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- Birth nameBernard Kleinberg
- Bernie Allen was born on February 27, 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Raging Bull (1980), The Producers (1967) and International Smorgas-Broad (1964). He was married to Norma. He died on January 16, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- SpouseNorma(1941 - August 29, 2003) (her death)
- He was wounded in the legs by shrapnel in France during WWII, supposedly minutes after first going into battle.
- Chunky, bug-eyed veteran nightclub comic who counted among his comic pairings Redd Foxx and 'Steve Rossi (I)" of "Marty Allen & St4eve Rossi" fame. Known for his racy material, Bernie was with Rossi from 1972-1977) calling themselves "The Real Allen & Rossi," then went solo.
- A former diner owner ("Bernie's Luncheonette" in the Bronx) before his comic career started up, he lost the restaurant in part due to a gambling addiction.
- He became notorious for showing up at events to which he was not invited and barging in, often as his shell-shocked German general character. He once crashed Martin & Lewis's Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Allen's German character got him a brief film role in the film The Producers (1967) in which he played the auditioning Hitler who tried to sing "The Little Wooden Boy."
- He had occasional roles in a number of movies and TV shows, usually playing either a mobster or a Vegas comedian. He played the latter in a quick scene in Raging Bull (1980).
- Entertaining is all I know.
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