John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Joseph Bernard (actor) Lee Strasberg and starring John Garfield, with whom he became friends. Garfield was Bernard's best man at his marriage to his wife, Bina, whom he wed in 1952. Bina died in 2001. Bernard appeared in "Murder, Inc.", the Stanley Kramer film "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961), in which he played an assistant to the American prosecutor, played by Richard Widmark, and a number of other films that included "Ice Station Zebra". His television roles included appearances on "", "The Twilight Zone" (in the 1961 episode "The Shelter)", and "". In 1968, he became an executive director and teacher at the Lee