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Ben Bernie Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ben Bernie

Date of Birth:

May 30, 1891

Country of birth:

Died:

Oct 23, 1943

Biography of

Ben Bernie

    From Wikipedia

    Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891 – October 23, 1943), born Bernard

    Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often

    introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable

    bits of snappy dialogue.

    Bernie was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. By the age of 15 he

    was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in

    the violin for a time. He returned to music doing vaudeville, appearing with

    Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when

    he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, "The

    Lads," seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, Ben Bernie and

    All the Lads (1924–25), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. He toured with Maurice

    Chevalier and also toured in Europe.

    Bernie's orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s;

    Vocalion (1922–25), Brunswick (1925–33), Columbia (1933), Decca (1936), and ARC

    (Vocalion and OKeh) (1939–40). In 1923 Bernie and the Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra

    recorded Who's Sorry Now. In 1925 Ben Bernie and his orchestra did the first

    recording of Sweet Georgia Brown. Bernie was the co-composer of this jazz

    standard, which became the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters.

    Bernie was a freemason, member of Keystone Lodge № 235, New

    York City.

    He died from a pulmonary embolism in October 1943, aged 52.

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Ben Bernie

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Filmography of

Ben Bernie

Found 4 Movies in total

Love and Hisses

Ben Bernie ( Actor )

... 1937

Wake Up and Live

Ben Bernie and His Orchestra ( Actor )

... 1937

Stolen Harmony

Jack Conrad ( Actor )

... 1935

Shoot the Works

Joe Davis ( Actor )

... 1934