Bruno Fritz
Actor
March 4, 1900 — June 12, 1984 (84 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1969 | The Sorrow and the Pity · as Self |
| 1969 | The Sorrow and the Pity · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1964 | Vergißmeinnicht · as Self |
| 1964 | Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen · as Self |
| 1970 | Die lieben Kinder · as Harold Stewart |
| 1967 | |
| 1965 | Our Timpanist · as Ernst Friedrich Ziermann |
| 1962 | Escape from East Berlin · as Uncle Albert |
| 1962 | Café Oriental · as Papa Bröseke |
| 1961 | Davon träumen alle Mädchen · as Generaldirektor Brennicke |
| 1961 | Berliner Bilderbogen · as Cast |
| 1958 | Der eiserne Gustav · as Amtsarzt |
| 1958 | Das verbotene Paradies · as Max Dettmann |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Naked in the Night · as Cast |
| 1957 | The Big Chance · as Fabrikant Otto Hallersperg |
| 1957 | Hoch droben auf dem Berg · as Plauert |
| 1956 | Lügen haben hübsche Beine · as Wuttke |
| 1955 | The Captain and His Hero · as Hauptfeldwebel Krenke |
| 1953 | Keine Angst vor großen Tieren · as Herr Richter |
| 1951 | Schön muß man sein · as Regisseur Treff |
| 1951 | |
| 1950 | Mädchen mit Beziehungen · as Stahl |
| 1941 | Frau Luna · as Milke |
| 1939 | Hurrah! I'm a Papa · as Chauffeur Willi |
| 1939 | The Leghorn Hat · as Leierkastenmann |
| 1938 | Die Umwege des schönen Karl · as Herr Mit Jägerhut (klaus: Privatdetektiv) |
| 1936 | Tired Theodore · as Fritz Findeisen |
| 1936 | Traumulus · as Obersekretär Tamaschke |
| 1934 | Zwei Genies · as Cast |