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Spear starred in the BAFTA TV Award-winning television play Bar Mitzvah Boy, and also portrayed the dual roles of Cervantes's manservant and Sancho Panza in the 1968 London stage version of Man of La Mancha.
Bernard Spear was born on 11 September 1919 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Yentl (1983) and The Man Who Cried (2000). He was married to Mary Newton. He died on 9 May 2003 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.
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- September 11, 1919
- Bernard Spear
- May 9, 2003
Bernard Spear, who has died aged 83, was a character actor, a comedian - and a wartime disc jockey. In London's West End in the 1960s, he played Horace Vandergelder to...
Bernard Spear was a character actor who played many Jewish roles on TV and stage, such as Victor Green in Bar Mitzvah Boy and Reuben Greenberg in My Son Reuben. He also appeared in musicals, films and comedy shows, and was a regular in Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width.
Jun 17, 2003 · Bernard Spear was a versatile character actor who appeared in radio, TV, film and theater. He died in 2003 at age 83, after a long career in comedy, musicals and drama.
Sep 11, 2021 · Bernard Spear, who has died aged 83, was a character actor, a comedian - and a wartime disc jockey. In London's West End in the 1960s, he played Horace Vandergelder to Dora Bryan's lead in Hello, Dolly, and Sancho Panza in Man Of La Mancha with Keith Michell.
Bernard Spear. Character actor who worked with Barbra Streisand. Friday May 23 2003, 1.00am, The Times. BERNARD SPEAR had a long and successful career starting, like so many other...
