Bruno Fritz
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
Rheinsberg
1967
Escape from East Berlin
1962
as Uncle Albert
Der eiserne Gustav
1958
as Amtsarzt
Forbidden Paradise
1958
as Max Dettmann
Solang' noch Unter'n Linden
1958
- No poster
Ein Mann für Jenny
1956
as Jimmy Broadbent
Not Afraid of Big Animals
1953
as Herr Richter
Engel im Abendkleid
1951
Schön muß man sein
1951
as Regisseur Treff
- No poster
Mädchen mit Beziehungen
1950
as Stahl
- No poster
Maharadscha wider Willen
1950
as Arthur - Tankwart
- No poster
Mistress Moon
1941
as Milke
- No poster
Summer, Sunshine, Erica
1939
as Betrüger Herbert Specht
The Leghorn Hat
1939
as Leierkastenmann
- No poster
The Mystery of Betty Bonn
1938
as Reeder Winchester
- No poster
Die Arbeit des deutschen Eisenbahners
1937
as Narrator (voice)
Tired Theodore
1936
as Fritz Findeisen
Traumulus
1936
as Obersekretär Tamaschke
- No poster
Silberner Segen des Meeres
1935
as Narrator (voice)
- No poster
Metall des Himmels
1935
as Narrator (voice)
Top Sergeant Schwenke
1935
as Ein Stammgast
- No poster
Glückspilze
1935
as Konferencier