Fritz Feld

Known for ActingBorn 1900-10-14Died 1993-11-18Berlin, Germany

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.Read more

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Ever Since Venus

Black Magic

So You Want to Be a Musician

Belle of Old Mexico

My Girl Tisa

Take It Big

Sleepytime Gal

Victory

Sandy Is a Lady

Sledge Hammer!

Shut My Big Mouth

Valentine's Day

The Miracle of the White Reindeer

Bewitched

The Odd Couple

Captain Tugboat Annie

I Love Lucy

Henry Aldrich Swings It

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Amazing Stories

Last of the Great Survivors

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Juke Box Rhythm

The Wild Wild West

Only with Married Men

The Thin Man

Magnum, P.I.

The Wizard's Apprentice

Batman

Pocketful of Miracles

The Red Skelton Show

Lost in Space

Bringing Up Baby

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

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

Barefoot in the Park

One Hysterical Night

Legend of the Northwest

If You Knew Susie

Barfly

The Last Command

Hello, Dolly!

Fun on a Weekend

The Sunshine Boys

Her Sister's Secret

Crime Wave

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

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