
Fritz Feld
Born October 14, 1900 · Berlin, 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Hello, Dolly!

Herbie Rides Again

Bringing Up Baby

Herbie Goes Bananas

Phantom of the Opera

The Errand Boy

Silent Movie

Freaky Friday

Barefoot in the Park

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

The Strongest Man in the World

O. Henry's Full House

Barfly

The Ladies Man

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The World's Greatest Lover

Pocketful of Miracles

Living It Up

The Patsy

Who's Minding the Store?

Three on a Couch

The Golem: How He Came into the World

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Crime Wave

At the Circus

History of the World: Part I

4 for Texas

The Sunshine Boys

Amazing Stories: The Movie III
TV Shows

Simon & Simon

The Red Skelton Show

The Wild Wild West

The Beverly Hillbillies

Burke's Law

I Love Lucy

Amazing Stories

Lost in Space

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Odd Couple

Adventures in Paradise

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

Peter Gunn

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Land of the Giants

Sledge Hammer!

December Bride

Shirley Temple's Storybook

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

The Thin Man

Racket Squad

Dangerous Assignment

Mr. & Mrs. North

Supertrain

Valentine's Day

General Electric Theater

Tabitha
More Movies

Idiot's Delight

You Belong to Me

The Noose Hangs High

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

A Fine Mess

Missing Women

If You Knew Susie

Riding Shotgun

I've Always Loved You

Homer and Eddie

Penelope

Come Live with Me

Only with Married Men

I'll Give a Million

You Gotta Stay Happy

Gold Diggers in Paris

Appointment with Danger

I Was an Adventuress

Swingtime in the Movies

I Met Him in Paris

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Shut My Big Mouth

Fun on a Weekend

Little Old New York

Four Jacks and a Jill

Millionaire Playboy

The Comic

Harlow

George White's Scandals

Artists and Models Abroad

Carnival in Costa Rica

Everything Happens at Night

Last of the Great Survivors

Hollywood Hotel

It's a Date

Knickerbocker Holiday

Made in Paris

Her Sister's Secret

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

Heidi's Song

When Tomorrow Comes

Maisie Gets Her Man

Jail Busters

The Great John L.

Romance in the Dark

The Catman of Paris

Out Where the Stars Begin

The Affairs of Annabel

The Phynx

Holy Matrimony

Sandy Is a Lady

Three Sons o' Guns

Expensive Husbands

Julia Misbehaves

Henry Aldrich Swings It

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

True Confession

A Ship Comes In

Legend of the Northwest

My Girl Tisa

Lancer Spy

Call Her Mom

The Lovable Cheat

Journey Into Light

Promises! Promises!

The Jackpot

Paris Playboys

Belle of Old Mexico

Tovarich

Mexican Hayride

The Last Command

So You Want to Be Pretty

Go Chase Yourself

Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon

Captain Tugboat Annie

Riding High

The Wizard's Apprentice

Trouble Makers

Gentleman Joe Palooka

Iceland

Little Accident

Passport to Destiny

Broadway

Up In Smoke

The Miracle of the White Reindeer

Kentucky Jubilee

Campus Confessions

Ever Since Venus

Sleepytime Gal

Victory

Blindfold

Hollywood Wonderland

Sky High

Movieland Magic

Quiet, Please

World Premiere

Black Magic

One Hysterical Night

Heavenly Music

Take It Big

Rhythm Inn




