ACTOR

Herman Bing

Known for Maytime · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Herman Bing was a German born character actor and voice actor.

Snapshot 2026-10-16

Born

Mar 29, 1889

Died

Jan 9, 1947

Birthplace

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Known For

Acting

Known For

MOVIE

MaytimeAugust Archipenko · 1937
★ 6.8

MOVIE

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage) · 1975
★ 6.3

Filmography

Movies

PhantomUnit Manager

1922

Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansStreetcar Conductor (uncredited)

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansAssistant Director

1927

Four SonsWriter

1928

Married in HollywoodGerman Director

1929

Anna ChristieLarry - the Bartender (uncredited)

1930

Show Girl in HollywoodBing

1930

The Three SistersVon Kosch

1930

Men of ChanceFritz Tannenbaum

1931

Private LivesTrain Conductor (uncredited)

1931

The Great LoverLosseck

1931

The GuardsmanA Creditor

1931

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1931

Women Love Once

1931

A Farewell to ArmsSwiss Postal Clerk (uncredited)

1932

A Passport to HellBarfly

1932

Big City BluesFirst Waiter (uncredited)

1932

Blessed EventEmil

1932

FleshPepi

1932

HypnotizedCaptain Otto Von Stormberg

1932

Murders in the Rue MorgueFranz Odenheimer (uncredited)

1932

Radio PatrolSchwabacher, the Funeral Director (uncredited)

1932

The CrashE.F. McSorley

1932

The Doomed BattalionAustrian Soldier (uncredited)

1932

The TenderfootChef (uncredited)

1932

Three on a MatchProfessor Irving Finklestein (uncredited)

1932

Westward PassageOtto Hoopengarner, the Dutchman

1932

Blood MoneyButcher Weighing Sausages (uncredited)

1933

Chance at HeavenFranklyn's Chauffeur (uncredited)

1933

College CoachProf. Glantz

1933

Curtain at EightSam, stage director

1933

Dinner at EightWaiter

1933

Fast WorkersSchultz (Uncredited)

1933

Fits in a FiddleHeinrich Mickelmeier

1933

Footlight ParadeFralick

1933

Lady KillerWestern Director (uncredited)

1933

My Lips BetrayWeininger

1933

The BoweryMax Herman

1933

The NuisanceWilly

1933

TP

The Plumber and the LadyOtto Mauser

1933

Crimson RomanceHimmelbaum

1934

Embarrassing MomentsBartender

1934

Hide-OutJake

1934

I Sell AnythingDutchman Bidding $1.25 (uncredited)

1934

I'll Tell the WorldAdolph

1934

Love TimeIstvan

1934

MandalayProf. Kleinschmidt

1934

Manhattan Love SongGustave

1934

Melody in SpringWirt

1934

One Night of LoveVegetable Man

1934

The Merry WidowZizipoff

1934

The Mighty BarnumFarmer Schultz

1934

TI

Trimmed in FursEngles the Lodge Owner

1934

Twentieth CenturyBeard #1 (uncredited)

1934

$1,000 a MinuteVanderbrocken

1935

3 Kids and a QueenWalter Merkin

1935

Call of the WildSam

1935

Calm YourselfMr. Sam Bromberg

1935

Don't Bet on BlondesProfessor Friedrich Wilhelm Gruber

1935

Every Night at EightJoe Schmidt

1935

Fighting YouthLuigi

1935

Hands Across the TableBarber (uncredited)

1935

Here Comes the BandHans Bergenspitz (uncredited)

1935

His Family TreeMr. 'Stony' Stonehill

1935

In CalienteFlorist

1935

Redheads on ParadeLionel Kunkel

1935

SF

Stage Frights

1935

The Florentine DaggerBaker

1935

The Great Hotel MurderHans

1935

The Misses StoogeSazarac the Magician

1935

The Night Is YoungNepomuk

1935

Thunder in the NightTaxi Driver

1935

Vagabond LadySpear Department Head (uncredited)

1935

Adventure in ManhattanOtto

1936

BlackmailerDr. Rosenkrantz - Coroner

1936

Come Closer, FolksHerman

1936

Human CargoFritz Schultz

1936

Laughing Irish EyesWeisbecher

1936

Rose MarieMr. Daniells

1936

T

TangoMr. Kluckmeyer, Tango Hosiery

1936

That Girl from Paris"Hammy" Hammacher

1936

The Great ZiegfeldCostumer

1936

The King Steps OutPretzelberger

1936

The Music Goes 'RoundSelf

1936

Beg, Borrow or StealVon Giersdorff, aka Count Herman

1937

Champagne WaltzMax Snellinek

1937

MaytimeAugust Archipenko

1937

Oh, What a Knight!

1937

Bluebeard's Eighth WifeMonsieur Pepinard

1938

Daffy Duck in HollywoodVon Hamburger (voice) (uncredited)

1938

Four's a CrowdBarber

1938

Paradise for ThreeMr. Polter

1938

SweetheartsOscar Engel

1938

The Great WaltzDommayer

1938

Vacation from LoveOscar Wittlesbach

1938

Bitter SweetMarket Keeper

1940

Broadway Melody of 1940Silhouettist (uncredited)

1940

Public Deb No. 1Dutchman

1940

DumboThe Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)

1941

I Was a CriminalKilian, City Hall Guard

1941

The Devil with HitlerLouis

1942

Where Do We Go from Here?Hessian Col. / Von Heisel

1945

Breakfast in HollywoodHerman

1946

Rendezvous 24Herr Schmidt

1946

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)

1975

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