- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 4, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- June 12, 1984
Bruno Fritz
Bruno Fritz (March 4, 1900, Berlin – June 12, 1984, Berlin) was a German cabaret performer, actor, and voice actor. Trained at the acting school of the German Theatre in Berlin, he appeared on numerous Berlin stages before co-founding the cabaret Tatzelwurm in 1935. After World War II, he became widely known as a founding member of the RIAS radio cabaret Die Insulaner, where he gained popularity as the quintessential “Berliner with heart and bite”, especially in the role of Herr Kummer. Fritz appeared mainly in supporting film roles from the 1930s onward, often portraying satirical authority figures, and remained a familiar presence on German television into the 1970s. He also worked as a dubbing artist, providing German voices for actors such as Bud Abbott, Richard Widmark, and Gino Cervi.
Filmography
tvThe Sorrow and the Pity
1969 · Self (archive footage)
movieRheinsberg
1967
movieEscape from East Berlin
1962 · Uncle Albert
movieDer eiserne Gustav
1958 · Amtsarzt
movieForbidden Paradise
1958 · Max Dettmann
movieSolang' noch Unter'n Linden
1958
Ein Mann für Jenny
movieEin Mann für Jenny
1956 · Jimmy Broadbent
movieNot Afraid of Big Animals
1953 · Herr Richter
movieEngel im Abendkleid
1951
movieSchön muß man sein
1951 · Regisseur Treff
Mädchen mit Beziehungen
movieMädchen mit Beziehungen
1950 · Stahl
Maharadscha wider Willen
movieMaharadscha wider Willen
1950 · Arthur - Tankwart
Mistress Moon
movieMistress Moon
1941 · Milke
Summer, Sunshine, Erica
movieSummer, Sunshine, Erica
1939 · Betrüger Herbert Specht
movieThe Leghorn Hat
1939 · Leierkastenmann
The Mystery of Betty Bonn
movieThe Mystery of Betty Bonn
1938 · Reeder Winchester
Die Arbeit des deutschen Eisenbahners
movieDie Arbeit des deutschen Eisenbahners
1937 · Narrator (voice)
movieTired Theodore
1936 · Fritz Findeisen
movieTraumulus
1936 · Obersekretär Tamaschke
Silberner Segen des Meeres
movieSilberner Segen des Meeres
1935 · Narrator (voice)
Metall des Himmels
movieMetall des Himmels
1935 · Narrator (voice)
movieTop Sergeant Schwenke
1935 · Ein Stammgast
Glückspilze
movieGlückspilze
1935 · Konferencier