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