Joseph E. Bernard

Bernard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to James Alfred Bernard and Katherine Bernard (née Tuite). He had a younger brother, Alfred Aloysius Bernard.^{[citation needed]} Bernard made his film debut in a featured role in the 1929 film short, Meet the Wife^{[citation needed]} During his twenty-year career, Bernard appeared in over 120 films. His roles consisted mainly of unnamed, un-credited roles, although he would occasionally be given a slightly larger role, such as the part of Lavery in Moonlight in Vermont.^[1] One of his largest roles was his last, as Gibby in the classic romantic comedy Pat and Mike (1952), starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.^[2] He had also worked with Spencer and Hepburn three years earlier, playing Spencer's father, Mr. Bonner, in another classic romantic comedy, Adam's Rib (1949).^[3] Bernard died on October 18, 1958, in Los Angeles County, California.^{[citation needed]}

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