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 cofounding 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