Fritz Feld
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
Acting
1961
asPierre
1938
asFritz Lehman
1981
asMaitre 'D - The Roman Empire
1948
asProf. Tabor
1944
asPoffenburgh
1920
asJester (uncredited)
1976
asMaitre d'
1950
asDr. Quincy
1954
asMarcel the Maitre d'
1939
asJardinet
1941
asMac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
1948
asPsychiatrist
1955
asDr. Fernando F. Fordyce
1947
asAnatole
1960
asGeronimo
1937
asMartelleau
1943
asLecours
1938
asThe Russian
1970
asFritz Feld
1951
asPierre (hairdresser)
1977
asTomaso Abalone
1961
asMrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
1948
asPepito
1928
asA revolutionist
1949
asMonsieur Louis
1950
asPianist (uncredited)
1982
asSebastian (voice)
1946
asPrefect of Police
1942
asProfessor Orco
1938
asVladimir
1937
asFritz Mueller
1938
asMr. Nitvitch
1939
asMr. Nitvitch
1937
asKrayler's Butler
1939
asGendarme
1940
asOscar, the Headwaiter
1938
asLuis Leoni
1938
asMr. Nitvitch
1939
asNicholas
1978
as
1944
asChief Janitor
1974
asChef
1966
asThe Attaché
1959
asAmbrose
1940
asTavern Keeper
1947
asHotel Clerk
1941
asPierre Gaston de la Blanc
1938
asCount Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
1938
asDubois
1942
asMr. Hoople
1937
asSwiss Hotel Clerk
1975
asMr. Gilbert
1984
asMarty LaFontaine
1951
asRudolph Jouvet
1929
asMose Levett
1951
asDr. Kapok
1945
asAl Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
1938
asMax Primerose
1940
asHenri Gautier
1928
asSokol
1980
asChief Steward
1943
asNiccolò Paganini (uncredited)
1937
asHerr Meyer, Hotel Director
1962
asJohn Swallowtail
1946
asWine Salesman
1969
asRudolph's Assistant
1967
asRestaurant Proprietor
1940
as'G.G.' Gorta
1943
asJosef Altman
1939
asPittatek
1941
asStage Director
1952
asMaurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
1976
asMr. Jackman
1940
asSignor Makanoff
1953
asJess (uncredited)
1941
asHotel Clerk
1944
asDoctor Dittenhoffer
1950
asFrench Dressmaker (uncredited)
1948
asMr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
1938
as'Lady MacBeth'
1942
asRobert Oglethorpe
1940
asForsythe
1940
asMario
1966
asPenelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
1948
asChez Henri
1928
asThomas Bernard
1965
asFritz
1946
asNicholas Kavlun
1957
asDr. Bluzak (uncredited)
1952
asHeadwaiter
1929
asJames Fraser
1948
asProfessor Ganzmeyer
1947
asDirector (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
1963
asFritz
1954
asFritz
1943
asCritic
1963
asShip's Doctor
1944
asMichele
1929
asPaganini
1975
asUncle Frederick
1969
asSigmund Van Dyke
1946
as(archive footage)
1942
asHerr Tegnar
1974
asMaitre D'
1963
asIrving Catastrophe
1945
asClaire's manager
1938
asFritz
1921
as
1954
asBarber (uncredited)
1987
asBum
1942
asChef Petrovich
1961
asBusby - Roaring 20's Director
1950
asWindow Dresser
1947
asSergei Stroganoff
1951
asProf. Rinaldo
1945
asMontescu
1989
asMortician
1948
asPierre
1941
asField Marshal Muller
1969
asArmand
1952
asAlvarez (uncredited)
1952
asDr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)
1952
asPsychiatrist (uncredited)
1956
asDr. Von Slaughter (uncredited)
1946
asClub Steward
1972
asWaiter
1964
asMaitre D'
1939
asMalisse
1930
asWizard
1976
asRudy's Butler
1951
asClothing Salesman
1986
asBit Part (uncredited)
1953
asLasagna Pizza - Orchestra Leader
asLars
asAnnouncer
asCaptain of Waiters
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asSelf
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asMaitre D'
asProf. Greenleaf
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asQuigg
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asMr. Zumdish
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asDoctor
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asWaiter
asMaitre D
asTour Guide
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asFontaine
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asMaitre 'd
asCaptain
asChef
asOliver Muzzy
asWalter
asKing's Bidder
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