At the death of Huntz Hall in 1999, Dr. Punsley became the last surviving original Dead End Kid.
First role was at the age of 8 in a Broadway production of "I Love an Actress." The show folded after only a week.
Graduated from University of Georgia's Medical College, he was a doctor of internal medicine who ran his own practice for years. Also was chief of staff at South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach, California.
In February 1994, Bernard appeared with fellow ex-Dead End Kid Huntz Hall at a ceremony in which the gang received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
One of the "Dead End" kids.
Played the sad-eyed "Dead End Kid" who was deep-down a good guy but fell into the gang by hard luck.
Son of a New York City tailor.