Henry Bergman
Actor · 1868 – 1946 · San Francisco, California, USA
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 appearance was with The L-KO Kompany in 1914 at the age of forty-six. In 1916, Bergman started working with Charlie Chaplin, beginning with The Pawnshop. For the rest of his career, Bergman remained as a character actor for Chaplin and worked as a studio assistant, including Assistant Director. He played in many Chaplin shorts and later features, including The Immigrant, The Gold Rush and The Circus. Bergman's last on-screen appearance was in Modern Times as a restaurant manager, and his final off-screen contribution was for The Great Dictator in 1940. Chaplin helped Bergman finance a restaurant in Hollywood named Henry's, which became a popular spot for celebrities as a precursor to the later Brown Derby restaurant. Henry Bergman continued to be associated with the Chaplin Studios until his death from a heart attack in 1946. He is interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Movie8.3ComedyDramaA 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...
Modern Times
1936 · 4.2K votes
Movie8.0AdventureComedyA gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
The Gold Rush
1925 · 1.9K votes
Movie8.1ComedyDramaA 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 Kid
1921 · 2.4K votes
Movie8.2ComedyDramaA 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.
City Lights
1931 · 2.5K votes
Movie7.9ComedyDramaCharlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
The Circus
1928 · 918 votes
Movie7.3ComedyThe Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
A Dog's Life
1918 · 374 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA 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.
100% American
1918 · 3 votes
Movie7.3ComedyRomanceA European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
The Immigrant
1917 · 327 votes
Movie5.9ComedyProfessor 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.
The Professor
1919 · 33 votes
Movie6.8ComedyWarAn American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Shoulder Arms
1918 · 207 votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceWhen 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 Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923 · 204 votes
Movie7.1ComedyActionA 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.
Easy Street
1917 · 188 votes
Movie7.4ComedyThree 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".
The Chaplin Revue
1959 · 40 votes
Movie5.1ComedyA 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.
The Bond
1918 · 52 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Pay Day
1922 · 167 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryThe 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.
Movie6.9ComedyWesternThe Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
The Pilgrim
1923 · 161 votes
Movie6.5ComedyRomanceDuring the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
Behind the Screen
1916 · 100 votes
Movie6.9ComedyAdventureThe 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…
The Adventurer
1917 · 157 votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryTV MovieA look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
Movie6.6ComedyAfter amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
The Rink
1916 · 153 votes
Movie6.8ComedyAt an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
The Idle Class
1921 · 117 votes
Movie6.8ComedyA tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
The Vagabond
1916 · 137 votes
Movie6.7ComedyA 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 Pawnshop
1916 · 121 votes