Bernard R. Granville (July 4, 1888 - October 5, 1936) was an American actor, singer and minstrel show performer who was discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld and was known as "the twentieth century comedian".
[2] He started his career as a minstrel show performer with Al G. Field at age 18, in 1906.
He worked as a circus clown for Ringling Brothers than went back to a minstrel show with Donnely and Hatfield[1] He performed in Marriage a la Carte at the La Salle Theater in Chicago, Illinois, in 1911.
He performed in A Winsome Widow at the Moulin Rouge in Manhattan, New York City.
[1] He married Rosina Timponi and they had a daughter Bonita Granville.