# David Bauer (actor)

David Bauer (born Herman Bernard Waldman, March 6, 1917 – February 8 or 13, 1973) was an American film, television, and stage actor who, from November 1958 until his death, was based primarily in Britain.

## Early life and career

Born in Chicago, Illinois to Leo Waldman and Ida Katz, Waldman attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating in 1938. Aside from his Bachelor of Arts, Waldman was awarded the school's $75 Dramatic Club Prize and, more important, a scholarship to the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he had a chance to meet, among others, Jane Wyatt, Edith Barrett and Sinclair Lewis, and to perform alongside such actors as Fred Stone, Jane Cowl and Eugenie Leontovich.
After serving in the army from 1943 to 1946, Waldman joined the Actors' Laboratory Theatre in Los Angeles, appearing that year in the west coast premiere of Harry Brown's A Sound of Hunting, wherein, according to Los Angeles Daily News critic David Hanna, Brown's sometimes "overdrawn" supporting characters managed to retain some "semblance of credulity [sic], thanks largely to the finesse of the men who play them. Michael Vincent and Herman Waldman carry the comedy burden with surety and excellent timing."
Waldman's radio credits include ongoing roles in Big Town and Those We Love and at least one appearance on the anthology series Favorite Story.
In the summer of 1948, by which time he had amassed more than 100 stage and radio credits (along with his first feature film), Waldman adopted the stage name David Wolfe, appearing in such films as The Undercover Man, 5 Fingers, Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie, and Salt of the Earth.
Following his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Wolfe was blacklisted; consequently, the professional alias underwent one last tweak, and, as of no later than the December 1956 New York Shakespeare Festival revival of Titus Andronicus, Waldman was being billed as David Bauer.
As David Bauer, he appeared in The Baron, The Champions (where he provided opening narration for each episode), The Avengers, Department S, Gideon's Way, Jason King, The Prisoner, The Protectors, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Saint, Strange Report, and Undermind.
He appeared in films such as Patton, Inspector Clouseau, Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

## Personal life and death

Bauer was married twice: to Rose Cherub from July 1946 until at least April 1950, and, from 1960 until his death, to British actress Stella Tanner, with whom he had one child, Santa Fe-based actress and disc jockey Alexa Bauer.
David Bauer died of a heart attack at his home in London on either the 8th or 13 February 1973.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1948 | The Vicious Circle | Lieber | as Herman Waldman |
| 1949 | The Undercover Man | Stanley Weinburg | as David Wolfe |
| 1949 | House of Strangers | Prosecutor | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Slattery's Hurricane | Dr. Ross | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Flaming Fury | Tony Polacheck | as David Wolfe |
| 1949 | Sword in the Desert | Gershon | as David Wolfe |
| 1949 | Tokyo Joe | Photo Sergeant | Uncredited |
| 1949 | A Dangerous Profession | Matthew Dawson | as David Wolfe |
| 1949 | Bagdad | Mahmud | as David Wolfe |
| 1950 | Prisoners in Petticoats | Sam Clark | as David Wolfe |
| 1950 | Side Street | Smitty | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Appointment with Danger | David Goodman | as David Wolfe |
| 1950 | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Sid Kramer, Scalise Hood | Uncredited |
| 1951 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Speaker on Dais | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Smuggler's Island | Lorca | as David Wolfe |
| 1951 | The Mark of the Renegade | Landlord | as Dave Wolfe |
| 1951 | Kansas Raiders | Rudolph Tate | as Dave Wolfe |
| 1951 | The Scarf | Level Louie | as David Wolfe |
| 1951 | The Guest (Short) | Martin Androvitch | as David Wolfe |
| 1952 | 5 Fingers | Da Costa | Uncredited |
| 1952 | The Cimarron Kid | Sam Swanson | as David Wolfe |
| 1952 | The Iron Mistress | James Black | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie | Sam Eichenbogen | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Counsel | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Salt of the Earth | Barton | as David Wolfe |
| 1962 | Flat Two | Emil louba | |
| 1963 | Live It Up! | Mark Watson | U.S. ' Sing and Swing '. |
| 1964 | Man in the Middle | Colonel Mayburt | |
| 1964 | Walk a Tightrope | Ed | |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Young Judge | Uncredited |
| 1967 | The Double Man | Andrew Miller | |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | American Diplomat | Uncredited |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Bennett | |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Mike Charles | (segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood") |
| 1968 | Dark of the Sun | Adams | (UK title: The Mercenaries) |
| 1968 | Inspector Clouseau | Police Chief Geffrion | |
| 1969 | Crooks and Coronets | Jack | |
| 1969 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Villac Umu | |
| 1970 | Patton | Lieutenant General Harry Buford | |
| 1971 | Fun and Games | Gribney | |
| 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever | Morton Slumber | |
| 1972 | Embassy | Kadish | |
| 1972 | Endless Night | Uncle Frank | |
| 1974 | Road Movie | Harry | (final film role) |