Bernard Kates

Bernard Kates (December 26, 1922 – February 2, 2010) was an American actor on television, in movies and on the stage.^[1]

Staff Sergeant Kates served as a waist gunner on a B-17G with the 336th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group (H), 8th United States AAF during World War II,^[2] Kates earned an Air Medal with three clusters and a Distinguished Flying Cross.^[3]

A life member of The Actors Studio,^[4] Kates's film appearances include Judgment at Nuremberg (as Max Perkins), The Babe, and The Phantom.

One of his many television roles was as Sigmund Freud in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Phantasms". He also portrayed a Jewish resistance fighter in the 1960 television play In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Playhouse 90).

Kates' Broadway credits include The Devils (1965), Have I Got a Girl for You! (1963), The Disenchanted (1958), Billy Budd (1951), and At War With the Army (1949).^[5] He was a resident actor with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, for nine summers,^[3] and he was also active in "a noteworthy run of shows" at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California.^[6]

On February 2, 2010, complications resulting from sepsis and pneumonia led to Kates' death in a hospital in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, at age 87.^[7]