Acting

Henry Bergman

Born February 23, 1868 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died October 22, 1946 · aged 78

Henry Bergman (February 23, 1868 – October 22, 1946) was an American actor of stage and film, known for his long association with Charlie Chaplin. Born in San Francisco, California, he acted in live theater, appearing in Henrietta in 1888 at the Hollis Street Theater in Boston and in the touring production of The Senator in 1892 and 1893. He made his Broadway debut in 1899. He made his first film …

Known For

City Lights

City Lights · 1931

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

The Kid

The Kid · 1921

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

The Circus

The Circus · 1928

MovieComedyDrama

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate · 1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

MovieDramaRomance

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.

A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life · 1918

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Pay Day

Pay Day · 1922

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

Filmography

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City Lights

City Lights · 1931

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Assistant Director

Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Assistant Director

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Hank Curtis

The Kid

The Kid · 1921

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)

The Circus

The Circus · 1928

MovieComedyDrama

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

An Old Clown

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate · 1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

MovieDramaRomance

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.

Head Waiter (uncredited)

A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life · 1918

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Fat Unemployed Man / Dance-Hall Lady (uncredited)

Pay Day

Pay Day · 1922

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

Drinking Companion

Shoulder Arms

Shoulder Arms · 1918

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.

Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender

The Chaplin Revue

The Chaplin Revue · 1959

The Chaplin Revue

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

Various (archive footage)

The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim · 1923

MovieComedyWestern

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

Sheriff on Train / Man In Railroad Station

The Idle Class

The Idle Class · 1921

At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.

Sleeping Hobo / Guest in Cop Uniform (uncredited)

Easy Street

Easy Street · 1917

MovieComedyAction

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.

Kidnapper (uncredited)

The Rink

The Rink · 1916

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

Mrs. Stout / guest served brush and rag

The Professor

The Professor · 1919

Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares to sleep the sleep of the just man. Unfortunately he accidentally knocks the box off his bed and the fleas have the time of their lives pestering Bosco's neighbors. To get the escapees back in their box again, the trainer resorts to... his whip! All is back to normal one more time. But not for long, as a stray dog enters the flophouse and very unwisely opens the box, thus creating new havoc.

Bearded man in flophouse

The Immigrant

The Immigrant · 1917

MovieComedyRomance

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

The Artist

The Vagabond

The Vagabond · 1916

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

(uncredited)

The Count

The Count · 1916

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop · 1916

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Pawnbroker

The Adventurer

The Adventurer · 1917

MovieComedyAdventure

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…

Judge Brown - The Father / Docker

The Floorwalker

The Floorwalker · 1916

The Floorwalker

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.

Old Man (uncredited)

100% American

100% American · 1918

A girl wants to go to a ball, admission one Liberty Bond, but rather than go herself, she loans the bond to a girlfriend. A soldier and a sailor find out and take her to the ball with them.

Man who steps on Mayme's foot

The Bond

The Bond · 1918

A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.

John Bull (British version)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty · 2020

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

MovieDocumentary

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) used his talent to serve an ideal of justice and freedom. But his best scenario was his own destiny, a story written into the political and artistic history of the 20th century.

archive footage