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.

Movies unavailable from Fritz Feld

Pocketful of Miracles

Pierre

Movie 1961

Bringing Up Baby

Fritz Lehman

Movie 1938

History of the World: Part I

Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire

Movie 1981

My Girl Tisa

Prof. Tabor

Movie 1948

Knickerbocker Holiday

Poffenburgh

Movie 1944

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

Jester (uncredited)

Movie 1920

Silent Movie

Maitre d'

Movie 1976

Belle of Old Mexico

Dr. Quincy

Movie 1950

Paris Playboys

Marcel the Maitre d'

Movie 1954

At the Circus

Jardinet

Movie 1939

Come Live with Me

Mac, the Headwaiter (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Noose Hangs High

Psychiatrist

Movie 1948

Jail Busters

Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce

Movie 1955

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Anatole

Movie 1947

The Miracle of the White Reindeer

Geronimo

Movie 1960

Tovarich

Martelleau

Movie 1937

Hollywood Hotel

The Russian

Movie 1938

The Phynx

Fritz Feld

Movie 1970

Missing Women

Pierre (hairdresser)

Movie 1951

The World's Greatest Lover

Tomaso Abalone

Movie 1977

The Ladies Man

Mrs. Wellenmellon's Hairdresser (uncredited)

Movie 1961

Julia Misbehaves

Pepito

Movie 1948

The Last Command

A revolutionist

Movie 1928

The Lovable Cheat

Monsieur Louis

Movie 1949

The Jackpot

Pianist (uncredited)

Movie 1950

Heidi's Song

Sebastian (voice)

Movie 1982

The Catman of Paris

Prefect of Police

Movie 1946

Maisie Gets Her Man

Professor Orco

Movie 1942

The Affairs of Annabel

Vladimir

Movie 1938

Quiet, Please

Mr. Nitvitch

Movie 1939

True Confession

Krayler's Butler

Movie 1937

Everything Happens at Night

Gendarme

Movie 1939

It's a Date

Oscar, the Headwaiter

Movie 1940

Swingtime in the Movies

Mr. Nitvitch

Movie 1938

When Tomorrow Comes

Nicholas

Movie 1939

Legend of the Northwest

Movie 1978

Passport to Destiny

Chief Janitor

Movie 1944

Three on a Couch

The Attaché

Movie 1966

Only with Married Men

Chef

Movie 1974

Juke Box Rhythm

Ambrose

Movie 1959

Little Old New York

Tavern Keeper

Movie 1940

Carnival in Costa Rica

Hotel Clerk

Movie 1947

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Pierre Gaston de la Blanc

Movie 1941

Go Chase Yourself

Count Pierre Fountaine de Louis-Louis

Movie 1938

Four Jacks and a Jill

Mr. Hoople

Movie 1942

I Met Him in Paris

Swiss Hotel Clerk

Movie 1937

The Sunshine Boys

Mr. Gilbert

Movie 1975

Last of the Great Survivors

Marty LaFontaine

Movie 1984

Kentucky Jubilee

Rudolph Jouvet

Movie 1951

Broadway

Mose Levett

Movie 1929

Sky High

Dr. Kapok

Movie 1951

Captain Tugboat Annie

Al Pucci aka Alfred Puccini

Movie 1945

I'll Give a Million

Max Primerose

Movie 1938

I Was an Adventuress

Henri Gautier

Movie 1940

A Ship Comes In

Sokol

Movie 1928

Herbie Goes Bananas

Chief Steward

Movie 1980

Heavenly Music

Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Expensive Husbands

Herr Meyer, Hotel Director

Movie 1937

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

John Swallowtail

Movie 1962

Barefoot in the Park

Restaurant Proprietor

Movie 1967

Millionaire Playboy

'G.G.' Gorta

Movie 1940

Henry Aldrich Swings It

Josef Altman

Movie 1943

Idiot's Delight

Pittatek

Movie 1939

O. Henry's Full House

Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Movie 1952

Freaky Friday

Mr. Jackman

Movie 1976

Crime Wave

Jess (uncredited)

Movie 1953

You Belong to Me

Hotel Clerk

Movie 1941

Take It Big

Doctor Dittenhoffer

Movie 1944

Riding High

French Dressmaker (uncredited)

Movie 1950

Trouble Makers

Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager

Movie 1948

Campus Confessions

'Lady MacBeth'

Movie 1938

Shut My Big Mouth

Robert Oglethorpe

Movie 1942

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Forsythe

Movie 1940

Sandy Is a Lady

Mario

Movie 1940

Penelope

Penelope's Dance Partner (uncredited)

Movie 1966

Blindfold

Thomas Bernard

Movie 1928

Harlow

Fritz

Movie 1965

I've Always Loved You

Nicholas Kavlun

Movie 1946

Up In Smoke

Dr. Bluzak (uncredited)

Movie 1957

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

Headwaiter

Movie 1952

Black Magic

James Fraser

Movie 1929

Mexican Hayride

Professor Ganzmeyer

Movie 1948

Hollywood Wonderland

Director (clip from "Swingtime in the Movies", 1938) (uncredited)

Movie 1947

4 for Texas

Fritz

Movie 1963

Riding Shotgun

Fritz

Movie 1954

Holy Matrimony

Critic

Movie 1943

Promises! Promises!

Ship's Doctor

Movie 1963

Ever Since Venus

Michele

Movie 1944

One Hysterical Night

Paganini

Movie 1929

The Strongest Man in the World

Uncle Frederick

Movie 1975

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Sigmund Van Dyke

Movie 1969

Movieland Magic

(archive footage)

Movie 1946

Iceland

Herr Tegnar

Movie 1942

Herbie Rides Again

Maitre D'

Movie 1974

Who's Minding the Store?

Irving Catastrophe

Movie 1963

The Great John L.

Claire's manager

Movie 1945

Romance in the Dark

Fritz

Movie 1938

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon

Movie 1921

Living It Up

Barber (uncredited)

Movie 1954

Barfly

Bum

Movie 1987

Sleepytime Gal

Chef Petrovich

Movie 1942

The Errand Boy

Busby - Roaring 20's Director

Movie 1961

Appointment with Danger

Window Dresser

Movie 1950

Fun on a Weekend

Sergei Stroganoff

Movie 1947

Rhythm Inn

Prof. Rinaldo

Movie 1951

George White's Scandals

Montescu

Movie 1945

Homer and Eddie

Mortician

Movie 1989

World Premiere

Field Marshal Muller

Movie 1941

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Alvarez (uncredited)

Movie 1952

So You Want to Enjoy Life

Dr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)

Movie 1952

So You Want to Wear the Pants

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Movie 1952

So You Want to Be Pretty

Dr. Von Slaughter (uncredited)

Movie 1956

Gentleman Joe Palooka

Club Steward

Movie 1946

Call Her Mom

Waiter

Movie 1972

Little Accident

Malisse

Movie 1939

The Wizard's Apprentice

Wizard

Movie 1930

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Rudy's Butler

Movie 1976

Journey Into Light

Clothing Salesman

Movie 1951

A Fine Mess

Bit Part (uncredited)

Movie 1986

Tv series unavailable from Fritz Feld

Burke's Law

Captain of Waiters

Tv 1963

December Bride

Tv 1954

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

Tabitha

Tv 1977

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Tv 1966

Batman

Prof. Greenleaf

Tv 1966

Simon & Simon

Tv 1981

The Beverly Hillbillies

Tv 1962

Land of the Giants

Quigg

Tv 1968

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Tv 1977

Lost in Space

Mr. Zumdish

Tv 1965

Bewitched

Tv 1964

Valentine's Day

Tv 1964

Peter Gunn

Tv 1958

The Thin Man

Tv 1957

Racket Squad

Tv 1951

Dangerous Assignment

Tv 1952

Mr. & Mrs. North

Tv 1952

Batman

Oliver Muzzy

Tv 1966

Shirley Temple's Storybook

King's Bidder

Tv 1958