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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Frances Patricia Beck to Val Bisoglio
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
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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.
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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.
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Credits; MAJOR TOURS
- Jean, Dr. Lazare's Pharmacy, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1945-46.
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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.
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Credits; Also directed for the Herbert Berghof Playwright's Foundation
- Tomorrow, Seize the Day, Democracy and Esther, Kaspar.
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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.
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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.
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Credits; DRAMATIC SPECIALS
- And the Bones Come Together, ABC, 1973.
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Credits; MOVIES
- Kojak: The Belarus File, CBS, 1985.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL RADIO WORK
- Has performed on Report to the Nation, The Goldbergs, and Norman Corwin Presents.
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Writings;TRANSLATIONS
- Poor Murder, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1976.
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