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EDWARD BERNDS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Edward Bernds was born on July 12th, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois with the middle name Ludwig. He first developed an interest in the entertainment industry during junior high school, when he and a group of friends started a radio club and obtained amateur licenses.

After graduating from high school in 1923, Bernds was given the opportunity to work as a chief operator at Chicago's WENR. He worked for a number of years on radio until he decided to relocate to Los Angeles, California and pursue working in the film industry as a career as a sound technician.

He gained a number of years experience working for both Universal and Columbia and then in 1945 he began working on the other side of the industry as a director with his first two-reel short, "Micro-Phonies" (1945), a 'Three Stooges Film' for Columbia Pictures.

For the next seven years, he remained employed with Columbia as a director. Other shorts he directed during his employment with Columbia were, "Mr. Noisy" (1946), "Wife to Spare" (1947), "Crime on their Hands" (1948), "Radio Riot's " (1949), "Punchy Cowpunchers" (1950) and "Blondie's Hero" (1950).

When Columbia downsized their studio in 1952, Bernds resigned after his close friend and fellow director, Hugh McCollum was fired. Bernds remained working as a director in the industry on other films such as, "Gold Raiders" (1950), "Clipped Wings" (1953), "Navy Wife" (1956), "The Storm Rider" (1957) and the television series, "Sugarfoot" and "Colt .45" (both 1957).

He had now branched out in the industry and was able to show his talents to Hollywood in a variety of different genres. He had moved up to directing dramatic features in the late 50's and early 60's, however he did return to do some work with the 'The Three Stooges' on their feature films, "The Three Stooges in Orbit" and "The Three Stooges Meet Hercules" (both 1962).

Other works he became well known for were the films, "Return of the Fly" (1959), "Valley of the Dragons" (1961) and his last project was in 1965 on, "The New Three Stooges" television series in 1965.

Edward Bernds married only once to Bathsheba Landsberg in 1927 and they had two children and remained married until she passed away in 1992. Bernds then lost his life a couple years later on May 20th, 2000 in Van Nuys, California.

Filmography

1965 The New 3 Stooges

1962 The Three Stooges in Orbit

1962 The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

1961 Valley of the Dragons

1959 Return of the Fly

1959 Alaska Passage

1958 Joy Ride

1958 Queen of Outer Space

1958 Space Master X-7

1958 High School Hellcats

1958 Quantrill's Raiders