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 DeMilles 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 Napoleons 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.
Pierre
Film 1961
Fritz Lehman
Film 1938
Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
Film 1981
Prof. Tabor
Film 1948
Poffenburgh
Film 1944
Jester (uncredited)
Film 1920
Maitre d'
Film 1976
Dr. Quincy
Film 1950
Marcel the Maitre d'
Film 1954
Jardinet
Film 1939
Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Film 1941
Psychiatrist
Film 1948
Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
Film 1955
Anatole
Film 1947
Geronimo
Film 1960
Martelleau
Film 1937
The Russian
Film 1938
Fritz Feld
Film 1970
Pierre (hairdresser)
Film 1951
Tomaso Abalone
Film 1977
Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Film 1961
Pepito
Film 1948
A revolutionist
Film 1928
Monsieur Louis
Film 1949
Pianist (uncredited)
Film 1950
Sebastian (voice)
Film 1982
Prefect of Police
Film 1946
Professor Orco
Film 1942
Vladimir
Film 1938
Mr. Nitvitch
Film 1939
Krayler's Butler
Film 1937
Gendarme
Film 1939
Oscar, the Headwaiter
Film 1940
Mr. Nitvitch
Film 1938
Nicholas
Film 1939
Film 1978
Chief Janitor
Film 1944
The Attaché
Film 1966
Chef
Film 1974
Ambrose
Film 1959
Tavern Keeper
Film 1940
Hotel Clerk
Film 1947
Pierre Gaston de la Blanc
Film 1941
Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis
Film 1938
Mr. Hoople
Film 1942
Swiss Hotel Clerk
Film 1937
Mr. Gilbert
Film 1975
Marty LaFontaine
Film 1984
Rudolph Jouvet
Film 1951
Mose Levett
Film 1929
Dr. Kapok
Film 1951
Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini
Film 1945
Max Primerose
Film 1938
Henri Gautier
Film 1940
Sokol
Film 1928
Chief Steward
Film 1980
Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
Film 1943
Herr Meyer, Hotel Director
Film 1937
John Swallowtail
Film 1962
Restaurant Proprietor
Film 1967
'G.G.' Gorta
Film 1940
Josef Altman
Film 1943
Pittatek
Film 1939
Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Film 1952
Mr. Jackman
Film 1976
Jess (uncredited)
Film 1953
Hotel Clerk
Film 1941
Doctor Dittenhoffer
Film 1944
French Dressmaker (uncredited)
Film 1950
Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
Film 1948
'Lady MacBeth'
Film 1938
Robert Oglethorpe
Film 1942
Forsythe
Film 1940
Mario
Film 1940
Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Film 1966
Thomas Bernard
Film 1928
Fritz
Film 1965
Nicholas Kavlun
Film 1946
Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)
Film 1957
Headwaiter
Film 1952
James Fraser
Film 1929
Professor Ganzmeyer
Film 1948
Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)
Film 1947
Fritz
Film 1963
Fritz
Film 1954
Critic
Film 1943
Ship's Doctor
Film 1963
Michele
Film 1944
Paganini
Film 1929
Uncle Frederick
Film 1975
Sigmund Van Dyke
Film 1969
(archive footage)
Film 1946
Herr Tegnar
Film 1942
Maitre D'
Film 1974
Irving Catastrophe
Film 1963
Claire's manager
Film 1945
Fritz
Film 1938
Film 1921
Barber (uncredited)
Film 1954
Bum
Film 1987
Chef Petrovich
Film 1942
Busby - Roaring 20's Director
Film 1961
Window Dresser
Film 1950
Sergei Stroganoff
Film 1947
Prof. Rinaldo
Film 1951
Montescu
Film 1945
Mortician
Film 1989
Field Marshal Muller
Film 1941
Alvarez (uncredited)
Film 1952
Dr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)
Film 1952
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Film 1952
Dr. Von Slaughter (uncredited)
Film 1956
Club Steward
Film 1946
Waiter
Film 1972
Malisse
Film 1939
Wizard
Film 1930
Rudy's Butler
Film 1976
Clothing Salesman
Film 1951
Bit Part (uncredited)
Film 1986
Captain of Waiters
Tv 1963
Tv 1954
Self
Tv 1950
Tv 1977
Tv 1966
Prof. Greenleaf
Tv 1966
Tv 1981
Tv 1962
Quigg
Tv 1968
Tv 1977
Mr. Zumdish
Tv 1965
Tv 1964
Tv 1964
Tv 1958
Tv 1957
Tv 1951
Tv 1952
Tv 1952
Oliver Muzzy
Tv 1966
King's Bidder
Tv 1958