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)
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Professor Lazlo
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Peter Gunn
1958
Love, American Style
1969
as Captain / Walter
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Chef
Batman
1966
as Prof. Greenleaf / Oliver Muzzy
I Love Lucy
1951
as Tour Guide
Bewitched
1964
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Simon & Simon
1981
Burke's Law
1963
as Captain of Waiters
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Lars
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Maitre D
Lost in Space
1965
as Mr. Zumdish
Amazing Stories
1985
as Maitre 'd
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Fontaine
Land of the Giants
1968
as Quigg
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Odd Couple
1970
as Maitre D'
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Banker-Beatnik-Diplomat-Waiter
December Bride
1954
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as King's Bidder
Racket Squad
1951
Sledge Hammer!
1986
as Announcer
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Waiter
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Chef
The Thin Man
1957
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Supertrain
1979
as Maitre D'
Tabitha
1977
Valentine's Day
1964
General Electric Theater
1953
as Doctor
Movies (134)
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Rudolph's Assistant
The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
as Jester (uncredited)
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Chief Steward
Bringing Up Baby
1938
as Dr. Lehman
Silent Movie
1976
as Maitre d'
Herbie Rides Again
1974
as Maitre D'
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Pierre
Barefoot in the Park
1967
as Restaurant Proprietor
Missing Women
1951
as Pierre (hairdresser)
Barfly
1987
as Bum
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Lecours
Jail Busters
1955
as Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
Freaky Friday
1976
as Mr. Jackman
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
as Tomaso Abalone
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as Sigmund Van Dyke
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Millionaire Playboy
1940
as 'G.G.' Gorta
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Irving Catastrophe
4 for Texas
1963
as Fritz
The Ladies Man
1961
as Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Anatole
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
Living It Up
1954
as Barber (uncredited)
Heidi's Song
1982
as Sebastian (voice)
Appointment with Danger
1950
as Window Dresser
Penelope
1966
as Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Made in Paris
1966
as Josef
Come Live with Me
1941
as Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
I've Always Loved You
1946
as Nicholas Kavlun
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Robert Oglethorpe
Her Sister's Secret
1946
as Wine Salesman
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
At the Circus
1939
as Jardinet
The Phynx
1970
as Fritz Feld
Riding High
1950
as French Dressmaker (uncredited)
A Fine Mess
1986
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys
1975
as Mr. Gilbert
The Patsy
1964
as Maitre D'
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Alvarez (uncredited)
The Errand Boy
1961
as Busby - Roaring 20's Director
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Fritz
Holy Matrimony
1943
as Critic
Expensive Husbands
1937
as Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Uncle Frederick
Harlow
1965
as Fritz
Three on a Couch
1966
as The Attaché
Go Chase Yourself
1938
as Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
You Belong to Me
1941
as Hotel Clerk
Crime Wave
1953
as Jess (uncredited)
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Mr. Hoople
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Pierre
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Rudy's Butler
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Mortician
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Pittatek
Julia Misbehaves
1948
as Pepito
The Jackpot
1950
as Pianist (uncredited)
Only with Married Men
1974
as Chef
True Confession
1937
as Krayler's Butler
Call Her Mom
1972
as Waiter
The Wizard's Apprentice
1930
as Wizard
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Vladimir
Little Old New York
1940
as Tavern Keeper
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Butler
The Last Command
1928
as A revolutionist
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as Professor Orco
I Met Him in Paris
1937
as Swiss Hotel Clerk
The Comic
1969
as Armand
I Was an Adventuress
1940
as Henri Gautier
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
as Hotel Clerk
It's a Date
1940
as Oscar, the Headwaiter
Take It Big
1944
as Doctor Dittenhoffer
Broadway
1929
as Mose Levett
Tovarich
1937
as Martelleau
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Luis Leoni
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as The Russian
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Chez Henri
The Catman of Paris
1946
as Prefect of Police
The Great John L.
1945
as Claire's manager
Iceland
1942
as Herr Tegnar
Everything Happens at Night
1939
as Gendarme
Promises! Promises!
1963
as Ship's Doctor
Journey Into Light
1951
as Clothing Salesman
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Max Primerose
Up In Smoke
1957
as Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)
Lancer Spy
1937
as Fritz Mueller
The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Monsieur Louis
Paris Playboys
1954
as Marcel the Maitre d'
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
as Forsythe
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938
as Mr. Nitvitch
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Sergei Stroganoff
A Ship Comes In
1928
as Sokol
Kentucky Jubilee
1951
as Rudolph Jouvet
Passport to Destiny
1944
as Chief Janitor
George White's Scandals
1945
as Montescu
Sleepytime Gal
1942
as Chef Petrovich
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
as Marty LaFontaine
Blindfold
1928
as Thomas Bernard
Little Accident
1939
as Malisse
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
as Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
Campus Confessions
1938
as 'Lady MacBeth'
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
as Dr. Quincy
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Prof. Tabor
Movieland Magic
1946
as (archive footage)
Trouble Makers
1948
as Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
as Poffenburgh
Swingtime in the Movies
1938
as Mr. Nitvitch
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Psychiatrist
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Pierre Gaston de la Blanc
Sandy Is a Lady
1940
as Mario
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946
as Club Steward
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
as Dubois
Quiet, Please
1939
as Mr. Nitvitch
One Hysterical Night
1929
as Paganini
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
as John Swallowtail
World Premiere
1941
as Field Marshal Muller
Legend of the Northwest
1978
as Trapper
Romance in the Dark
1938
as Fritz
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
as Headwaiter
Black Magic
1929
as James Fraser
Ever Since Venus
1944
as Michele
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
- Hello, Dolly! (1969) — as Rudolph's Assistant
- The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) — as Jester (uncredited)
- Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) — as Chief Steward
- Bringing Up Baby (1938) — as Dr. Lehman
- Silent Movie (1976) — as Maitre d'
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