Fritz Feld
Acting
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.
Born: October 14, 1900
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Known For
Filmography
as Mortician
as Bum
as Announcer
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Maitre 'd
as Marty LaFontaine
as Sebastian (voice)
as Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
as Lars
as Chief Steward
as Tomaso Abalone
as Mr. Jackman
as Rudy's Butler
as Maitre d'
as Mr. Gilbert
as Uncle Frederick
as Chef
as Waiter
as Maitre D'
as Waiter
as Maitre D'
as Fritz Feld
as Sigmund Van Dyke
as Rudolph's Assistant
as Armand
as Captain
as Walter
as Quigg
as Restaurant Proprietor
as Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
as Chef
as The Attaché
as Prof. Greenleaf
as Oliver Muzzy
as Chef
as Mr. Zumdish
as Fritz
as Banker-Beatnik-Diplomat-Waiter
as Maitre D'
as Fritz
as Irving Catastrophe
as Captain of Waiters
as Ship's Doctor
as John Swallowtail
as Pierre
as Busby - Roaring 20's Director
as Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
as Geronimo
as Fontaine
as Ambrose
as King's Bidder
as Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)
as Dr. Von Slaughter (uncredited)
as Maitre D
as Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
as Barber (uncredited)
as Fritz
as Marcel the Maitre d'
as Jess (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
as Alvarez (uncredited)
as Headwaiter
as Dr. Kapok
as Tour Guide
as Clothing Salesman
as Rudolph Jouvet
as Pierre (hairdresser)
as Prof. Rinaldo
as Pianist (uncredited)
as Self
as French Dressmaker (uncredited)
as Window Dresser
as Dr. Quincy
as Monsieur Louis
as Professor Ganzmeyer
as Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
as Pierre
as Pepito
as Psychiatrist
as Chez Henri
as Prof. Tabor
as Anatole
as Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
as Sergei Stroganoff
as Hotel Clerk
as Nicholas Kavlun
as Club Steward
as Wine Salesman
as Prefect of Police
as (archive footage)
as Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
as Montescu
as Claire's manager
as Michele
as Doctor Dittenhoffer
as Poffenburgh
as Chief Janitor
as Critic
as Lecours
as Josef Altman
as Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
as Herr Tegnar
as Professor Orco
as Chef Petrovich
as Robert Oglethorpe
as Mr. Hoople
as Pierre Gaston de la Blanc
as Hotel Clerk
as Field Marshal Muller
as Stage Director
as Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Signor Makanoff
as Mario
as Henri Gautier
as Oscar, the Headwaiter
as Forsythe
as 'G.G.' Gorta
as Tavern Keeper
as Gendarme
as Malisse
as Jardinet
as Butler
as Mr. Nitvitch
as Pittatek
as Mr. Nitvitch
as Dubois
as 'Lady MacBeth'
as Vladimir
as Max Primerose
as Luis Leoni
as Mr. Nitvitch
as Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
as Fritz
as Fritz Lehman
as The Russian
as Martelleau
as Krayler's Butler
as Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
as Fritz Mueller
as Swiss Hotel Clerk
as Wizard
as Paganini
as James Fraser
as Mose Levett
as Thomas Bernard
as A revolutionist
as Sokol
as Jester (uncredited)