Cast
Fritz Feld
Acting
Cast
Fritz Feld
Known for
Acting
Born
1900-10-14
From
Berlin, Germany
Died
1993-11-18
Also known as Fritz Feilchenfeld
Biography
Fritz Feld was born on October 15, 1900 in Berlin, Germany as Fritz Feilchenfeld. He is known for his work on Bringing Up Baby (1938), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He was married to Virginia Christine. He died on November 18, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in Berlin, Germany, Feld began his acting career in Germany in 1917, making his screen debut in Der Golem und die Tänzerin (The Golem and the Dancing Girl). Feld filmed the sound sequences of the Cecil B. DeMille film The Godless Girl, released by Pathé, without DeMille's supervision since DeMille had already broken his contract with Pathé, and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He developed a characterization that came to define him. His trademark was to slap his mouth with the palm of his hand to create a "pop!" sound that indicated both his superiority and his annoyance. The first use of the "pop" sound was in If You Knew Susie. Feld often played the part of a maître d', but also a variety of aristocrats and eccentrics; his characters were indeterminately European, sometimes French and sometimes Belgian but always with his particular mannerisms. In the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby he played the role of Dr. Lehman. In 1939 he appeared with the Marx Brothers in At The Circus in the small but memorable role of French orchestra conductor Jardinet. In one 1967 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "The Napoleon's Tomb Affair", Feld played a banker, a beatnik, a diplomat and a waiter. The episode also featured Ted Cassidy from The Addams Family. In his later years, Feld appeared in several Walt Disney films and also played an uncharacteristically dramatic role in Barfly. In addition to films, he acted in numerous television series in guest roles, including the recurring role of "Zumdish", the manager of the intergalactic Celestial Department Store on Lost In Space, in two Season 2 episodes, The Android Machine and The Toymaker. Zumdish returned in the Season 3 episode Two Weeks In Space, where he has been brainwashed by bank robbers into believing he is a tour director taking the robbers on holiday. He also portrayed one of the Harmonia Gardens waiters in the movie Hello Dolly! Feld made his final film appearance in 1989.
★7.0
MOVIE1969
Hello, Dolly!
as Rudolph's Assistant
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Bringing Up Baby
as Dr. Lehman
★6.6
MOVIE1951
Missing Women
as Pierre (hairdresser)
★6.2
MOVIE1974
Herbie Rides Again
as Maitre D'
★7.3
MOVIE1961
Pocketful of Miracles
as Pierre
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Golem: How He Came into the World
as Jester (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1980
Herbie Goes Bananas
as Chief Steward
★4.5
MOVIE1940
Millionaire Playboy
as 'G.G.' Gorta
★6.9
MOVIE1987
Barfly
as Bum
★6.1
MOVIE1976
Freaky Friday
as Mr. Jackman
★6.5
MOVIE1976
Silent Movie
as Maitre d'
★7.1
MOVIE1967
Barefoot in the Park
as Restaurant Proprietor
★6.7
MOVIE1955
Jail Busters
as Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
★6.5
MOVIE1946
I've Always Loved You
as Nicholas Kavlun
★6.0
MOVIE1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Sigmund Van Dyke
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Phantom of the Opera
as Lecours
★5.1
MOVIE1963
4 for Texas
as Fritz
★5.7
MOVIE1950
Appointment with Danger
as Window Dresser
★5.6
MOVIE1977
The World's Greatest Lover
as Tomaso Abalone
★6.2
MOVIE1975
The Strongest Man in the World
as Uncle Frederick
★6.8
MOVIE1943
Holy Matrimony
as Critic
★8.3
MOVIE1942
Shut My Big Mouth
as Robert Oglethorpe
★6.8
MOVIE1981
History of the World: Part I
as Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
★8.0
MOVIE1945
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
★6.0
MOVIE1954
Riding Shotgun
as Fritz
★4.9
MOVIE1966
Made in Paris
as Josef
★6.3
MOVIE1961
The Ladies Man
as Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Alvarez (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1952
O. Henry's Full House
as Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1946
Her Sister's Secret
as Wine Salesman
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Riding High
as French Dressmaker (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Living It Up
as Barber (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1982
Heidi's Song
as Sebastian (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE1939
When Tomorrow Comes
as Butler
★5.4
MOVIE1966
Penelope
as Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1938
Go Chase Yourself
as Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
★4.6
MOVIE1986
A Fine Mess
as Bit Part (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1975
The Sunshine Boys
as Mr. Gilbert
★6.8
MOVIE1963
Who's Minding the Store?
as Irving Catastrophe
★3.7
MOVIE1970
The Phynx
as Fritz Feld
★5.9
MOVIE1937
Expensive Husbands
as Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
★6.9
MOVIE1941
Come Live with Me
as Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1961
The Errand Boy
as Busby - Roaring 20's Director
★7.5
MOVIE1974
Only with Married Men
as Chef
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Mr. Hoople
★7.0
MOVIE1950
The Jackpot
as Pianist (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1930
The Wizard's Apprentice
as Wizard
★6.0
MOVIE1941
You Belong to Me
as Hotel Clerk
★6.7
MOVIE1948
Julia Misbehaves
as Pepito
★6.8
MOVIE1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Pierre
★6.2
MOVIE1964
The Patsy
as Maitre D'
★6.1
MOVIE1937
True Confession
as Krayler's Butler
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Idiot's Delight
as Pittatek
★6.0
MOVIE1972
Call Her Mom
as Waiter
★4.3
MOVIE1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Rudy's Butler
★6.1
MOVIE1938
I'll Give a Million
as Max Primerose
★7.2
MOVIE1947
Fun on a Weekend
as Sergei Stroganoff
★5.6
MOVIE1989
Homer and Eddie
as Mortician
★7.1
MOVIE1953
Crime Wave
as Jess (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1940
I Was an Adventuress
as Henri Gautier
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Little Old New York
as Tavern Keeper
★6.4
MOVIE1939
At the Circus
as Jardinet
★9.0
MOVIE1948
My Girl Tisa
as Prof. Tabor
★5.6
MOVIE1946
The Catman of Paris
as Prefect of Police
★5.4
MOVIE1938
The Affairs of Annabel
as Vladimir
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Carnival in Costa Rica
as Hotel Clerk
★6.1
MOVIE1937
I Met Him in Paris
as Swiss Hotel Clerk
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Professor Orco
★5.3
MOVIE1944
Passport to Destiny
as Chief Janitor
★6.8
MOVIE1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Anatole
★6.1
MOVIE1948
Trouble Makers
as Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
★6.9
MOVIE1948
The Noose Hangs High
as Psychiatrist
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Lancer Spy
as Fritz Mueller
★6.5
MOVIE1951
Journey Into Light
as Clothing Salesman
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Swingtime in the Movies
as Mr. Nitvitch
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Tovarich
as Martelleau
★5.6
MOVIE1965
Harlow
as Fritz
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Forsythe
★6.1
MOVIE1969
The Comic
as Armand
★5.8
MOVIE1938
Hollywood Hotel
as The Russian
★6.0
MOVIE1957
Up In Smoke
as Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Everything Happens at Night
as Gendarme
★5.0
MOVIE1954
Paris Playboys
as Marcel the Maitre d'
MOVIE1946
Gentleman Joe Palooka
as Club Steward
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Little Accident
as Malisse
★5.4
MOVIE1966
Three on a Couch
as The Attaché
★6.0
MOVIE1949
The Lovable Cheat
as Monsieur Louis
★6.0
MOVIE1941
World Premiere
as Field Marshal Muller
★7.4
MOVIE1928
The Last Command
as A revolutionist
★7.0
MOVIE1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as John Swallowtail
★5.8
MOVIE1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
as Poffenburgh
★6.4
MOVIE1940
It's a Date
as Oscar, the Headwaiter
★9.0
MOVIE1944
Take It Big
as Doctor Dittenhoffer
★4.8
MOVIE1963
Promises! Promises!
as Ship's Doctor
★10.0
MOVIE1944
Ever Since Venus
as Michele
★6.8
MOVIE1947
Hollywood Wonderland
as Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1945
The Great John L.
as Claire's manager
★7.5
MOVIE1929
One Hysterical Night
as Paganini
★6.5
MOVIE1945
George White's Scandals
as Montescu
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Headwaiter
★7.7
MOVIE1959
Juke Box Rhythm
as Ambrose
★6.8
MOVIE1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Luis Leoni
★5.7
MOVIE1929
Broadway
as Mose Levett
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Romance in the Dark
as Fritz
★4.6
MOVIE1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Pierre Gaston de la Blanc
★4.8
MOVIE1938
Artists and Models Abroad
as Dubois
★6.8
MOVIE1938
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Mr. Nitvitch
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Victory
as Signor Makanoff
★4.0
MOVIE1956
So You Want to Be Pretty
as Dr. Von Slaughter (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1948
Mexican Hayride
as Professor Ganzmeyer
★6.3
MOVIE1952
So You Want to Wear the Pants
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1942
Sleepytime Gal
as Chef Petrovich
★5.7
MOVIE1928
A Ship Comes In
as Sokol
★6.2
MOVIE1939
Quiet, Please
as Mr. Nitvitch
★6.0
MOVIE1951
Kentucky Jubilee
as Rudolph Jouvet
★7.3
MOVIE1948
If You Knew Susie
as Chez Henri
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Legend of the Northwest
as Trapper
★9.0
MOVIE1950
Belle of Old Mexico
as Dr. Quincy
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Heavenly Music
as Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Sandy Is a Lady
as Mario
★4.0
MOVIE1951
Rhythm Inn
as Prof. Rinaldo
★4.8
MOVIE1938
Campus Confessions
as 'Lady MacBeth'
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Three Sons o' Guns
as Stage Director
★7.0
MOVIE1928
Blindfold
as Thomas Bernard
★5.5
MOVIE1951
Sky High
as Dr. Kapok
★7.5
MOVIE1984
Last of the Great Survivors
as Marty LaFontaine
★10.0
MOVIE1929
Black Magic
as James Fraser
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Iceland
as Herr Tegnar
★8.0
MOVIE1960
The Miracle of the White Reindeer
as Geronimo
★7.0
MOVIE1921
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Josef Altman
★9.0
MOVIE1953
So You Want to Be a Musician
as Lasagna Pizza - Orchestra Leader
★6.3
MOVIE1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Dr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)