caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place years_active imagesize birth_date image article_title name occupation death_cause
bernard went dry '' -lrb- 1919 -rrb- durning and vangie valentine in '' when bearcat 29 august 1923 new york city , new york bernard joseph durning new york city , new york shirley mason -lrb- m.1917-1923 ; his death -rrb- 200px 24 august 1893 when bearcat went dry -lrb- 1919 -rrb- - 2.jpg bernard durning
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bernard durning

bernard joseph durning -lrb- august 24 , 1893 - august 29 , 1923 -rrb- was an american silent film director and actor who worked primarily with lon chaney , dustin farnum , and buck jones .
william a. wellman was his assistant director and protégé .
his older brother , harry m. durning , was the collector of customs for the port of new york from 1933 to 1953 .
