Mike and Bernie Winters were born as Mike & Bernie Weinstein in Islington but the family moved to Tottenham in 1935 when they lived opposite George Marks who was later to become the glamour photographer ‘Harrison Marks’. A close school friend of Bernie Weinstein was Danny Sewell, brother of actor George Sewell, the actor and another famous son of Tottenham, Mike & Bernie formed their comedy double act in the early 1950’s and changed their surname to Winters. Mike was the straight man to the mildly gormless and goofy character played by Bernie. They were famous throughout the 1950’s to the late 1970’s when they split up and decided to go their separate ways. Bernie was later to pursue a solo career perhaps best remembered alongside his comedy partner, a large St Bernard dog named SCHNORBITZ. Bernie died in 1991 aged 59 and Mike died in 2013 aged 82 years.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:30:52 +0000