Fritz Feld
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.
167 acting credits
Acting · 167
Bewitched
1964
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Batman
1966
Love, American Style
1969
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Simon & Simon
1981
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Odd Couple
1970
Burke's Law
1963
I Love Lucy
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Lost in Space
1965
Amazing Stories
1985
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Peter Gunn
1958
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Land of the Giants
1968
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
December Bride
1954
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Racket Squad
1951
The Thin Man
1957
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Supertrain
1979
Valentine's Day
1964
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
Tabitha
1977
Herbie Rides Again
1974
General Electric Theater
1953
Hello, Dolly!
1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Riding Shotgun
1954
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Barefoot in the Park
1967
Barfly
1987
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Penelope
1966
History of the World: Part I
1981
Harlow
1965
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
1920
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Silent Movie
1976
4 for Texas
1963
Freaky Friday
1976
The Sunshine Boys
1975
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
The Errand Boy
1961
A Fine Mess
1986
Crime Wave
1953
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
The Ladies Man
1961
At the Circus
1939
Appointment with Danger
1950
Homer and Eddie
1989
Julia Misbehaves
1948
Idiot's Delight
1939
The Comic
1969
Iceland
1942
Victory
1940
World Premiere
1941
The Patsy
1964
Come Live with Me
1941
Promises! Promises!
1963
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
Holy Matrimony
1943
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
Millionaire Playboy
1940
The Jackpot
1950
My Girl Tisa
1948
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
Made in Paris
1966
Living It Up
1954
Kentucky Jubilee
1951
Tovarich
1937
You Belong to Me
1941
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938
Sky High
1951
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Mexican Hayride
1948
Lancer Spy
1937
Paris Playboys
1954
Last of the Great Survivors
1984
The Lovable Cheat
1949
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
Hollywood Hotel
1938
Broadway
1929
Fun on a Weekend
1947
I'll Give a Million
1938
The Last Command
1928
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
Riding High
1950
Only with Married Men
1974
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
Three on a Couch
1966
The Phynx
1970
The Noose Hangs High
1948
Passport to Destiny
1944
If You Knew Susie
1948
Up In Smoke
1957
Rhythm Inn
1951
The Great John L.
1945
True Confession
1937
Heidi's Song
1982
Heavenly Music
1943
Take It Big
1944
I Was an Adventuress
1940
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
Jail Busters
1955
Blindfold
1928
Journey Into Light
1951
The Catman of Paris
1946
Swingtime in the Movies
1938
Missing Women
1951
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
Little Accident
1939
Her Sister's Secret
1946
I Met Him in Paris
1937
Little Old New York
1940
Black Magic
1929
Everything Happens at Night
1939
It's a Date
1940
Legend of the Northwest
1978
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
Movieland Magic
1946
Quiet, Please
1939
Call Her Mom
1972
So You Want to Wear the Pants
1952
Expensive Husbands
1937
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
George White's Scandals
1945
I've Always Loved You
1946
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952
Romance in the Dark
1938
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
Campus Confessions
1938
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946
Sleepytime Gal
1942
Go Chase Yourself
1938
Ever Since Venus
1944
Henry Aldrich Swings It
1943
A Ship Comes In
1928
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
Trouble Makers
1948
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947
Sandy Is a Lady
1940
One Hysterical Night
1929
So You Want to Be Pretty
1956
The Miracle of the White Reindeer
1960
The Wizard's Apprentice
1930