| Bernard Siegel | |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1913–1939 |
Bernard Siegel (April 19, 1868 – July 9, 1940) was an Austro-Hungarian born American character actor, whose career spanned both the silent film era, as well as carrying over into the beginning of sound pictures. His career spanned over 25 years, during which time he performed in over 50 films.
Siegel was born in the city of Lemberg (today known as Lviv, Ukraine), in the province of Galicia in the Austria-Hungarian Empire on April 19, 1868. His film career began with a small featured role in the 1913 silent film, The Third Degree (which would be remade in 1919, and again in 1926, the latter film being the first film directed by Michael Curtiz[1]). Over the next 26 years he would appear in almost 70 films, most of those films taking place during the silent era. He would only act in thirteen sound films.[2]
In 1940 Siegel, age 72, died of a heart attack in Los Angeles.
(Filmography based on the AFI database, with supplemental information from Media Bang)
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Dr. Bernstein | |||
| 1914 | Oscar Lackett | |||
| 1914 | Baptiste Le Grand | |||
| 1914 | Threads of Destiny | Isaac Gruenstein | ||
| 1914 | Mr. Lee | |||
| 1915 | The Valley of Lost Hope | Undetermined role[3] | ||
| 1915 | Karl | |||
| 1915 | Hans, a porter | |||
| 1916 | Souls in Bondage | Mr. Brenner | ||
| 1917 | Dago Sam | |||
| 1917 | Paul | |||
| 1917 | Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation | Carl, the spy | ||
| 1917 | Valet | |||
| 1917 | Arsene Lupin | Charolais | ||
| 1917 | Ivan | |||
| 1917 | Riddle | |||
| 1917 | Within the Law | Tom Dacey | ||
| 1918 | Brown | |||
| 1918 | Hoarded Assets | |||
| 1918 | Li Min | |||
| 1918 | Everybody's Girl | Millinery shop proprietor | ||
| 1918 | Oelsen | |||
| 1918 | ||||
| 1918 | All Man | Ryan | ||
| 1918 | ||||
| 1919 | In Honor's Web | Norman Cobb | ||
| 1919 | Seymour | |||
| 1919 | David Creed | |||
| 1919 | Silent Strength | Tom Tripp | ||
| 1920 | Rabeet | |||
| 1920 | Dead Men Tell No Tales | Braithwaite | ||
| 1920 | Sheriff | |||
| 1921 | Provost-Sergeant Blount | |||
| 1922 | Mr. Sleeker | |||
| 1922 | Anton Barbier | |||
| 1922 | Sim Calloway | |||
| 1922 | The Love Nest | Sim Corwin | ||
| 1923 | None So Blind | Saul Cohen | ||
| 1923 | Sidewalks of New York | |||
| 1923 | Where Is This West? | Indian servant | ||
| 1924 | The stranger | |||
| 1924 | Emblems of Love | |||
| 1924 | Tew Fick Pasha | |||
| 1924 | Against All Odds | Lewis | ||
| 1924 | Romance Ranch | Felipe Varillo | ||
| 1925 | Manuel | |||
| 1925 | Wild Horse Mesa | Toddy Nokin | ||
| 1925 | Joseph Buquet | |||
| 1925 | Alfred Schreber | |||
| 1925 | Do Etin | |||
| 1926 | Going Crooked | |||
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Simon | ||
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver | Blind Operator | ||
| 1928 | The Divine Sinner | Johan Ludwig | ||
| 1929 | Sea Fury | Carpenter |