Bernie Kopell Net Worth

Bernie Kopell's Quotes

• [on Danny Kaye] We were in a sketch together on The Danny Kaye Show (1963). He was a hero coming down from the hills of Mexico to help the villagers and I played one of his helpers. I got a big laugh with my line at our first rehearsal in front of an audience. I did not know that it was against the law on "The Danny Kaye Show" for anyone to get a big laugh other than Danny Kaye. I felt something that seemed like an ice pick in my forearm. He was grabbing me. I said, "Danny, what the hell?" I looked at him and he had blood in his eyes. His idea was: "You set me up--and then I get the laugh." It continued that way until I was ultimately fired.
• [on Jack Benny] What an absolutely delightful human being. There was not one iota of supremacy about him when he dealt with other actors. He was gigantic in radio and then became gigantic in television.

Interesting Facts about Bernie Kopell

1. Served in the United States Navy, under the service number 488 29 39, from December 1955 to September 1957. Was released from active duty as a Seaman and discharged from the Inactive Reserves in December 1961.
2. Known for his talent with dialects, his first three years of his career had him playing Latinos, including a three-month stint on The Brighter Day (1954) as a Cuban heavy.
3. His former wife Yolanda Veloz is the daughter of the dance team, Veloz & Yolanda.
4. He has played the same character (Dr. Adam Bricker) in four different series: The Love Boat (1977), Charlie's Angels (1976), Martin (1992) and Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998).
5. Went to college with James Drury.
6. Best known for his role as Dr. Adam Bricker on The Love Boat (1977).
7. Bernie and Catrina Honadle are parents of Joshua Grant (b. 1997) and Adam Alexander (b. 2002) who is named for Kopell's The Love Boat (1977) character, Dr. Adam Bricker.
8. Friends with Gavin MacLeod, Bill Bixby, Shirley Jones, Dick Van Patten, Elizabeth Montgomery, Katherine Helmond, and Robert Fuller.