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 DeMilles supervision since DeMille had already broken his contract with Pathé and signed with MetroGoldwynMayer 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 UNCLE The Napoleons 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