Fritz Feld

Fritz Feld

Birthday: 1900-10-14

Deathday: 1993-11-18

Place of birth: Berlin, Germany

Also known as: Fritz Feilchenfeld

imdb_id: nm0270915

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Wizard's Apprentice

Score: 10.0

Shut My Big Mouth

Score: 8.5

Bringing Up Baby

Score: 7.5

If You Knew Susie

Score: 7.5

The Last Command

Score: 7.3

Pocketful of Miracles

Score: 7.3

Barefoot in the Park

Score: 7.1

Crime Wave

Score: 7.1

Fun on a Weekend

Score: 7.0

Hello, Dolly!

Score: 7.0

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Score: 7.0

Last of the Great Survivors

Score: 7.0

Juke Box Rhythm

Score: 7.0

Come Live with Me

Score: 7.0

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

Score: 7.0

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Score: 7.0

The Jackpot

Score: 6.9

Barfly

Score: 6.9

Who's Minding the Store?

Score: 6.8

The Sunshine Boys

Score: 6.8

The Noose Hangs High

Score: 6.8

History of the World: Part I

Score: 6.8

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Score: 6.7

Hollywood Wonderland

Score: 6.7

Out Where the Stars Begin

Score: 6.6

Holy Matrimony

Score: 6.6

O. Henry's Full House

Score: 6.5

Silent Movie

Score: 6.5

You Gotta Stay Happy

Score: 6.5

Her Sister's Secret

Score: 6.5

Maisie Gets Her Man

Score: 6.5

Julia Misbehaves

Score: 6.5

Living It Up

Score: 6.4

I've Always Loved You

Score: 6.4

It's a Date

Score: 6.4

I Was an Adventuress

Score: 6.3

The Ladies Man

Score: 6.3

At the Circus

Score: 6.3

The Patsy

Score: 6.2

Missing Women

Score: 6.2

Phantom of the Opera

Score: 6.2

Tovarich

Score: 6.2

The Errand Boy

Score: 6.1

Herbie Rides Again

Score: 6.1

Idiot's Delight

Score: 6.1

Freaky Friday

Score: 6.1

Heavenly Music

Score: 6.1

The Strongest Man in the World

Score: 6.1

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Score: 6.0

Journey Into Light

Score: 6.0

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Score: 6.0

Four Jacks and a Jill

Score: 6.0

Carnival in Costa Rica

Score: 6.0

Legend of the Northwest

Score: 6.0

Heidi's Song

Score: 6.0

Jail Busters

Score: 6.0

Riding Shotgun

Score: 6.0

Swingtime in the Movies

Score: 5.9

The Comic

Score: 5.9

A Ship Comes In

Score: 5.8

Riding High

Score: 5.8

You Belong to Me

Score: 5.8

True Confession

Score: 5.8

Iceland

Score: 5.7

Trouble Makers

Score: 5.7

I'll Give a Million

Score: 5.7

Gold Diggers in Paris

Score: 5.7

The World's Greatest Lover

Score: 5.6

Appointment with Danger

Score: 5.6

Mexican Hayride

Score: 5.6

Penelope

Score: 5.6

Broadway

Score: 5.6

Homer and Eddie

Score: 5.5

Up In Smoke

Score: 5.5

The Catman of Paris

Score: 5.4

Harlow

Score: 5.4

Three on a Couch

Score: 5.4

When Tomorrow Comes

Score: 5.4

Hollywood Hotel

Score: 5.4

Quiet, Please

Score: 5.3

George White's Scandals

Score: 5.3

Herbie Goes Bananas

Score: 5.3

I Met Him in Paris

Score: 5.3

Passport to Destiny

Score: 5.2

Lancer Spy

Score: 5.2

4 for Texas

Score: 5.1

So You Want to Wear the Pants

Score: 5.0

World Premiere

Score: 5.0

The Great John L.

Score: 5.0

One Hysterical Night

Score: 5.0

Three Sons o' Guns

Score: 5.0

Kentucky Jubilee

Score: 5.0

Only with Married Men

Score: 5.0

Knickerbocker Holiday

Score: 5.0

Expensive Husbands

Score: 4.8

Promises! Promises!

Score: 4.7

A Fine Mess

Score: 4.6

Artists and Models Abroad

Score: 4.5

Go Chase Yourself

Score: 4.5

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Score: 4.3

Campus Confessions

Score: 4.2

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Score: 4.1

Everything Happens at Night

Score: 4.1

Call Her Mom

Score: 4.0

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

Score: 4.0

Sky High

Score: 4.0

Little Old New York

Score: 4.0

The Affairs of Annabel

Score: 4.0

The Lovable Cheat

Score: 4.0

Paris Playboys

Score: 4.0

The Phynx

Score: 3.5

Romance in the Dark

Score: 3.0

Millionaire Playboy

Score: 2.7

Little Accident

Score: 2.0

So You Want to Be Pretty

Score: 2.0

So You Want to Enjoy Life

Score: 2.0

Rhythm Inn

Score: 2.0

So You Want to Be a Musician

Score: 0.0

Gentleman Joe Palooka

Score: 0.0

Sleepytime Gal

Score: 0.0

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon

Score: 0.0

Movieland Magic

Score: 0.0

Ever Since Venus

Score: 0.0

Black Magic

Score: 0.0

Blindfold

Score: 0.0

Sandy Is a Lady

Score: 0.0

Take It Big

Score: 0.0

Victory

Score: 0.0

Henry Aldrich Swings It

Score: 0.0

Captain Tugboat Annie

Score: 0.0

The Miracle of the White Reindeer

Score: 0.0

Belle of Old Mexico

Score: 0.0

My Girl Tisa

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Sledge Hammer!

Score: 7.9

I Love Lucy

Score: 7.9

Bewitched

Score: 7.9

The Odd Couple

Score: 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Score: 7.6

The Wild Wild West

Score: 7.5

Amazing Stories

Score: 7.5

Batman

Score: 7.3

Batman

Score: 7.3

Magnum, P.I.

Score: 7.3

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

Score: 7.2

The Thin Man

Score: 7.1

Lost in Space

Score: 7.1

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Score: 7.1

The Beverly Hillbillies

Score: 6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Score: 6.8

Land of the Giants

Score: 6.7

Simon & Simon

Score: 6.7

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

Score: 6.6

Peter Gunn

Score: 6.5

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Score: 6.2

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

Racket Squad

Score: 6.0

Burke's Law

Score: 6.0

Tabitha

Score: 5.8

Adventures in Paradise

Score: 5.7

December Bride

Score: 5.5

Mr. & Mrs. North

Score: 4.3

Dangerous Assignment

Score: 3.5

Valentine's Day

Score: 0.0