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