How tall is Bernard Herrmann?

Bernard Herrmann's listed height was 173 cm (5'8"). He was taller than about 52% of men in the United States.

Where 173 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 52% of men in the United States born in 1911 (average 172.6 cm).

Herrmann next to his bandmates and co-stars

Alfred Hitchcock is 3 cm shorter than Bernard Herrmann (170 cm), The Man Who Knew Too Much co-star.

James Stewart is 18 cm taller than Bernard Herrmann (191 cm), The Man Who Knew Too Much co-star.

About Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann, born Maximillian Herman on 29 June 1911 in New York City, was an American composer and conductor best known for his film scoring. He was the chief conductor of the CBS Symphony Orchestra as a young man, which led him to compose for Orson Welles's radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. He died on 24 December 1975.

His first film score was for Welles's directorial debut, Citizen Kane (1941). That year he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Devil and Daniel Webster. He also worked with Welles on The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Jane Eyre (1943), and with Alfred Hitchcock on nine films, including The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964). As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers.

Herrmann stood at a listed 173 cm (5'8"). James Stewart, listed at 191 cm (6'3"), was 18 cm taller, and Alfred Hitchcock, listed at 170 cm (5'7"), was 3 cm shorter; both worked on The Man Who Knew Too Much, in which Herrmann makes a cameo appearance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Frequently asked

How tall is Bernard Herrmann in feet and inches? Bernard Herrmann was 5'8" tall, which is 173 cm, 68.1 inches or 1.73 m.

How tall is Bernard Herrmann compared to Alfred Hitchcock? Alfred Hitchcock is 3 cm shorter than Bernard Herrmann: 170 cm (5'7") vs 173 cm (5'8").

How tall is Bernard Herrmann compared to James Stewart? James Stewart is 18 cm taller than Bernard Herrmann: 191 cm (6'3") vs 173 cm (5'8").

Is Bernard Herrmann tall for men in the United States? At 173 cm he was taller than about 52% of men in the United States born in 1911, whose average height is 172.6 cm.

Sources

• Bernard Herrmann on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Bernard Herrmann on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 173 cm.
• Bernard Herrmann on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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