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Bernard Kates

Bernard Kates

American actor (1922–2010)

Bernard Kates (December 26, 1922 – February 2, 2010) was an American actor on television, in movies and on the stage.[1]

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Serving as a bomber pilot during World War II, Kates earned an Air Medal with three clusters and a Distinguished Flying Cross.[2]

A life member of The Actors Studio,[3] 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).[4] He was a resident actor with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, for nine summers,[2] and he was also active in "a noteworthy run of shows" at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California.[5]

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.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    Obituary Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2010; page A43.
  2. [2]
    "Veteran". The Indianapolis Star. Indiana, Indianapolis. April 25, 1999. p. I 2. Retrieved November 6, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. [3]
    Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
  4. [4]
    "Bernard Kates". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Bernard Kates: Radio, TV and stage actor". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. March 7, 2010. p. A 43. Retrieved November 6, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. [6]
    Lentz, Harris M. III (2011). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8649-6. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
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