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Bernie West
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Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Show Creator Born: May 30, 1918 in Bronx, New York City, NY Biography:With his bald-headed, slightly toothy appearance, and New York accent, "Bernie West" was born to play comedy on-stage and in movies, and he later graduated to writing and producing it on television. The Bronx-born actor emerged on-stage in the 1950s, then made a feature film, the "Arthur Freed"-produced, "Vincente Minnelli"-directed adaptation of "Bells Are Ringing" at MGM, starring "Judy Holliday". He played a rather prominent role as one of the Holliday character's more eccentric answering service clients, Dr. Joe Kitchell, a dentist who composes songs on his office's air hose. "West" also appeared in the role of Feinschveiger in the 1962 musical All-American, but it was on television that he was most visible in the 1960s, surfacing in small comedic roles on series such as Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. In the early '70s, he entered into association with television producer "Norman Lear". "West" served as a... Full Biography
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