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Bert Remsen Biography

Birth Name:Herbert Birchell Remsen

Birth Place:Long Island, New York, United States

Profession Actor, Casting department, Casting director, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Earned a Purple Heart during his military service in World War II
  • Father of casting director Ann Remsen Manners and actress Kerry Remsen
  • Married Barbara Dodd in 1958 and had two children with her
  • Acting career was put on hold after a crane struck him while filming "No Time for Sergeants․"
  • Began his acting career at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York
  • Debut on television came in the 1950s, with minor roles on the programs "Suspense," "Playwrights '56" and "The United States Steel Hour․"
  • Best known for portraying character roles in the films of director Robert Altman