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Herbert Berghof Biography (1909-)

Born September 13, 1909, in Vienna, Austria; son of Paul (a railroad station-master) and Regina Berghof; married Alice Hermes (an acting teacher; divorced); married Uta Hagen (an actress and acting teacher). Addresses: OFFICE--27 Washington Square, New York, NY 10014; 120 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014.

Favorite roles: Hamlet, Oedipus, Dubedat, from The Doctor's Dilemma, Nathan,from Nathan the Wise.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

September 13, 1909

Vienna, Austria

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Don Carlos, Duetsches Volkstheatre, Vienna, Austria, September, 1927.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Director, From Vienna, for the Refugee Artists Group at the Music Box Theatre, June 20, 1939.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Reunion in New York, Little Theatre, New York City, 1940.
• Captain Miller, Somewhere in France, National Theatre, Washington, DC, 1941.
• Fool, King Lear and Kummerer, The Criminals, both at the New School for Social Research, New York City, 1941.
• title role, Nathan the Wise, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1942.
• Tieck, Winter Soldiers, Studio Theatre, New York City, 1942.
• Panin, The Russian People, Guild Theatre, New York City, 1942.
• Otto, The Innocent Voyage, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1943.
• Hakim, Oklahoma!, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1944.
• Jacobowski, Jacobowski and the Colonel, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1944.
• Gustav Eberson, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Forrest Theatre, New York City, 1944.
• Maurice, Beggars Are Coming to Town, Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1945.
• Captain Karel Palivec, Temper the Wind, Playhouse Theatre, New York City,1946.
• Dmitri Savalev, The Whole World Over, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1947.
• Pastor Manders, Ghosts and Judge Brack, Hedda Gabler, both at the Cort Theatre, New York City, 1948.
• Bartholdi, Miss Liberty, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1949.
• title role, Torquato Tasso, Barbizon Plaza, New York City, 1949.
• Dr. Wangel, The Lady from the Sea, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1950.
• the Critic, The Guardsman, Erlanger Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1951.
• Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff, Tovarich, City Center, New York City, 1952.
• Mr. Miller, The Deep Blue Sea, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1952.
• appeared in Michael and Lavinia, Theatre-by-the-Sea, Matunuck, RI, 1954.
• M. Prunelles, Cyprienne, Norwich Summer Theatre, CT, 1955.
• directed and appeared in The Affairs of Anatol, for the Ann Arbor Dramatic Festival, MI, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 1957.
• Henry Wirz, The Andersonville Trial, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• title role, Krapp's Last Tape, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, 1960.
• title role, Enrico IV, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1964.
• Edward Teller, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• Performed in more than one hundred twenty plays in Vienna, Zurich, Paris,Berlin and at the Salzburg Festivals, including: Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Louis Dubedat, The Doctor's Dilemma, title role, Hamlet, Death, Everyman, Oswald, Ghosts, Orlando, As You Like It, Marchbanks, Candida, title role, Marius,title role, The Unknown Soldier.
• Also appeared in Journey's End, All God's Chillun Got Wings, Crime for Crime, Six Characters in Search of an Author, and An American Tragedy.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Jean, Dr. Lazare's Pharmacy, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1945-46.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• The Melody That Got Lost, Volles Theatre, Vienna, Austria, 1929.
• (with Ezra Stone) Reunion in New York, Little Theatre, New York City, 1940.
• The Key, Old Knickerbocker Music Hall, New York City, 1947.
• Rip Van Winkle, City Center, New York City, 1947.
• Protective Custody, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1956.
• Waiting for Godot, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1956, then with anall black cast at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• The Affairs of Anatol, Ann Arbor Festival, MI, 1957.
• The Infernal Machine, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1958.
• Twelfth Night, Cambridge Drama Festival, Boston, 1959.
• The Queen and the Rebels, Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA, 1959.
• Men, Women and Angels, Vancouver, Canada, 1961.
• Do You Know the Milky Way?, Vancouver, Canada, then Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1961.
• This Side of Paradise, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1962.
• The Sponsor, Peachtree Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, 1975.
• Poor Murder (his own translation), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• Credits; Also directed for the Herbert Berghof Playwright's Foundation
• Tomorrow, Seize the Day, Democracy and Esther, Kaspar.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Assignment Paris, Columbia, 1952.
• Diplomatic Courier, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Five Fingers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Red Planet Mars, United Artists, 1952.
• Cleopatra, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963.
• Fraulein, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963.
• Harry & Tonto, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• "For Whom the Bell Tolls," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1959.
• "Chez Rouge," Desilu Playhouse, NBC, 1965.
• Also appeared on Producer's Showcase and Kraft Television Theatre, NBC.
• Credits; DRAMATIC SPECIALS
• And the Bones Come Together, ABC, 1973.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Kojak: The Belarus File, CBS, 1985.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL RADIO WORK
• Has performed on Report to the Nation, The Goldbergs, and Norman Corwin Presents.
• Writings;TRANSLATIONS
• Poor Murder, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1976.