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Bob Herzberg

Bob Herzberg

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bob Herzberg is a cultural historian, Western author, actor, and comedian. He has authored a dozen books, including The FBI and the Movies, The Third Reich on Screen, and Hollywood and the Military Bureaucracy, as well as the Western Borderline, the Civil War tale Sidearm, and the range war The McDermott Fifty.

A member of the Western Writers of America and a previous student of acting teacher extraordinaire William Hickey, Bob has shuttled between New York and Hollywood on various projects and continues to research American history to inspire both his Western writing, as well as his books on film.

Both his book and cinema reviews have appeared in The Roundup, as well as other periodicals. His most recent book is Imperial Japan on Screen, 1930-2022. As a performer, he’s acted on stage and done standup comedy, improvisation, and murder mysteries. He lives with his wife, actress, poet, and horror film fan Colleen Herzberg in New York City.