Occupation Actor Children Julian Spear Role Actor | Name Bernard Spear Years active 1956-2003 | |
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Spouse Mary Newton (m. 1949–2003) Grandchildren Talitha Spear, Taran Spear Movies and TV shows Similar People Ken Hughes, Kenneth Waller, Peter Arne, Carol Royle, Stanley Donen | ||
Bernard Spear #Jewish #Comedian #Good Old Days 2 January 1980
Bernard Spear (11 September 1919 – 9 May 2003) was an English actor.
Contents
- Bernard Spear Jewish Comedian Good Old Days 2 January 1980
- 3 2 1 Roaring Twenties 1983
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
He was born to a Polish father and Russian mother, and served with the Royal Artillery in Gibraltar during World War II.
3-2-1 - 'Roaring Twenties' (1983)
Career
Spear starred in the BAFTA TV Award-winning television play Bar Mitzvah Boy, and also played the dual roles of Cervantes's manservant and Sancho Panza in the 1968 London stage version of Man of La Mancha. His film career includes roles in the films Drop Dead Darling (1966), Bedazzled (1967), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman (1972), Wombling Free (1977) and Yentl (1983).
Personal life
Spear married Mary Newton in 1949; the couple had one child, Julian, a director of TurnerSpear Ltd (an independent promotion company for television and radio), who is married to actress Carol Royle. Spear and Newton remained married until Spear's death in 2003.
Filmography
Actor
2003
My Family (TV Series) as
Battista Dominguez
- They Shoot Harpers, Don't They? (2003) - Battista Dominguez
2000
The Man Who Cried as
Man in Sweatshop
1994
Lovejoy (TV Series) as
Morrie Samuels
- Fruit of the Desert (1994) - Morrie Samuels
1994
The 10%ers (TV Series) as
Phil Short
- Feud (1994) - Phil Short
1992
So Haunt Me (TV Series) as
Greville
- Special (1992) - Greville
1990
On the Up (TV Series) as
Louis
- Barbados (1990) - Louis
1990
Screen One (TV Series) as
Archie
- One Last Chance (1990) - Archie
1989
Geh Kinde Geh (Short) as
Lionel
1989
Saracen (TV Series) as
Man in cafe
- Next Year in Jerusalem (1989) - Man in cafe
1987
Home James! (TV Series) as
Tailor
- You Can't Win 'em All (1987) - Tailor
1985
Albion Market (TV Series) as
Morris Ransome
1985
Not Quite Paradise as
Mr. Schwartz
1984
The Lenny Henry Show (TV Series) as
Various Characters
- Episode #1.6 (1984) - Various Characters
1981
Kelly Monteith (TV Series)
- Episode #6.4 (1984)
- Episode #3.1 (1981)
1983
Yentl as
Tailor
1981
The Paul Squire Show (TV Series)
1981
The Olympian Way (TV Series) as
Charlie
- Public Appearance (1981) - Charlie
- Compliments of the Management (1981) - Charlie
- Family Business (1981) - Charlie
- Slim Chance (1981) - Charlie
- Happy Birthday (1981) - Charlie
1980
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) as
Otto
- The Schoolmistress (1980) - Otto
1980
The Gentle Touch (TV Series) as
Solly Goldmeir
- The Ring (1980) - Solly Goldmeir
1980
Bernie (TV Series)
- Episode #2.6 (1980)
1977
Wombling Free as
Arnold Takahashi
1977
Odd Man Out (TV Series) as
Goldman
- Shall We Dance (1977) - Goldman
1977
Target (TV Series) as
Tyler
- Vandraggers (1977) - Tyler
1977
Gulliver's Travels (voice)
1976
The Basil Brush Show (TV Series)
- Episode #11.2 (1976)
1976
The Sweeney (TV Series) as
Benny
- Taste of Fear (1976) - Benny
1976
Bar Mitzvah Boy (TV Movie) as
Victor Green
1976
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Victor Green
- Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976) - Victor Green
1976
The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series)
- Destroy the Tower of Pisa (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Thirst for Power (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Magic of Music (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Gallery of Counterfeiters (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Black Orchid (1976) - (English version, voice)
- A Great Fraudster (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Dynamite (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Defeat of Dumklot (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Legend of Hernandez (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Cave of Slaves (1976) - (English version, voice)
- An Infamous Slander (1976) - (English version, voice)
- Hunt for Heredity (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Besieged Island (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Castle of Inventions (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Curse of Magdapur (1976) - (English version, voice)
- The Crazy Marquis (1976) - (English version, voice)
- A Diabolical Deception (1976) - (English version, voice)
1975
My Son Reuben (TV Series) as
Reuben Greenberg
- Better to Have Loved and Lost (1975) - Reuben Greenberg
- Food, Glorious Food (1975) - Reuben Greenberg
- The Promised Land (1975) - Reuben Greenberg
- Just a Spot to Call My Own (1975) - Reuben Greenberg
- A Matter of Dispute (1975) - Reuben Greenberg
- My Son, Reuben (1975) - Reuben Greenberg
1975
Dawson's Weekly (TV Series) as
Agent
- Stage-Struck (1975) - Agent
1974
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) as
Producer / Dobson
- It's Only Me: Whoever I Am (1974) - Producer
- The Dobson Doughnut (1974) - Dobson
1974
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) as
Alfredo
- The Mediterranean (1974) - Alfredo
1973
Naughty Wives as
Jake Tripper
1973
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) as
Mawson
- The Great Acrobile (1973) - Mawson
1972
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Eddie Reubens
- The Folk Singer (1972) - Eddie Reubens
1972
Hide and Seek as
Fruit Vendor
1972
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie as
Cabbie
1972
Mike and Bernie (TV Series) as
Lionel Ross
- A Little Bit on the Side (1972) - Lionel Ross
1970
Tomfoolery (TV Series)
1969
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (TV Series) as
Lewtas / Doc Winkler
- Mix Me a Marriage (1971) - Lewtas
- Daylight Robbery (1971) - Lewtas
- No Smoke Without Fire (1971) - Lewtas
- Holiday with Kosher Strings (1971) - Lewtas
- Romeo Cohen and Juliet Weinburg (1971) - Lewtas
- Manny Cohen R.I.P (1971) - Lewtas
- The Not So Kosher Cantor (1971) - Lewtas
- Twenty Years On (1970) - Lewtas
- I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen (1970) - Lewtas
- And Ecumenicals to You, as Well (1970) - Lewtas
- Miracles to Measure (1970) - Lewtas
- What You Never Have, You Never Miss (1970) - Lewtas
- New Worlds for Old (1970) - Lewtas
- Blood Is Thinner Than Water (1970) - Lewtas
- It's the Thought That Counts (1969) - Doc Winkler
- Old Soldiers Never Die (1969) - Lewtas
1971
Paul Temple (TV Series) as
Leo Goldberg
- The Man Who Forged Real Money (1971) - Leo Goldberg
1970
The Culture Vultures (TV Series) as
Prof. Maloney
- Practical Demonstrations (1970) - Prof. Maloney
1969
Detective (TV Series) as
Tom Hackett
- And So to Murder (1969) - Tom Hackett
1969
The Gnomes of Dulwich (TV Series) as
Gnome
- Episode #1.4 (1969) - Gnome
1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as
Second Spy
1968
Oh Brother! (TV Series) as
Brother Jerome
- The Voice of the Turtle (1968) - Brother Jerome
1968
Champion House (TV Series) as
Jack Levi
- Don't Let Your Right Hand (1968) - Jack Levi
1967
Bedazzled as
Irving Moses
1966
Arrivederci, Baby! as
French Inspector
1966
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. as
Man with Carrier bag
1965
The Likely Lads (TV Series) as
Freddy Fyfe
- A Star Is Born (1965) - Freddy Fyfe
1964
Lance at Large (TV Series)
- Episode #1.6 (1964)
- Episode #1.5 (1964)
- Episode #1.4 (1964)
- Episode #1.3 (1964)
- Episode #1.2 (1964)
- Episode #1.1 (1964)
1964
Story Parade (TV Series) as
Mr. Fishback
- A Kiss Before Dying (1964) - Mr. Fishback
1962
Ghost Squad (TV Series) as
Barman
- Sentences of Death (1962) - Barman
1960
The Arthur Haynes Show (TV Series)
- Episode #9.13 (1962)
- Episode #6.15 (1961)
- Episode #6.16 (1961)
- Episode #6.12 (1960)
1961
Bootsie and Snudge (TV Series) as
Ralph
- Barber Shop Quartet (1961) - Ralph
1961
Sykes and A... (TV Series)
- Sykes and a Window (1961)
1960
Barnaby Rudge (TV Series) as
'The Lion' landlord
- Episode #1.7 (1960) - 'The Lion' landlord
1960
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (TV Mini Series) as
Ramsbothom
- Episode #1.1 (1960) - Ramsbothom
1960
They Made History (TV Mini Series documentary) as
John Wood
- Joseph Lister (1960) - John Wood
1960
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Cyril Tully
- Night School (1960) - Cyril Tully
1960
An Arabian Night (TV Movie) as
Karim
1960
Arthur's Treasured Volumes (TV Series) as
Bill Crisper
- Pillbeam of Twickenham (1960) - Bill Crisper
1960
Somerset Maugham Hour (TV Series)(segment 'A Marriage of Convenience')
- The Three Fat Women of Antibes/A Marriage of Convenience (1960) - (segment 'A Marriage of Convenience')
1959
Probation Officer (TV Series) as
Customer / Sam
- Episode #1.21 (1960) - Customer
- Episode #1.11 (1959) - Sam
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) as
Maxim
- Twentieth Century Theatre: The White Guard (1960) - Maxim
1959
World Theatre (TV Mini Series) as
Catholic Sergeant
- Mother Courage and Her Children (1959) - Catholic Sergeant
1959
Great Expectations (TV Mini Series) as
Captain Barley
- Episode #1.10 (1959) - Captain Barley
1959
The Wright People (TV Series)
- Episode #1.11 (1959)
- Episode #1.7 (1959)
- Episode #1.4 (1959)
1959
Quatermass and the Pit (TV Mini Series) as
Arthur - First Customer / News Vendor
- Hob (1959) - Arthur - First Customer
- The Enchanted (1959) - News Vendor
1958
Tom Barnardo (TV Movie) as
Dick
1957
The Sacred Seeds of Tangla Tuk (TV Series) as
Joe Martini
1956
Plain and Fancy (TV Movie) as
Issar Miller
Self
1983
3-2-1 (TV Series) as
Self - Guest Star / Melodie Evans
- Roaring Twenties (1984) - Self - Guest Star
- At the End of the Rainbow (1983) - Melodie Evans
1980
The Good Old Days (TV Series) as
Self - Performer
- Episode #28.0 (1980) - Self - Performer
1979
Looks Familiar (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 18 January 1979 (1979) - Self - Guest
1976
Celebrity Squares (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.36 (1976) - Self
1954
Show Case (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.1 (1954) - Self
References
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