Bernard Spear

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Bernard Spear
Born	(1919-09-11)11 September 1919 Croydon, Surrey, England
Died	9 May 2003(2003-05-09) (aged 83) Sutton, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956-2003
Spouse	Mary Newton ​ (m. 1949)​
Children	1

Bernard Spear (11 September 1919 – 9 May 2003) was an English actor.^[1]

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Spear was born on 11 September 1919 in Croydon, Surrey, to a Polish-Jewish father and a Russian-Jewish mother.^{[citation needed]} He was educated at Central Federation School in London, and worked as a clerk at a tobacco manufacturers before serving in the Royal Artillery in Gibraltar during World War II.^[2]

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Spear starred in the BAFTA TV Award-winning television play Bar Mitzvah Boy, and also portrayed the dual roles of Cervantes's manservant and Sancho Panza in the 1968 London stage version of Man of La Mancha.^[3][4] His film career includes roles in the films Drop Dead Darling (1966), Bedazzled (1967), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman (1972), Wombling Free (1977) and Yentl (1983).^[1] His only regular role on television was as Morris Ransome in the soap opera Albion Market (1985–86).^{[citation needed]}

Spear married dancer/writer Mary Newton (pka Logan) in 1949; the couple had one child, Julian, owner of Julian Spear PR (an independent music promotion company for radio and television), who is married to actress Carol Royle.^[2][5]

Bernard and Mary remained married until his death in 2003.^[2]

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