Henry Bergman

Henry Bergman
Bergman in The Adventurer, 1917
Born	(1868-02-23)February 23, 1868 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	October 22, 1946(1946-10-22) (aged 78) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1913–1936

Henry Bergman (February 23, 1868 – October 22, 1946) was an American actor of stage and film, known for his long association with Charlie Chaplin.

Biography

Born in San Francisco, California, Bergman acted in live theatre, appearing in Henrietta in 1888 at the Hollis Street Theatre in Boston and in the touring production of The Senator in 1892 and 1893. He made his Broadway debut in 1899 appearing with Anna Held in Papa's Wife, the musical hit of the year. He made his first film appearance with the L-KO Kompany in 1914 at the age of forty-six.^[1]

In 1916, Bergman started working with Charlie Chaplin, beginning with The Floorwalker. For the rest of his career, Bergman remained a character actor for Chaplin and worked as a studio assistant, including Assistant Director. He played in many Chaplin shorts and later features, including The Pawnshop, The Immigrant, A Dog's Life, The Gold Rush, The Circus, and City Lights. Bergman's last on-screen appearance was in Modern Times as a restaurant manager, and his final off-screen contribution was for The Great Dictator in 1940. Chaplin helped Bergman finance a restaurant in Hollywood, named "Henry's", which became a popular spot for celebrities as a precursor to the later Brown Derby restaurant.^[2]

Henry Bergman continued to be associated with the Chaplin Studios until his death from a heart attack in 1946.^[3] He is interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1915	The Kreutzer Sonata	Raphael Friedlander
1915	The Melting Pot	Mendel Quixano
1915	Vendetta in a Hospital	Fat La Jolla	Short
1916	The Floorwalker	Old Man	Short, Uncredited
1916	The Pawnshop	Pawnbroker	Short
1916	The Rink	Mrs. Stout	Short
1917	Easy Street	Anarchist	Short, Uncredited
1917	The Black Stork	The Detective
1917	The Cure	Masseur	Short
1917	The Immigrant	Artist	Short
1917	The Adventurer	The Father	Short
1918	A Dog's Life	Fat Unemployed Man / Dance-hall Lady	Short, Uncredited
1918	The Bond	John Bull	Short, (British version), Uncredited
1918	Shoulder Arms	Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender
1919	Sunnyside	Villager and Edna's Father	Short, Uncredited
1919	A Day's Pleasure	Captain / Man in Car / Heavy Policeman	Short, Uncredited
1919	The Professor	Bearded Man in Flophouse	Short, Uncredited
1921	The Kid	Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper	Uncredited
1921	The Idle Class	Sleeping Hobo / Guest in Cop Uniform	Uncredited
1922	Pay Day	Drinking Companion	Short
1923	The Pilgrim	Sheriff on Train / Man In Railroad Station
1923	A Woman of Paris	Head Waiter	Uncredited
1925	The Gold Rush	Hank Curtis
1928	The Circus	An Old Clown
1931	City Lights	Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor	Uncredited
1936	Modern Times	Cafe Proprietor	(final film role)

References

1. Fisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (2017). Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538107867. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
2. "The First Hollywood Restaurant To Stay Open Past Midnight Was Funded By Charlie Chaplin". LAist. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
3. "The Final Curtain". Billboard. November 2, 1946. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510.

External links

• Henry Bergman at IMDb
• Henry Bergman at the Internet Broadway Database
• Henry Bergman at AllMovie
• Henry Bergman at Find a Grave