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Herman Bing was a German-American character actor. He acted in more than 120 films and many of his parts were uncredited.
Born
Saturday, 30 March 1889
Died
Thursday, 09 January 1947
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Ringmaster | 1954 |
| Night and Day | Ladisaus Smedick - 2nd 'Peaches' | 1946 |
| Rendezvous 24 | Herr Schmidt | 1946 |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | Herman | 1946 |
| Where Do We Go from Here? | Von Heisel / Hessian Col. | 1945 |
| I Was a Criminal | Kilian, City Hall Guard | 1945 |
| The Devil with Hitler | Louis | 1942 |
| Dumbo | The Ringmaster / The Ringmaster (voice) | 1941 |
| Bitter Sweet | Market Keeper | 1940 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Ringmaster | 1954 |
| Night and Day | Ladisaus Smedick - 2nd 'Peaches' | 1946 |
| Rendezvous 24 | Herr Schmidt | 1946 |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | Herman | 1946 |
| Where Do We Go from Here? | Von Heisel / Hessian Col. | 1945 |
| I Was a Criminal | Kilian, City Hall Guard | 1945 |
| The Devil with Hitler | Louis | 1942 |
| Dumbo | The Ringmaster / The Ringmaster (voice) | 1941 |
| Bitter Sweet | Market Keeper | 1940 |
| Public Deb No. 1 | Dutchman | 1940 |
| Broadway Melody of 1940 | Silhouettist | 1940 |
| Sweethearts | Oscar Engel | 1938 |
| The Great Waltz | Dommayer | 1938 |
| Vacation from Love | Oscar Wittlesbach | 1938 |
| Four's a Crowd | Barber | 1938 |
| Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Monsieur Pepinard | 1938 |
| Paradise for Three | Mr. Polter | 1938 |
| Every Day's a Holiday | Fritz Krausmeyer | 1937 |
| Beg, Borrow or Steal | Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman / Von Giersdorff - aka Count Herman | 1937 |
| Maytime | August Archipenko | 1937 |
| Champagne Waltz | Max Snellinek | 1937 |
| That Girl from Paris | 'Hammy' Hammacher / "Hammy" Hammacher | 1936 |
| Come Closer, Folks | Herman | 1936 |
| Adventure in Manhattan | Otto | 1936 |
| Blackmailer | Dr. Rosenkrantz - Coroner | 1936 |
| Human Cargo | Fritz Schultz | 1936 |
| The King Steps Out | Pretzelberger | 1936 |
| The Great Ziegfeld | Costumer | 1936 |
| Laughing Irish Eyes | Weisbecher | 1936 |
| The Music Goes 'Round | Herman Bing - Guest Singer | 1936 |
| Tango | Mr. Kluckmeyer, Tango Hosiery | 1936 |
| Rose-Marie | Mr. Daniells | 1936 |
| Fighting Youth | Luigi | 1935 |
| 1, 000 Dollars a Minute | Vanderbrocken | 1935 |
| 3 Kids and a Queen | Walter Merkin | 1935 |
| Hands Across the Table | Barber | 1935 |
| Barbary Coast | Fish Peddler | 1935 |
| His Family Tree | Mr. 'Stony' Stonehill | 1935 |
| Thunder in the Night | Taxi Driver | 1935 |
| Redheads on Parade | Lionel Kunkel | 1935 |
| Here Comes the Band | Hans Bergenspitz | 1935 |
| Call of the Wild | Sam | 1935 |
| Every Night at Eight | Joe Schmidt | 1935 |
| Don't Bet on Blondes | Prof. Friedrich Wilhelm Gruber / Professor Friedrich Wilhelm Gruber | 1935 |
| Calm Yourself | Mr. Sam Bromberg | 1935 |
| Unknown Woman | François | 1935 |
| In Caliente | Florist | 1935 |
| Vagabond Lady | Spear Department Head | 1935 |
| The Florentine Dagger | Baker | 1935 |
| West Point of the Air | (scenes deleted) | 1935 |
| It Happened in New York | Stout Passenger | 1935 |
| The Great Hotel Murder | Hans | 1935 |
| The Night Is Young | Nepomuk | 1935 |
| The Mighty Barnum | Farmer Schultz | 1934 |
| Broadway Bill | Waiter | 1934 |
| Evelyn Prentice | Klein - Antiques Dealer | 1934 |
| Love Time | Istvan | 1934 |
| The Merry Widow | Zizipoff | 1934 |
| I Sell Anything | Dutchman Bidding $1.25 | 1934 |
| Crimson Romance | Himmelbaum | 1934 |
| One Night of Love | Vegetable Man | 1934 |
| Embarrassing Moments | Bartender | 1934 |
| Hide-Out | Jake | 1934 |
| The Cat's-Paw | German-Speaking Gangster | 1934 |
| The Black Cat | Car Steward | 1934 |
| Twentieth Century | Beard #1 | 1934 |
| Manhattan Love Song | Gustave | 1934 |
| I'll Tell the World | Adolph | 1934 |
| Melody in Spring | Wirt | 1934 |
| The Cat and the Fiddle | Fireman's Band Leader | 1934 |
| Mandalay | Prof. Kleinschmidt | 1934 |
| Trimmed in Furs | Engles the Lodge Owner | 1934 |
| Lady Killer | Western Director | 1933 |
| Blood Money | Butcher Weighing Sausages | 1933 |
| College Coach | Prof. Glantz | 1933 |
| After Tonight | Railroad Ticket Clerk | 1933 |
| Chance at Heaven | Franklyn's Chauffeur | 1933 |
| Footlight Parade | Fralick | 1933 |
| The Bowery | Max Herman | 1933 |
| Curtain at Eight | Sam - Producer / Sam, stage director | 1933 |
| My Lips Betray | Weininger | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Waiter | 1933 |
| The Nuisance | Willy | 1933 |
| Fast Workers | Schultz / Schultz (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| The Great Jasper | Herman Beaumgartner | 1933 |
| Hypnotized | Capt. Otto Von Stormberg | 1932 |
| Silver Dollar | Gold Buyer | 1932 |
| Flesh | Pepi - Headwaiter / Pepi | 1932 |
| Farewell to Arms, A | Swiss Postal Clerk | 1932 |
| A Farewell to Arms | Swiss Postal Clerk | 1932 |
| False Impressions | The Cook (replaced by Marvin Loback) | 1932 |
| Three on a Match | Prof. Irving Finklestein | 1932 |
| The Crash | E.F. McSorley - Diamond Broker / E.F. McSorley | 1932 |
| Big City Blues | First Waiter | 1932 |
| Blessed Event | Emil - the Head Chef / Emil | 1932 |
| A Passport to Hell | Barfly | 1932 |
| Crooner | Vaudevillian with Dachshunds | 1932 |
| Unashamed | Hans | 1932 |
| Week-End Marriage | Mr. Mengel | 1932 |
| Radio Patrol | Schwabacher, the Funeral Director | 1932 |
| Westward Passage | Otto Hoopengarner - the Dutchman / Otto Hoopengarner, the Dutchman | 1932 |
| The Tenderfoot | The Chef | 1932 |
| The Doomed Battalion | Austrian Soldier | 1932 |
| Are You Listening? | Radio Actor | 1932 |
| Murders in the Rue Morgue | Franz Odenheimer | 1932 |
| Men of Chance | Fritz Tannenbaum | 1932 |
| Private Lives | Train Conductor | 1931 |
| The Guardsman | A Creditor | 1931 |
| The Great Lover | Losseck | 1931 |
| Women Love Once | 1931 | |
| Menschen hinter Gittern | Der Rechtsanwalt | 1931 |
| Anna Christie | Larry - the Bartender | 1930 |
| Show Girl in Hollywood | Bing | 1930 |
| Embarrassing Moments | Bartender | 1930 |
| A Song of Kentucky | Jake Kleinschmidt | 1929 |
| Married in Hollywood | German Director | 1929 |
| Sunrise | Streetcar Conductor | 1927 |
| Ciska Barna, die Zigeunerin | 1921 |
