Fritz Feld
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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
Credits
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
as Rudolph's Assistant
History of the World: Part I (1981)
as Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
Silent Movie (1976)
as Maitre d'
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
as Dr. Lehman
Barfly (1987)
as Bum
Freaky Friday (1976)
as Mr. Jackman
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
as Maitre D'
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Pierre
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
as Chief Steward
A Fine Mess (1986)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
as Restaurant Proprietor
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
as Lecours
Living It Up (1954)
as Barber (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
as Sigmund Van Dyke
The Ladies Man (1961)
as Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
as Anatole
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
as Jester (uncredited)
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Busby - Roaring 20's Director
4 for Texas (1963)
as Fritz
Harlow (1965)
as Fritz
The Great John L. (1945)
as Claire's manager
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
as Tomaso Abalone
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Uncle Frederick
The Comic (1969)
as Armand
Heidi's Song (1982)
as Sebastian (voice)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
The Patsy (1964)
as Maitre D'
Penelope (1966)
as Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
The Phynx (1970)
as Fritz Feld
Crime Wave (1953)
as Jess (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun (1954)
as Fritz
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
as Mr. Gilbert
At the Circus (1939)
as Jardinet
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Irving Catastrophe
The Jackpot (1950)
as Pianist (uncredited)
Made in Paris (1966)
as Josef
Homer and Eddie (1989)
as Mortician
Riding High (1950)
as French Dressmaker (uncredited)
Holy Matrimony (1943)
as Critic
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Pittatek
Journey Into Light (1951)
as Clothing Salesman
Appointment with Danger (1950)
as Window Dresser
Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
as Robert Oglethorpe
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
as Rudy's Butler
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
as Alvarez (uncredited)
Jail Busters (1955)
as Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
Mexican Hayride (1948)
as Professor Ganzmeyer
Lancer Spy (1937)
as Fritz Mueller
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
as Butler
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
as Luis Leoni
My Girl Tisa (1948)
as Prof. Tabor
Julia Misbehaves (1948)
as Pepito
Missing Women (1951)
as Pierre (hairdresser)
Tovarich (1937)
as Martelleau
Only with Married Men (1974)
as Chef
Come Live with Me (1941)
as Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Psychiatrist
If You Knew Susie (1948)
as Chez Henri
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
as The Russian
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Dubois
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
as Headwaiter
The Last Command (1928)
as A revolutionist
You Belong to Me (1941)
as Hotel Clerk
Victory (1940)
as Signor Makanoff
Millionaire Playboy (1940)
as 'G.G.' Gorta
True Confession (1937)
as Krayler's Butler
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
as Poffenburgh
Three on a Couch (1966)
as The Attaché
Little Old New York (1940)
as Tavern Keeper
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
as Sergei Stroganoff
I've Always Loved You (1946)
as Nicholas Kavlun
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
as Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
Promises! Promises! (1963)
as Ship's Doctor
Call Her Mom (1972)
as Waiter
Up In Smoke (1957)
as Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)
Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
as Hotel Clerk
Ever Since Venus (1944)
as Michele
I Met Him in Paris (1937)
as Swiss Hotel Clerk
Sky High (1951)
as Dr. Kapok
Iceland (1942)
as Herr Tegnar
It's a Date (1940)
as Oscar, the Headwaiter
Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
as Mr. Nitvitch
Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
as Rudolph Jouvet
Campus Confessions (1938)
as 'Lady MacBeth'
I'll Give a Million (1938)
as Max Primerose
Romance in the Dark (1938)
as Fritz
Take It Big (1944)
as Doctor Dittenhoffer
Passport to Destiny (1944)
as Chief Janitor
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! (1940)
as Forsythe
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
as Henri Gautier
Trouble Makers (1948)
as Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
Paris Playboys (1954)
as Marcel the Maitre d'
Broadway (1929)
as Mose Levett
Last of the Great Survivors (1984)
as Marty LaFontaine
The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
as Vladimir
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
as Monsieur Louis
Quiet, Please (1939)
as Mr. Nitvitch
Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943)
as Josef Altman
Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
as Stage Director
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Pierre
George White's Scandals (1945)
as Montescu
Sleepytime Gal (1942)
as Chef Petrovich
Movieland Magic (1946)
as (archive footage)
Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
as Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
as Professor Orco
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
as Pierre Gaston de la Blanc
Legend of the Northwest (1978)
as Trapper
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
as Gendarme
Expensive Husbands (1937)
as Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
A Ship Comes In (1928)
as Sokol
Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
as Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
Her Sister's Secret (1946)
as Wine Salesman
Blindfold (1928)
as Thomas Bernard
Belle of Old Mexico (1950)
as Dr. Quincy
The Catman of Paris (1946)
as Prefect of Police
Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)
as Club Steward
The Wizard's Apprentice (1930)
as Wizard
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)
as John Swallowtail
One Hysterical Night (1929)
as Paganini
Heavenly Music (1943)
as Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
as Mr. Hoople
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon (1921)
Actor
Black Magic (1929)
as James Fraser
Juke Box Rhythm (1959)
as Ambrose
So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)
as Dr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)
Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
as Mario
So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)
as Mr. Nitvitch
So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)
as Lasagna Pizza - Orchestra Leader
Rhythm Inn (1951)
as Prof. Rinaldo
World Premiere (1941)
as Field Marshal Muller
The Miracle of the White Reindeer (1960)
as Geronimo
Little Accident (1939)
as Malisse
So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)
as Dr. Von Slaughter (uncredited)