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Sam Bernard

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Actor 1863–1927 On stage 18991927

Sam Bernard (born Samuel Barnett, 5 June 1863 – 16 May 1927) was an English-born American vaudeville comedian who also performed in musical theatre, comic opera and burlesque and appeared in a few silent films.

On stage 19 productions, 28 years

1899 The Man in the Moon New York Theatre · Original · directed by Carl Marwig 192 perf.
1900 The Belle of Bohemia Casino Theatre · Original · directed by Sig. Aurelia Coccia 55 perf.
1900 The Casino Girl Casino Theatre · Original 105 perf.
1901 A Man From Mars Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 259 perf.
1902 The Silver Slipper Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by James Francis 168 perf.
1903 The Girl from Kay's Herald Square Theatre · Original 231 perf.
1905 The Rollicking Girl Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by Ben Teal 199 perf.
1906 The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer Wallacks Theatre · Original · directed by Ben Teal 187 perf.
1908 Nearly a Hero Casino Theatre · Original · directed by George Marion 116 perf.
1909 The Girl and the Wizard Casino Theatre · Original 104 perf.
1910 He Came from Milwaukee Casino Theatre · Original · directed by Sydney Ellison 117 perf.
1912 All for the Ladies Lyric Theatre · Original 112 perf.
1913 A Glimpse of the Great White Way / The Modiste Shop 44th Street Theatre · Original 12 perf.
1914 The Belle of Bond Street Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin T. Emery 48 perf.
1916 The Century Girl Century Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Errol, Edward Royce 200 perf.
1920 As You Were Central Theatre · Original 143 perf.
1921 Music Box Revue [1921] Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short 440 perf.
1921 Music Box Revue Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short 440 perf.
1927 Piggy Royale Theatre · Original · directed by John Boyle 79 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Ruby Reid 3 productions
Paul Frawley 3 productions
James A Furey 3 productions
Homer Potts 3 productions
Charles Burrows 3 productions
Zella Frank 2 productions
Wilda Bennett 2 productions
Virginia Earle 2 productions
Victor le Roy 2 productions
Vera Cameron 2 productions
Teddy Webb 2 productions
Teddie Ducoe 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 9 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • 74 . “The big punch of the Music Box had been class—and class… was the slogan for 1922.” Variety 68, no. 10, Oct. 27, 1922, 16. The comedian Sam Bernard claimed the theater itself “stinks from class” (Gussow, “The Music Box Takes a Bow at 50,” New York Times , Sept. 23, 1971. Robert Baral described the Music Box revues’ distinctive style…ebooks/Magee, Jeffrey/Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater (Broadway Legacies) - Jeffrey Magee.txt
  • Man In The Moon” with Sam Bernard and Marie Dressler, “Miss Hobbs” starring Annie Russell, and “The Tyranny of Tears” with John Drew and Isabel Irving, “Beckytheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Frank Daniels in “Sergeant Brue” with Blanche Ring and Sallie Fisher; Sam Bernard in “That Rollicking Girl” with Hattie Williams, Edna Goodrich and Eugene O’Brien; Raymond Hitchcock in “Easy Dawson” with Flora Zabelle and John Bunny whotheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • ELIZABETH BRICE, FRANKLYN ROBERTS, NEVA AYMAR, ETHEL LEVEY, SAM BERNARD, BURRELL BARBARETTI, DAISY GREENE, SAMUEL EDWARDS, ZELDA SEARS in “NEARLY A HERO”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • with Louise Dresser, Maurice, Florence Walton and Irene Bordoni in her first Broadway appearance; Emma Trentini in “The Firefly;” and Sam Bernard with Adele Ritchie in “All For The Ladies.”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Willie and Eugene Howard, George Monroe, Tom Lewis and Marilyn Miller were in “The Show of Wonders,” and “The Cen: tury Girl” featured Elsie Janis, Sam Bernard, Hazel Dawn, Leor Errol, Frank Tinney and Van and Schenck. VALLI VALLI, FREDERIC SANTLEY, JAMES C. MARLOWE, RICHARD CARLE, LITTLE BILLY, JOHN HENDRICKS, HARRY DELF, CHARLES WINNING…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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