Henry 'Buddy' Bernier (April 21 1910 - June 18 1983) was an American lyricist, mainly active during the 1940s and 50s.
Born in Watertown, New York, Bernier is perhaps best remembered for Poinciana, written with composer Nat Simon, first introduced in the 1952 film Dreamboat which subsequently became a standard covered by artists including Johnny Mathis, Vic Damone, Percy Faith, The Four Freshmen and Ahmad Jamal (as the first track on an eponymous album), and which featured again in the 1995 film The Bridges of Madison County.
He was also the lyricist on The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (not to be confused with the Bobby Vee song of the same name) co-written with Jerry Brainin and covered by John Coltrane and Harry Belafonte amongst others.