Henry Bergman

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Biography

American actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·assistant_director·miscellaneous
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 23 February 1868
  • Place of birth
  • San Francisco
  • Death date
  • 1946-10-22
  • Death age
  • 78
  • Place of death
  • Hollywood
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes

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TV

Books

Trivia

Screen actor, circus and opera perfomer, screenwriter, and assistant film director.

Entered films with Pathe-Lehrman, 1913.

In the late 1920s, Bergman operated Henrys Delicatessen, a restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. In business only for a few years, it was financed with help from his friend Charles Chaplin.

Comic actor from silents who later assisted Chaplin in directing some of the latters films.

Began as a member of "Gus Edwards Kids" troupe.

Was credited with introducing many Irving Berlin tunes, including "Alexanders Ragtime Band"; his picture appeared on the sheet music.

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