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Fritz Feld

Fritz Feld

Actor · 1900 – 1993 · 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.

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  • Movie6.2

    Phantom of the Opera

    1943 · 224 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.0

    Hello, Dolly!

    1969 · 405 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Freaky Friday

    1976 · 319 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Barfly

    1987 · 401 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Herbie Rides Again

    1974 · 452 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Silent Movie

    1976 · 355 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie7.1

    Barefoot in the Park

    1967 · 631 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Herbie Goes Bananas

    1980 · 262 votes

  • Movie6.0
  • Movie6.8
  • Movie7.0

    Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam

    The Golem: How He Came into the World

    1920 · 248 votes

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  • Movie6.4

    At the Circus

    1939 · 99 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Pocketful of Miracles

    1961 · 189 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Penelope

    1966 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Who's Minding the Store?

    1963 · 92 votes

  • Movie6.9

    O. Henry's Full House

    1952 · 48 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Ladies Man

    1961 · 144 votes

  • Movie5.1

    4 for Texas

    1963 · 62 votes

  • Movie4.6

    A Fine Mess

    1986 · 34 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Three on a Couch

    1966 · 27 votes

  • Movie5.6

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  • TV7.3

    Magnum, P.I.

    1980 · 460 votes

  • TV6.2

    Love, American Style

    1969 · 21 votes

  • TV7.4

    The Red Skelton Show

    1951 · 19 votes

  • TV7.8

    Bewitched

    1964 · 764 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Odd Couple

    1970 · 69 votes

  • TV7.3

    Batman

    1966 · 617 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962 · 139 votes

  • TV7.9

    I Love Lucy

    1951 · 264 votes

  • TV6.7

    Simon & Simon

    1981 · 99 votes

  • TV6.3

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Wild Wild West

    1965 · 86 votes

  • TV7.5

    Amazing Stories

    1985 · 237 votes

  • TV7.3

    Lost in Space

    1965 · 137 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950 · 13 votes

  • TV6.8

    Land of the Giants

    1968 · 50 votes

  • TV6.6

    Peter Gunn

    1958 · 26 votes

  • TV6.1

    Adventures in Paradise

    1959 · 7 votes

  • TV7.2

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

    1964 · 75 votes

  • TV6.3

    December Bride

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV7.7
  • TV8.0

    Sledge Hammer!

    1986 · 181 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV7.1