Bernie Kopell

TV Actor

Bernie Kopell was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on June 21st, 1933 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 90, Bernie Kopell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Bernard Morton Kopell
Date of Birth
June 21, 1933
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Age
90 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Networth
$3 Million
Profession
Film Actor, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Television Actor
Bernie Kopell Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 90 years old, Bernie Kopell has this physical status:

Height
183cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Salt and Pepper
Eye Color
Not Available
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Bernie Kopell Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
New York University (BFA)
Bernie Kopell Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Celia Whitney, (m. 1962; div. 1963), Yolanda Veloz, ​ ​(m. 1974; div. 1995)​, Catrina Honadle, ​ ​(m. 1997)​
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Not Available
Bernie Kopell Life

Bernard Morton Kopell (born June 21, 1933) is an American character actor best known for his appearances as Siegfried in Get Smart from 1966 to 1969 and as Dr. X.

Adam Bricker ("Doc") on The Love Boat from 1977 to 1986.

Early beginnings

Kopell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Pauline (née Taran) and Al Bernard Kopell of Jewish descent. Before enrolling at New York University, Kopell studied classical arts and graduating with a bachelor of fine arts in 1955.

He served as a librarian at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, and then on board the USS Iowa, a World War II and Korean warship stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from 1956 to 1957.

During his time on the US Iowa, he travelled extensively in Europe, Spain, Greece, The Middle East, Turkey's Middle East, and South America. He also taught the GED to other military service members. After returning from active service, Kopell returned to New York before heading to Los Angeles with the promise of an agent from fellow graduate James Drury.

Personal life

Kopell has married three times, first to actress Celia Whitney, then actress Yolanda Veloz, before marrying Catrina Honadle in 1997. Adam and Honadle have two children together, born 1998) and Josh (born 2003).

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Bernie Kopell Career

Career

Kopell started driving a taxi and tried to sell Kirby vacuum cleaners to make ends meet before being cast in a minor role in The Brighter Day, a daytime soap on CBS. He went on to appear in My Favorite Martian and The Jack Benny Program impersonating Latino characters, eventually allowing him to branch out and do other accents.

Kopell appeared in many television series, many on sitcoms, including Ripcord, That Girl, Our Man Higgins, Green Acres, Ben Casey, The Flying Nun, McHale's Navy, Zebrack, Petticoat Junction, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bewitched, and Kobe.

However, Kopell's longest tenure on The Love Boat, an Aaron Spelling film, was as Dr. Adam Bricker. He appeared in 250 episodes during the series's entire run.

In When Things Were Rotten, Jerry Bauman in That Girl, and Louie Pallucci in The Doris Day Show, Kopell made memorable recurring appearances as a KAOS agent Siegfried in Get Smart, Alan-a-Dale. In the episode "The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit," he played several characters on Bewitched, including the witches' apothecary and Alonzo, a hippie warlock. Charlie Miller appeared in the fall of 1973 as one of the cast of the situation comedy Needles and Pins. On Chico and the Man, he portrayed a plastic surgeon who gave Ed Brown a makeover. In an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Good-Bye George") earlier in his career, he served as a producer. He appeared on the short-lived The New Phil Silvers Show at the same time.

In a parodied appearance on Late Show with David Letterman in 1995, Kopell's role as Doc on The Love Boat was parodied. Two entries in that night's Top Ten List mocked The Love Boat, as well as the Doc character specifically. The camera cut to Kopell, who was in the audience, and he exploded out of the theater. He was seen being re-seated in the mezzanine just moments later, and he stood up, raised his fists, and stormed out, following the host. In a dream sequence of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Kopell made a parody cameo as an actor who played a ship's doctor so many times he suggests an operation for real, though he appeared as Doc in a 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live as a Doctor in a Love Boat-themed spoof Star Trek: The Next Generation. When Kopell first appeared in a commercial for an anti-snoring drug named D-Snore, he noted that loud snoring "will even ruin a romantic cruise."

Kopell was so famous after The Love Boat that he wasn't in his roles often enough nod to his most well-known role. In "Which Prue Is It Anyway," an episode of Charmed, he appears as a coroner. In the Monk episode "Mr. Monk and the Critic," Kopell portrays Mr. Gilson, the ill-fated bathroom attendant, who Monk referred to as the Michelangelo of lavatories. In "Pinky," a 2009 episode of My Name Is Earl, he appeared. In the Scrubs episode "My Friend the Doctor," he appeared as a patient, as well as an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

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