Bernard Punsly
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Bernard Punsly in trailer to "Little Tough Guy" (1938)
Bernard Punsly was an American film actor.
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| Born | July 11, 1923 New York, New York, U.S.A. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Torrance, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1943 |
Bernard Punsly (July 11, 1923 – January 20, 2004) was a New York City-born American actor who later left show business to become a physician.
His last name was often spelled incorrectly in film credits as Punsley.
Career and personal life
Punsly auditioned for a part in the play Dead End in 1935, because he thought it might be fun. The success of the play led to a series of film appearances for the cast, including Punsly. The first film of the "Dead End Kids" (or Bowery Boys) series was Dead End (1937) with Joel McCrea and Humphrey Bogart. Punsly played the parts of "Milt" and later "Ape". He appeared with actors such as Ronald Reagan, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, John Garfield, and Humphrey Bogart.
He continued with similar film parts until he joined the army. Even as an actor, he was known to read medical books in his spare time. After receiving medical training in the army, Punsley entered the Medical College of the University of Georgia, subsequently obtaining his medical degree. He returned to the west to set up a medical practice in Torrance, California, never returning to show business.
He became chief of staff in the South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach, California. He was married to Lynne and had two children, Bryan and Richard.
On January 20, 2004 at age 80, he died of cancer in Torrance, California.
Complete filmography
- Dead End (1937)
- The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), uncredited
- Crime School (1938)
- Little Tough Guy (1938)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
- Hell's Kitchen (1939)
- The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
- On Dress Parade (1940)
- You're Not So Tough (1940)
- Junior G-Men (1940)
- Give Us Wings (1940)
- Hit the Road (1941)
- Mob Town (1941)
- Sea Raiders (1941)
- Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
- Tough as They Come (1942)
- Junior Army (1942), uncredited
- Mug Town (1943)
External links
- Bernard Punsly at the Internet Movie Database
- Bernard Punsly at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- FilmBuffOnline.com
- Bernard Punsly at Find a Grave
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- 1923 births
- 2004 deaths
- American male actors
- Cancer deaths in California
- Actors from Redondo Beach, California
- 20th-century American male actors
- University of Georgia alumni
- American military personnel of World War II
- United States Army personnel
