Bernard Kates
Bernard Kates | |
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Born | December 26, 1922 |
Died | February 2, 2010 (aged 87) |
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 1949–1999 |
Bernard Kates (December 26, 1922 – February 2, 2010) was an American actor on television, in movies and on the stage.
Serving as a bomber pilot during World War II, Kates earned an Air Medal with three clusters and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
A life member of The Actors Studio, Kates's film appearances include Judgment at Nuremberg (as Max Perkins), The Babe, and The Phantom.
One of his many television roles was as Sigmund Freud in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Phantasms". He also portrayed a Jewish resistance fighter in the 1960 television play In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Playhouse 90).
Kates' Broadway credits include The Devils (1965), Have I Got a Girl for You! (1963), The Disenchanted (1958), Billy Budd (1951), and At War With the Army (1949). He was a resident actor with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, for nine summers, and he was also active in "a noteworthy run of shows" at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California.
On February 2, 2010, complications resulting from sepsis and pneumonia led to Kates' death in a hospital in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, at age 87.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Tugboat Sailor | Uncredited |
1960 | Twelve Hours to Kill | Desk Editor | |
1960 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Little Man | Season 6 Episode 7: "Outlaw in Town" |
1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lou Heinz | Season 6 Episode 38: "Ambition" |
1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | George Lassiter (the Witness) | Season 7 Episode 11: "The Right Kind of Medicine" |
1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Max Perkins | |
1974 | The Super Cops | Heller | |
1992 | The Babe | Colonel Jacob (Jake) Ruppert | |
1992 | Seedpeople | Doc Roller | |
1996 | The Phantom | Falkmoore the Butler | |
1996 | Robo Warriors | Charlie Walters |