Bruno Fritz
Born: 1900-03-04 in Berlin, Germany
Died: 1984-06-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1969
- The Sorrow and the Pity as Self (archive footage)
1967
1962
- Escape from East Berlin as Uncle Albert
1958
- Der eiserne Gustav as Amtsarzt
- Forbidden Paradise as Max Dettmann
- Solang' noch Unter'n Linden
1956
- Ein Mann für Jenny as Jimmy Broadbent
1953
- Not Afraid of Big Animals as Herr Richter
1951
- Schön muß man sein as Regisseur Treff
- Engel im Abendkleid
1950
- Mädchen mit Beziehungen as Stahl
- Maharadscha wider Willen as Arthur - Tankwart
1941
- Mistress Moon as Milke
1939
- Summer, Sunshine, Erica as Betrüger Herbert Specht
- The Leghorn Hat as Leierkastenmann
1938
- The Mystery of Betty Bonn as Reeder Winchester
1937
- Die Arbeit des deutschen Eisenbahners as Narrator (voice)
1936
- Traumulus as Obersekretär Tamaschke
- Tired Theodore as Fritz Findeisen
1935
- Top Sergeant Schwenke as Ein Stammgast
- Glückspilze as Konferencier
- Silberner Segen des Meeres as Narrator (voice)
- Metall des Himmels as Narrator (voice)