Bruno Fritz
Actor
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
Metall des Himmels
as Narrator (voice) 1935
Traumulus
as Obersekretär Tamaschke 1936
Der eiserne Gustav
as Amtsarzt 1958
The Leghorn Hat
as Leierkastenmann 1939
Rheinsberg
1967
Not Afraid of Big Animals
as Herr Richter 1953
Forbidden Paradise
as Max Dettmann 1958
Schön muß man sein
as Regisseur Treff 1951
Engel im Abendkleid
1951
Maharadscha wider Willen
as Arthur - Tankwart 1950
Ein Mann für Jenny
as Jimmy Broadbent 1956
Glückspilze
as Konferencier 1935
Solang noch Untern Linden
1958
Mädchen mit Beziehungen
as Stahl 1950
Silberner Segen des Meeres
as Narrator (voice) 1935