---
name: "Ed Bernard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-bernard"
fi1m_id: "ed-bernard"
imdb_id: "nm0076204"
tmdb_id: 1242308
wikidata_id: "Q3047152"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 July 1939"
died: "23 January 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:29:04.847030+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ed Bernard

## Identity

Ed Bernard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-bernard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-bernard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0076204
- **TMDB ID:** 1242308
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3047152
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Bernard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047152, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242308

Actor. Born 4 July 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 23 January 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 July 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 23 January 2026
- **Active:** 1971–1983
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 72 (1), 1980s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Bernard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047152, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242308

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Blue Thunder*](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md) (71)

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## Biography

Ed Bernard was an American actor. He was born on 4 July 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on 23 January 2026 in Northridge, California.

He began his career with stage work, including an off-Broadway production in 1969 and a season with the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in 1970. His screen debut came in the 1971 film *Shaft*, followed by roles in *Across 110th Street* (1972) and *The Hot Rock* (1972).

Bernard was a series regular as Detective Joe Styles on *Police Woman* (1974–1978) and as Principal Jim Willis on *The White Shadow* (1978–1980). He appeared as Sgt. Short in the 1983 film *Blue Thunder*, and had later credits including *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993), episodes of *ER* (2005) and *Cold Case* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Blue Thunder* (1983), Fi1m 71, as Sgt. Short — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)
- *Shaft* (1971), Fi1m 72, as Peerce — [page](https://film.one/film/shaft.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bare Witness* (2002), as Capt. Moody
- *Girlfriends* (2000), series, as Minister
- *Pinocchio's Revenge* (1996), as Jail Guard
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, as Officer Osgood
- *Girl in the Cadillac* (1995), as Judge Horton
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Mr. Gant
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mr. Klossey — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993), as Desk Sergeant
- *Intimate Stranger* (1991), as Captain Milliken
- *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), series, as Judge
- *Under Cover* (1987), as Chief Heffer
- *Survival Game* (1987), as 'Sugar Bear' Wilcox
- *Life with Lucy* (1986), series, as Tony
- *Hardcastle and McCormick* (1983), series, as Lt. Bill Giles
- *Blue Thunder* (1983), as Sgt. Short — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Lieutenant Tom Reed / Willis, Lieutenant Tom Reed
- *The Last Song* (1980), as Morgan
- *Beyond Westworld* (1980), series, as Doctor
- *Act of Violence* (1979), as Clayton
- *The White Shadow* (1978), series, as Jim Willis
- *Mork & Mindy* (1978), series, as Officer Boyd
- *What's Happening!!* (1976), series, as Ed Roberts
- *Reflections of Murder* (1974), as Coroner
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Det. Joe Styles
- *Together Brothers* (1974), as Mr. Kool
- *Unwed Father* (1974), as Butler
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Watson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Trader Horn* (1973), as Apague
- *Police Story* (1973), series, as Styles
- *Across 110th Street* (1972), as Joe Logart
- *Cool Million* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Hot Rock* (1972), as Policeman
- *Shaft* (1971), as Peerce — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/shaft.md)
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Bull Evans

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