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Occupation
  
Actor

Spouse
  
Uta Hagen (m. 1957–1990)

Years active
  
1945–1990

Education
  
University of Vienna

Name
  
Herbert Berghof

Organizations founded
  
HB Studio

Role
  
Actor


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Born
  
13 September 1909 (
1909-09-13
)
Vienna Austria-Hungary Empire

Died
  
November 5, 1990, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Movies
  
5 Fingers, Harry and Tonto, Red Planet Mars, Cleopatra, Times Square

Similar People
  
Uta Hagen, Harry Horner, Joseph L Mankiewicz, Paul Mazursky, Allan Moyle

Uta Hagen's Acting Class


Herbert Berghof (September 13, 1909 – November 5, 1990) was an American actor, director and acting teacher.

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Born and educated in Vienna, Austria, he studied acting there with Max Reinhardt. After fleeing the Nazis, he moved to New York in 1939, where he launched a career as an actor and director on Broadway, and worked with Lee Strasberg. Berghof became a charter member of the Actors Studio in 1947, with classmates including Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Jerome Robbins, and Sidney Lumet.

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In 1945 he co-founded HB Studio (the Herbert Berghof Studio) in New York City, as a place where aspiring actors could train and practice. In 1948, Uta Hagen joined the Studio as Berghof's artistic partner, and married in 1957. They ran the studio together until his death in 1990. Notable alumni included Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Geraldine Page, Fritz Weaver, Anne Bancroft, Donna McKechnie and Matthew Broderick.

Stage appearances by Berghof included roles in Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea (1950), The Andersonville Trial (1959). Among his film appearances were 5 Fingers (1952), Red Planet Mars (1952), Fräulein (1958), Cleopatra (1963), An Affair of the Skin (1963), Harry and Tonto (1974), Voices (1979), Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980), Times Square (1980) and Target (1985). He directed the first Broadway production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot (1956).

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Described by The New York Times as "one of the nation's most respected acting teachers and coaches", he died of a heart ailment on November 5, 1990 at his home in Manhattan.

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Filmography

Actor
1985
Target as
Schroeder
1985
Kojak: The Belarus File (TV Movie) as
Buchardt
1980
Times Square as
Dr. Huber
1980
Those Lips, Those Eyes as
Dr. Julius Fuldauer
1979
Voices as
Nathan Rothman
1976
Mastermind as
Professor Klaus
1976
Dark Victory (TV Movie) as
Dr. Kassiter
1974
Harry and Tonto as
Rivetowski
1974
CBS Daytime 90 (TV Series)
- Trio for Lovers (1974)
1973
The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) as
Maimonides Shim
- And the Bones Came Together (1973) - Maimonides Shim
1966
Seaway (TV Series) as
Dr. Amorest
- Dont Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 2 (1966) - Dr. Amorest
- Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 1 (1966) - Dr. Amorest
1963
An Affair of the Skin as
Max
1963
Cleopatra as
Theodotos
1959
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
General Golz
- For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2 (1959) - General Golz
- For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1 (1959) - General Golz
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) as
Hallas
- Chez Rouge (1959) - Hallas
1958
Fräulein as
Karl Angermann
1952
Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series) as
Dr. Swanson / Novak / Zucker
- Rise Up and Walk (1956) - Dr. Swanson
- Thunder of Silence (1954) - Novak
- Holiday Song (1952) - Zucker
1952
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Zuker
- Rise Up and Walk (1956)
- Holiday Song (1953) - Zuker
- Holiday Song (1952) - Zuker
1955
Omnibus (TV Series)(segment "The Royal Game")
- The Royal Game (1955) - (segment "The Royal Game")
1955
Kraft Theatre (TV Series)
- Once a Genius (1955)
1953
Studio One (TV Series) as
Laszlo
- The Judge and the Hangman (1955) - Laszlo
- Letter from Cairo (1953)
1955
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) as
Count Von Stainz
- Reunion in Vienna (1955) - Count Von Stainz
1954
Ponds Theater (TV Series)
- Blind Alley (1954)
1954
The Mask (TV Series)
- Murder in the Burlesque House (1954)
1952
Suspense (TV Series) as
Durand
- The Valley of the Kings (1953)
- Death Drum (1952) - Durand
1952
Assignment: Paris as
Prime Minister Andreas Ordy
1952
Diplomatic Courier as
Arnov
1952
Red Planet Mars as
Franz Calder
1952
5 Fingers as
Col. von Richter
1952
Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
- Those in Favor (1952)
1952
Out There (TV Series)
- The Castaway (1952)
1950
The Trap (TV Series) as
Inspector Maigret
- Stan, the Killer (1950) - Inspector Maigret
Miscellaneous
1943
No Greater Love (US dubbing voice)
Archive Footage
1962
Kraft Mystery Theater (TV Series) as
Hallas
- Chez Rouge (1962) - Hallas

References

Herbert Berghof Wikipedia


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