Ed Bernard

Ed Bernard (born July 4, 1939 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American actor .

Life

Bernard began his career in theater , starring in the 1969 off-Broadway production Five on the Black Hand Side . He made his debut on the big screen in 1970 with a small role in the blaxploitation - cult film Shaft . In 1972 he was Blaxploitationfilm road to the afterlife alongside Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto to see and had a cameo appearance in the comedy thriller The Hot Rock by Peter Yates . During his career, Bernard did not play major feature film roles; Worth mentioning are his portrayal of Sgt. Short in the action film The Flying Eye by John Badham and the role of Apague on the side of Rod Taylor in Trader Horn .

Bernard achieved notoriety among the US television audience through three television series. Between 1974 and 1978 he played the role of Detective Joe Styles at the side of Angie Dickinson in 91 episodes of Make-Up and Guns , from 1978 to 1980 he played Jim Willis in the first two seasons of the series The White Shadow , and in 1984 until 1985 he was in the recurring role of Lt. See Bill Giles in Hardcastle & McCormick . In addition, he made guest appearances in numerous other series such as Kojak - Operation in Manhattan , TJ Hooker , New York Cops - NYPD Blue and Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten . He played his last role so far in 2005 in an episode of Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme .

1971: Shaft
1972: Across 110th Street
1972: Four Weird Birds (The Hot Rock)
1983: The Flying Eye (Blue Thunder)
1987: Under Cover (Under Cover)
1993: Back home - The Incredible Journey (Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey)
1995: Escape in the red Cadillac (Girl in the Cadillac)
1996: Pinocchio - Doll of Death (Pinocchio's Revenge)