Ben Bard
Ben Bard (January 26, 1893 – May 17, 1974) was an American movie actor, stage actor, and acting teacher. With comedian Jack Pearl, Bard worked in a comedy duo in vaudeville. In 1926, Bard, Pearl, and Sascha Beaumont appeared in a short film made in Lee DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. He had a small role in The Bat Whispers (1930). Later in the decade, he ran a leading Hollywood acting school, Ben Bard Drama. Bard was recruited to be a leading man at Fox Film Corporation. However, he was typecast as a "Suave Heavy"—a smooth-talking, well-dressed fellow with a dark side. An example of this type is his portrayal of "Mr. Brun" in The Seventh Victim (1943). Also in 1943, Bard appeared in two other Val Lewton-produced horror films: The Leopard Man, as Robles, the Police Chief, and The Ghost Ship, as First Officer Bowns. Bard became the head of the New Talent Department at Twentieth-Century-Fox in September 1956, eventually resigning in August 1959. He re-opened his school, Ben Bard Drama, in 1960. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 26, 1893 (Milwaukee), Died May 17, 1974 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, speaker
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-21419 | 10-in. | 1/15/1918 | Give me the right to love you all the while | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | [Trial 1923-02-03-02] | 10-in. | 2/3/1923 | Troubles | Ben Bard ; Jack Pearl | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
Columbia | 77323 | 10-in. | 9/10/1917 | Give me the right to love you all the while | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 77828 | 10-in. | 5/17/1918 | Victory | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | LAE898 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | As long as we’re together | Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
Edison | 5913 | 10-in. | 12/7/1917 | Give me the right to love you | Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bard, Ben," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111234.
Bard, Ben. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111234.
"Bard, Ben." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bard, Ben - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98128729
Wikidata: Ben Bard - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4885267
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/173435426
ISNI: 0000 0001 2356 1159 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000123561159
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