Fritz Feld
Known for Acting · 167 credits
- Born
- 1900-10-14
- Died
- 1993-11-18
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (33)
Bewitched
1964
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Lars
Love, American Style
1969
as Captain / Walter
Batman
1966
as Prof. Greenleaf / Oliver Muzzy
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Simon & Simon
1981
I Love Lucy
1951
as Tour Guide
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Chef
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Professor Lazlo - hypnotist
Lost in Space
1965
as Mr. Zumdish
Burke's Law
1963
as Captain of Waiters
The Odd Couple
1970
as Maitre D'
Peter Gunn
1958
Amazing Stories
1985
as Maitre 'd
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Fontaine
Land of the Giants
1968
as Quigg
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Maitre D
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Banker-Beatnik-Diplomat-Waiter
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as King's Bidder
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Sledge Hammer!
1986
as Announcer
December Bride
1954
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Waiter
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Chef
Racket Squad
1951
The Thin Man
1957
Supertrain
1979
as Maitre D'
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Valentine's Day
1964
Tabitha
1977
General Electric Theater
1953
as Doctor
Movies (134)
Barfly
1987
as Bum
Freaky Friday
1976
as Mr. Jackman
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Chief Steward
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Dr. Lehman
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Rudolph's Assistant
The Comic
1969
as Armand
Herbie Rides Again
1974
as Maitre D'
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Fritz
Sky High
1951
as Dr. Kapok
Iceland
1942
as Herr Tegnar
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Pierre
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as Sigmund Van Dyke
Barefoot in the Park
1967
as Restaurant Proprietor
Crime Wave
1953
as Jess (uncredited)
The Jackpot
1950
as Pianist (uncredited)
Silent Movie
1976
as Maitre d'
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Anatole
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Alvarez (uncredited)
Holy Matrimony
1943
as Critic
Heavenly Music
1943
as Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Uncle Frederick
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Lecours
The Sunshine Boys
1975
as Mr. Gilbert
Harlow
1965
as Fritz
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Rudy's Butler
4 for Texas
1963
as Fritz
The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
as Jester (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
as Tomaso Abalone
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Riding High
1950
as French Dressmaker (uncredited)
Appointment with Danger
1950
as Window Dresser
Lancer Spy
1937
as Fritz Mueller
The Errand Boy
1961
as Busby - Roaring 20's Director
A Fine Mess
1986
as Bit Part (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Butler
Victory
1940
as Signor Makanoff
The Patsy
1964
as Maitre D'
Missing Women
1951
as Pierre (hairdresser)
Penelope
1966
as Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Mortician
The Ladies Man
1961
as Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Made in Paris
1966
as Josef
At the Circus
1939
as Jardinet
The Phynx
1970
as Fritz Feld
Millionaire Playboy
1940
as 'G.G.' Gorta
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Irving Catastrophe
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Vladimir
Living It Up
1954
as Barber (uncredited)
Mexican Hayride
1948
as Professor Ganzmeyer
Tovarich
1937
as Martelleau
Julia Misbehaves
1948
as Pepito
World Premiere
1941
as Field Marshal Muller
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
as Poffenburgh
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
as John Swallowtail
Promises! Promises!
1963
as Ship's Doctor
Kentucky Jubilee
1951
as Rudolph Jouvet
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Max Primerose
You Belong to Me
1941
as Hotel Clerk
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938
as Mr. Nitvitch
Paris Playboys
1954
as Marcel the Maitre d'
Heidi's Song
1982
as Sebastian (voice)
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
as Marty LaFontaine
Jail Busters
1955
as Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Robert Oglethorpe
The Last Command
1928
as A revolutionist
Passport to Destiny
1944
as Chief Janitor
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Pittatek
The Catman of Paris
1946
as Prefect of Police
It's a Date
1940
as Oscar, the Headwaiter
I Was an Adventuress
1940
as Henri Gautier
Come Live with Me
1941
as Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
True Confession
1937
as Krayler's Butler
Three on a Couch
1966
as The Attaché
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Pierre
Go Chase Yourself
1938
as Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Monsieur Louis
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946
as Club Steward
Black Magic
1929
as James Fraser
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Luis Leoni
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Prof. Tabor
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
as Forsythe
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as The Russian
Broadway
1929
as Mose Levett
Everything Happens at Night
1939
as Gendarme
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Psychiatrist
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
as Ambrose
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Sergei Stroganoff
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
Little Old New York
1940
as Tavern Keeper
Rhythm Inn
1951
as Prof. Rinaldo
George White's Scandals
1945
as Montescu
I've Always Loved You
1946
as Nicholas Kavlun
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
as Headwaiter
Campus Confessions
1938
as 'Lady MacBeth'
Only with Married Men
1974
as Chef
Blindfold
1928
as Thomas Bernard
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
as Dubois
I Met Him in Paris
1937
as Swiss Hotel Clerk
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as Professor Orco
Romance in the Dark
1938
as Fritz
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
as Dr. Quincy
The Great John L.
1945
as Claire's manager
Legend of the Northwest
1978
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Chez Henri
Quiet, Please
1939
as Mr. Nitvitch
Little Accident
1939
as Malisse
Journey Into Light
1951
as Clothing Salesman
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
as Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
Swingtime in the Movies
1938
as Mr. Nitvitch
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Mr. Hoople
So You Want to Wear the Pants
1952
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Call Her Mom
1972
as Waiter
Ever Since Venus
1944
as Michele
Trouble Makers
1948
as Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Pierre Gaston de la Blanc
Expensive Husbands
1937
as Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
Up In Smoke
1957
as Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952
as Dr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)
A Ship Comes In
1928
as Sokol
About Fritz Feld
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,… With 167 credits spanning from 1920 to 1989, Fritz Feld has appeared in 134 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fritz Feld Movies
- Barfly (1987) — as Bum
- Freaky Friday (1976) — as Mr. Jackman
- Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) — as Chief Steward
- Bringing Up Baby (1938) — as Dr. Lehman
- Hello, Dolly! (1969) — as Rudolph's Assistant
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