film, the "H ...

'' (1930) - Baseball Spectator (uncredited) *''

The Rogue Song ''The Rogue Song'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic and musical film that tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. The Metro-Goldwyn-May ...

'' (1930) - Guard *''

Let's Go Native ''Let's Go Native'' is a 1930 American pre-Code black-and-white musical comedy film, directed by Leo McCarey and released by ''Paramount Pictures''. The well-received picture anticipated McCarey’s success in future comedies, among these '' P ...

'' (1930) - Mover (uncredited) *''Noche de duendes'' (1930) - Un pasajero (uncredited) *'' Another Fine Mess'' (1930, Short) - Policeman (uncredited) *'' Laughing Gravy'' (1930, Short) - Policeman (uncredited) *''

Pardon Us ''Pardon Us'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film. It was the team's first starring feature-length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931. Plot Du ...

'' (1931) - Desk Sergeant (uncredited) *''

Shiver My Timbers "Shiver me timbers" (or "shiver my timbers" in Standard English) is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates in works of fiction. It is employed as a literary device by authors to express shock, surp ...

'' (1931, Short) - Pirate *'' Any Old Port!'' (1932, Short) - Boxing Promoter (uncredited) *''

Birthday Blues ''Birthday Blues'' is a 1932 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 118th ''Our Gang'' short to be released. Plot When their pennypinching father refuses to buy a birthday gift for their long-suffering mother ...

'' (1932, Short) - Store proprietor * ''Cheating Blondes'' (1933) - Tenement Neighbor (uncredited) *''

The Devil's Brother ''The Devil's Brother'' (or ''Bogus Bandits'' as an Astor Pictures reissue title) or ''Fra Diavolo'' outside the U.S. is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on Daniel Auber's operetta ''Fra Diavo ...

'' (1933) - Bandit / Drunk (uncredited) *''

Sons of the Desert ''Sons of the Desert'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. Directed by William A. Seiter, it was released in the United States on December 29, 1933. In the United Kingdom, the film was originally released under ...

'' (1933) - Bartender / Cop (uncredited) *''

Six of a Kind ''Six of a Kind'' is an American 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. A critical and box office success, ''Six of a Kind'' features the fam ...

'' (1934) - Eyeshade Man (uncredited) *'' Our Daily Bread'' (1934) - Chief (uncredited) *''

Kentucky Kernels ''Kentucky Kernels'' is a 1934 American comedy directed by George Stevens and starring the comedy duo of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. The screenplay was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Fred Guiol, from a story by Kalmar and Ruby. ...

'' (1934) - Destitute Man (uncredited) *''

The Live Ghost ''The Live Ghost'' is a 1934 American comedy short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Charles Rogers, and produced by Hal Roach at his studios in Culver City, California. Copies of this short are preserved on 16mm and 35mm safety film, ...

'' (1934, Short) - Joe - Bartender (uncredited) *''

Ruggles of Red Gap ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles and ZaSu Pitts and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams. It was based on the best-selling 1915 nove ...

'' (1935) - Harry - Bartender #2 (uncredited) *''

Stolen Harmony ''Stolen Harmony'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Raft, Ben Bernie and Grace Bradley. It is a semi-musical, featuring Big Band numbers. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot ...

'' (1935) - Peanut Vendor (uncredited) *''

Hot Tip ''Hot Tip'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and James Gleason from a screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Olive Cooper, and Louis Stevens, based on William Slavens McNutt's short story, "Leander Clicks", which had been publish ...

'' (1935) - Miller - Barber (uncredited) *'' The Rainmakers'' (1935) - Fireman (uncredited) *'' The Milky Way'' (1936) - Cop (uncredited) *''

The Bohemian Girl ''The Bohemian Girl'' is an English language Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes' tale, ''La gitanilla''. The best-known aria from the piece is "I D ...

'' (1936) - Town Crier (uncredited) *''

Silly Billies ''Silly Billies'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol from a screenplay by Al Boasberg and Jack Townley, based on a story by Guiol and Thomas Lennon. The film was the twentieth feature for the comedy duo of Wheeler and Wools ...

'' (1936) - Prospector (uncredited) *''

Panic on the Air Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and frantic Psychomotor agitation, agitation consistent with a Fig ...

'' (1936) - Groundskeeper (uncredited) *'' Neighborhood House'' (1936) - Irate Moviegoer (uncredited) *''Parole!'' (1936) - Workman (uncredited) *''

Kelly the Second ''Kelly the Second'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Gus Meins and starring Patsy Kelly, Guinn Williams, and Charley Chase. This Hal Roach studio film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The title is a pun, "Second" refer ...

'' (1936) - Andrews Man (uncredited) *''

Blackmailer Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat. As a criminal offense, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a th ...

'' (1936) - Gateman (uncredited) *''

36 Hours to Kill ''36 Hours to Kill'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick and starring Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley, Isabel Jewell, Stepin Fetchit and Julius Tannen. It is based on the s ...

'' (1936) - Pullman Passenger (uncredited) *''

Swing Time In music, the term ''swing'' has two main uses. Colloquially, it is used to describe the propulsive quality or "feel" of a rhythm, especially when the music prompts a visceral response such as foot-tapping or head-nodding (see pulse). This sens ...

'' (1936) - Second Stagehand (uncredited) *''

Our Relations ''Our Relations'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Harry Lachman starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Stan Laurel for Hal Roach Studios. Plot Stan and Ollie are unexpectedly reunited with their long-lost twin brothers, Alf and Bert ...

'' (1936) - First Police Officer (uncredited) *''

Mr. Cinderella ''Mr. Cinderella'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Richard Flournoy and Arthur V. Jones. The film stars Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Robert McWade and Rosina Lawrence. It ...

'' (1936) - Old Ford Driver (uncredited) *'' Killer at Large'' (1936) - Sexton (uncredited) *''

General Spanky ''General Spanky'' is a 1936 American comedy film produced by Hal Roach. A spin-off of Roach's popular ''Our Gang'' short subjects, the film stars George McFarland, Phillips Holmes, Rosina Lawrence, Billie Thomas and Carl Switzer. Directed by ...

'' (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''

Let's Make a Million ''Let's Make a Million'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Manuel Seff and Robert Yost. The film stars Charlotte Wynters, Edward Everett Horton, Porter Hall, J. M. Kerrigan, Margaret Seddon and Margaret McWad ...

'' (1936) - Frisby *'' Counterfeit Lady'' (1936) - Harris (uncredited) *'' The Devil's Playground'' (1937) - Husband (uncredited) *'' Borderland'' (1937) - El Rio Bartender (uncredited) *''

Motor Madness ''Motor Madness'' was a motorsports based television show on The Nashville Network debuted in 1997. It was originally formatted as a live, three-hour show with a studio segment and coverage of a live event. Racing events included USA Motorsport ...

'' (1937) - Proprietor of Hot Dog Stand (uncredited) *'' Way Out West'' (1937) - Man Eating at Bar (uncredited) *''

I Promise to Pay ''I Promise to Pay'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Plot Eddie Lang, a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra in order to take his wife, Mary and two small children on a ...

'' (1937) - Henchman (uncredited) *'' The Frame-Up'' (1937) - Henchman (uncredited) *'' North of the Rio Grande'' (1937) - Bartender Harry (uncredited) *''

New Faces of 1937 ''New Faces of 1937'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Joe Penner, Milton Berle and Harriet Hilliard. Its plot is similar to '' The Producers'' (1968). Intended as the first film of an annual RKO Pictures r ...

'' (1937) - Bridge Guard (uncredited) *''

It Can't Last Forever ''It Can't Last Forever'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, and Robert Armstrong.Etling p.179 It is also the debut film for an unbilled 11-year-old Donald O'Connor, who wou ...

'' (1937) - Stock Swindle Victim (uncredited) *''

Carnival Queen Carnival Queen, or sometimes Carnaval Queen, is the name or title given to a woman or a girl who is chosen to perform official duties during the celebration of the Carnival, a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent wherein the mai ...

'' (1937) - Advertising Man (uncredited) *'' Life Begins with Love'' (1937) - Tramp (uncredited) *'' Roll Along, Cowboy'' (1937) - Ranch Foreman Shep *''

The Shadow The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibs ...

'' (1937) - Joey - Night Watchman *'' Goodbye Broadway'' (1938) - Asylum Guard (uncredited) *''

Juvenile Court Juvenile court, also known as young offender's court or children's court, is a tribunal having special authority to pass judgements for crimes committed by children who have not attained the age of majority. In most modern legal systems, chi ...

'' (1938) - Hick in Drugstore (uncredited) *''

Girls' School Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, same-sex education, same-gender education, and gender-isolated education, is the practice of conducting education with male and female students attending separate classes, perhaps in se ...

'' (1938) - Kelsey - Campus Guard (uncredited) *'' The Spider's Web'' (1938, Serial) - Watchman (uncredited) *'' The Lady Objects'' (1938) - Janitor (uncredited) *''

Trade Winds The trade winds or easterlies are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region. The trade winds blow mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere ...

'' (1938) - Sound Man (uncredited) *''

Homicide Bureau ''Homicide Bureau'' is a 1939 American action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth, and Marc Lawrence. Plot Cast *Bruce Cabot as Jim Logan *Rita Hayworth as J.G. Bliss *Marc Lawrence as Chuck Brown *Richard ...

'' (1939) - Joe (uncredited) *'' Let Us Live'' (1939) - Auto Show Watchman (uncredited) *''

Mandrake the Magician ''Mandrake the Magician'' is a Comic strip syndication, syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk before he created ''The Phantom''.Ron Goulart, ''The Encyclopedia of American Comics''. New York: Facts on File, 1990. . pp. 91, 249 ...

'' (1939, Serial) - Construction Camp Watchman (uncredited) *''

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew ''Five Little Peppers and How They Grew'' is a 1939 American black-and-white children's comedy drama film directed by Charles Barton, produced by Jack Fier and based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Sidney. Starring Edith Fellows, Charle ...

'' (1939) - Caretaker (uncredited) *''

Konga, the Wild Stallion ''Konga, the Wild Stallion'' is a 1939 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Fred Stone, Rochelle Hudson and Richard Fiske. Plot A battle has to be fought between rancher Yance Calhoun and farmer Jordan Hadle ...

'' (1939) - Jury Foreman (uncredited) *''

A Chump at Oxford ''A Chump at Oxford'' is a Hal Roach comedy film produced in 1939 and released in 1940 by United Artists. It was directed by Alfred J. Goulding and is the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Roach studio. The title echoes the film '' ...

'' (1939) - Policeman Shot by Vandervere (uncredited) *''

Saps at Sea ''Saps at Sea'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas, distributed by United Artists. It was Laurel and Hardy's last film produced by the Hal Roach Studios, as well as the last film to feature Ben Turpin and Harry Bernard. ...

'' (1940) - Harbor Patrol Captain (final film role)

References

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