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