Biography
Henry Bergman (23 February 1868 – 22 October 1946) was an American stage and film actor. Born in San Francisco, California, he began his career in theatre, appearing in Henrietta in 1888 at the Hollis Street Theatre in Boston and in the touring production of The Senator in 1892 and 1893. He made his Broadway debut in 1899.
Bergman entered films in 1914 with the L-KO Kompany. From 1916 he maintained a long association with Charlie Chaplin, appearing as a character actor in many of his shorts and features, including The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), The Circus (1928), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936), in which he played the Cafe Proprietor. He also worked as an assistant director on some Chaplin productions and contributed off-screen to The Great Dictator (1940). Chaplin helped finance Bergman's Hollywood restaurant, Henry's.
