Mr. Versatile
A modest selection from the film credits of Herman Bing. “And each man in his life plays many parts” ~ Shakespeare.
Night and Day (1946) (uncredited) …. Ladisaus Smedick
Rendezvous 24 (1946) …. Herr Schmidt, innkeeper
The Devil with Hitler (1942) …. Louis
Public Deb No. 1 (1940) (uncredited) …. Dutchman
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) (uncredited) …. Silhouettist
Sweethearts (1938) …. Oscar Engel
Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938) (voice) (uncredited) …. Von Hamburger
The Great Waltz (1938) …. Otto Dommayer
Vacation from Love (1938) …. Oscar Wittlesbach
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) …. Monsieur Pepinard
Every Day’s a Holiday (1937) …. Fritz Krausmeyer
Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) …. Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman
Maytime (1937) …. August Archipenko
Champagne Waltz (1937) …. Max Snellinek
That Girl from Paris (1936) …. ‘Hammy’ Hammacher
The Three Wise Guys (1936) …. Baumgarten
The King Steps Out (1936) …. Pretzelberger
Laughing Irish Eyes (1936) …. Weisbecher
Tango (1936) …. Mr. Kluckmeyer, Tango Hosiery
Fighting Youth (1935) …. Luigi
1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935) …. Vanderbrocken
Three Kids and a Queen (1935) …. Walter Merkin
His Family Tree (1935) …. Mr. ‘Stony’ Stonehill
Redheads on Parade (1935) …. Lionel Kunkel
Here Comes the Band (1935) (uncredited) …. Hans Bergenspitz
Don’t Bet on Blondes (1935) …. Prof. Friedrich Wilhelm Gruber
In Caliente (1935) …. Mexican Florist
The Misses Stooge (1935) …. Sazarac the Magician
The Night Is Young (1935) …. Nepomuk
Crimson Romance (1934) …. Himmelbaum
The Merry Widow (1934) …. Zizipoff
Mandalay (1934) …. Prof. Kleinschmidt
Trimmed in Furs (1934) …. Engles the Lodge Owner
Blood Money (1933) (uncredited) …. Butcher Weighing Sausages
College Coach (1933) …. Prof. Glantz
Fits in a Fiddle (1933) …. Heinrich Mickelmeier
The Great Jasper (1933) (uncredited) …. Herman Beaumgartner
A Farewell to Arms (1932) (uncredited) …. Swiss Postal Clerk
Three on a Match (1932) (uncredited) …. Prof. Irving Finklestein
The Crash (1932) (uncredited) …. E.F. McSorley, Diamond Broker
Blessed Event (1932) (uncredited) …. Emil, the Head Chef
Crooner (1932) (uncredited) …. Vaudevillian with Dachshunds
Week-End Marriage (1932) (uncredited) …. Mr. Mengel
Westward Passage (1932) …. Otto Hoopengarner, the Dutchman
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) (uncredited) …. Franz Odenheimer
Men of Chance (1931) (uncredited) …. Fritz Tannenbaum
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) …. Bing
October 26, 2012 at 12:54 pm
HB was the Olivier of _sputtering_!
October 26, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Apoplexy as background noise.
October 26, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Speaking of In Caliente. . .
October 26, 2012 at 2:38 pm
The Olivier of sputtering? Then George Barbier is the Barrymore of sputtering!