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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Herman_Bing_in_The_Great_Ziegfeld_trailer.jpg/220px-Herman_Bing_in_The_Great_Ziegfeld_trailer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Herman_Bing_in_The_Great_Ziegfeld_trailer.jpg/330px-Herman_Bing_in_The_Great_Ziegfeld_trailer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Herman_Bing_in_The_Great_Ziegfeld_trailer.jpg/440px-Herman_Bing_in_The_Great_Ziegfeld_trailer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="616" data-file-height="458" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Ziegfeld" title="The Great Ziegfeld">The Great Ziegfeld</a></i> trailer</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1889-03-30</span>)</span>March 30, 1889<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a>, Germany</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 9, 1947<span style="display:none">(1947-01-09)</span> (aged 57)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1921–1946</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Carla Lichtenstein</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Herman Bing</b> (March 30, 1889 – January 9, 1947) was a <a href="/wiki/German-American" class="mw-redirect" title="German-American">German-American</a> <a href="/wiki/Character_actor" title="Character actor">character actor</a>. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Bing was born in <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt am Main</a>, Germany. <sup id="cite_ref-AECelebInLA2001_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AECelebInLA2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 115">: 115 </span></sup> </p><p>Bing began his career at the circus, at age 16, and vaudeville showing comedic talent.<sup id="cite_ref-THDisneyVA2011_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THDisneyVA2011-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 25">: 25 </span></sup> In 1921 he made his film debut in "Ciska Barna, die Zigeunerin". </p><p>He was production chief of several films in Germany before he went to America, in 1923, with director <a href="/wiki/F._W._Murnau" title="F. W. Murnau">Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau</a> as Murnau's interpreter and assistant director. He also worked under John Ford and Frank Borzage, before establishing himself as a successful character actor well known for his wild-eyed facial expressions and thick German accent. He also <a href="/wiki/Voice_acting" title="Voice acting">provided the voice</a> for the Ringmaster in <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Dumbo" title="Dumbo">Dumbo</a></i> (1941). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herman_Bing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The start of World War II in Europe caused all things German to be unpopular with audiences. His German accent was no longer in demand in the years following World War II. He became increasingly depressed in the mid-1940s, as he was unable to secure work in Hollywood, and committed suicide by gunshot in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-HBNYTA10Jan1947_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HBNYTA10Jan1947-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_filmography">Selected filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herman_Bing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Selected filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i>Ciska Barna, Die Zigeunerin</i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/4_Devils" title="4 Devils">4 Devils</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Married_in_Hollywood" title="Married in Hollywood">Married in Hollywood</a></i> (1929) as German Director</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Song_of_Kentucky" title="A Song of Kentucky">A Song of Kentucky</a></i> (1929) as Jake Kleinschmidt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Sisters_(1930_film)" title="The Three Sisters (1930 film)">The Three Sisters</a></i> (1930) as Von Kosch</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Show_Girl_in_Hollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Show Girl in Hollywood">Show Girl in Hollywood</a></i> (1930) as Mr. Bing – Otis' Assistant</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Men_Behind_Bars" title="Men Behind Bars">Men Behind Bars</a></i> (1931) as Lawyer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Women_Love_Once" title="Women Love Once">Women Love Once</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Lover_(1931_film)" title="The Great Lover (1931 film)">The Great Lover</a></i> (1931) as Losseck</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardsman" title="The Guardsman">The Guardsman</a></i> (1931) as A Creditor</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue_(1932_film)" title="Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)">Murders in the Rue Morgue</a></i> (1932) as Franz Odenheimer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Westward_Passage" title="Westward Passage">Westward Passage</a></i> (1932) as Otto Hoopengarner – the Dutchman</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flesh_(1932_film)" title="Flesh (1932 film)">Flesh</a></i> (1932) as Pepi – Headwaiter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hypnotized_(1932_film)" title="Hypnotized (1932 film)">Hypnotized</a></i> (1932) as Capt. Otto Von Stormberg</li> <li><i>The Plumber and the Lady</i> (1933 short) as Otto Mauser</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nuisance_(1933_film)" title="The Nuisance (1933 film)">The Nuisance</a></i> (1933) as Willy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dinner_at_Eight_(1933_film)" title="Dinner at Eight (1933 film)">Dinner at Eight</a></i> (1933) as Waiter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Lips_Betray" title="My Lips Betray">My Lips Betray</a></i> (1933) as Weininger</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Footlight_Parade" title="Footlight Parade">Footlight Parade</a></i> (1933) as Fralick</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bowery_(film)" title="The Bowery (film)">The Bowery</a></i> (1933) as Max Herman</li> <li><i>Fits in a Fiddle</i> (1933 short) as Heinrich Mickelmeier</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Coach" title="College Coach">College Coach</a></i> (1933) as Prof. Glantz</li> <li><i>Trimmed in Furs</i> (1934 short) as Engles the Lodge Owner</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mandalay_(film)" title="Mandalay (film)">Mandalay</a></i> (1934) as Prof. Kleinschmidt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Melody_in_Spring" title="Melody in Spring">Melody in Spring</a></i> (1934) as Wirt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Tell_the_World_(1934_film)" title="I'll Tell the World (1934 film)">I'll Tell the World</a></i> (1934) as Adolph</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Love_Song" title="Manhattan Love Song">Manhattan Love Song</a></i> (1934) as Gustave</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hide-Out" title="Hide-Out">Hide-Out</a></i> (1934) as Jake</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Embarrassing_Moments_(1934_film)" title="Embarrassing Moments (1934 film)">Embarrassing Moments</a></i> (1934) as Bartender</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_Strangers_Meet" title="When Strangers Meet">When Strangers Meet</a></i> (1934) as Mr. Oscar Schultz</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Widow_(1934_film)" title="The Merry Widow (1934 film)">The Merry Widow</a></i> (1934) as Zizipoff</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crimson_Romance" title="Crimson Romance">Crimson Romance</a></i> (1934) as Himmelbaum</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Time_(film)" title="Love Time (film)">Love Time</a></i> (1934) as Istvan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Barnum" title="The Mighty Barnum">The Mighty Barnum</a></i> (1934) as Farmer Schultz</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_Is_Young" title="The Night Is Young">The Night Is Young</a></i> (1935) as Nepomuk</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Hotel_Murder" title="The Great Hotel Murder">The Great Hotel Murder</a></i> (1935) as Hans</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Florentine_Dagger" title="The Florentine Dagger">The Florentine Dagger</a></i> (1935) as Baker</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Misses_Stooge" title="The Misses Stooge">The Misses Stooge</a></i> (1935 short) as Sazarac the Magician</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Caliente" title="In Caliente">In Caliente</a></i> (1935) as Florist</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stage_Frights&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stage Frights (page does not exist)">Stage Frights</a></i> (1935 short)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calm_Yourself" title="Calm Yourself">Calm Yourself</a></i> (1935) as Mr. Sam Bromberg</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Bet_on_Blondes" title="Don't Bet on Blondes">Don't Bet on Blondes</a></i> (1935) as Prof. Friedrich Wilhelm Gruber</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Night_at_Eight" title="Every Night at Eight">Every Night at Eight</a></i> (1935) as Joe Schmidt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_the_Wild_(1935_film)" title="Call of the Wild (1935 film)">Call of the Wild</a></i> (1935) as Sam</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Redheads_on_Parade" title="Redheads on Parade">Redheads on Parade</a></i> (1935) as Lionel Kunkel</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/His_Family_Tree" title="His Family Tree">His Family Tree</a></i> (1935) as Mr. 'Stony' Stonehill</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Kids_and_a_Queen" title="Three Kids and a Queen">Three Kids and a Queen</a></i> (1935) as Walter Merkin</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1000_Dollars_a_Minute" class="mw-redirect" title="1000 Dollars a Minute">1000 Dollars a Minute</a></i> (1935) as Vanderbrocken</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Youth" title="Fighting Youth">Fighting Youth</a></i> (1935) as Luigi</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rose_Marie_(1936_film)" title="Rose Marie (1936 film)">Rose Marie</a></i> (1936) as Mr. Daniells</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slide,_Nellie,_Slide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Slide, Nellie, Slide (page does not exist)">Slide, Nellie, Slide</a></i> (1936 short) as The Hot Dog King</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tango_(1936_film)" title="Tango (1936 film)">Tango</a></i> (1936) as Mr. Kluckmeyer – Tango Hosiery</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laughing_Irish_Eyes" title="Laughing Irish Eyes">Laughing Irish Eyes</a></i> (1936) as Weisbecher</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Ziegfeld" title="The Great Ziegfeld">The Great Ziegfeld</a></i> (1936) as Costumer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_King_Steps_Out" title="The King Steps Out">The King Steps Out</a></i> (1936) as Pretzelberger</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Wise_Guys" title="The Three Wise Guys">The Three Wise Guys</a></i> (1936) as Baumgarten</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Human_Cargo_(film)" title="Human Cargo (film)">Human Cargo</a></i> (1936) as Fritz Schultz</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blackmailer_(1936_film)" title="Blackmailer (1936 film)">Blackmailer</a></i> (1936) as Dr. Rosenkrantz – Coroner</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_in_Manhattan" title="Adventure in Manhattan">Adventure in Manhattan</a></i> (1936) as Otto</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Come_Closer,_Folks" title="Come Closer, Folks">Come Closer, Folks</a></i> (1936) as Herman</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That_Girl_from_Paris" title="That Girl from Paris">That Girl from Paris</a></i> (1936) as 'Hammy' Hammacher</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Champagne_Waltz" title="Champagne Waltz">Champagne Waltz</a></i> (1937) as Max Snellinek</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maytime_(1937_film)" title="Maytime (1937 film)">Maytime</a></i> (1937) as August Archipenko</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oh,_What_a_Knight!_(1937,_short_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oh, What a Knight! (1937, short film) (page does not exist)">Oh, What a Knight!</a></i> (1937 short)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beg,_Borrow_or_Steal" title="Beg, Borrow or Steal">Beg, Borrow or Steal</a></i> (1937) as Von Giersdorff – aka Count Herman</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Day%27s_a_Holiday_(1937_film)" title="Every Day's a Holiday (1937 film)">Every Day's a Holiday</a></i> (1937) as Fritz Krausmeyer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_for_Three" title="Paradise for Three">Paradise for Three</a></i> (1938) as Mr. Polter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bluebeard%27s_Eighth_Wife" title="Bluebeard's Eighth Wife">Bluebeard's Eighth Wife</a></i> (1938) as Monsieur Pepinard</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Four%27s_a_Crowd" title="Four's a Crowd">Four's a Crowd</a></i> (1938) as Barber</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vacation_from_Love" title="Vacation from Love">Vacation from Love</a></i> (1938) as Oscar Wittlesbach</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Waltz_(1938_film)" title="The Great Waltz (1938 film)">The Great Waltz</a></i> (1938) as Dommayer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweethearts_(1938_film)" title="Sweethearts (1938 film)">Sweethearts</a></i> (1938) as Oscar Engel</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_(1940_film)" title="Bitter Sweet (1940 film)">Bitter Sweet</a></i> (1940) as Market Keeper</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dumbo" title="Dumbo">Dumbo</a></i> (1941) as The Ringmaster (voice, uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_with_Hitler" title="The Devil with Hitler">The Devil with Hitler</a></i> (1942 short) as Louis</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Captain_from_K%C3%B6penick_(1945_film)" title="The Captain from Köpenick (1945 film)">The Captain from Köpenick</a></i> (completed in 1941, released in 1945) as City Hall guardian Kilian</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_Do_We_Go_from_Here%3F_(1945_film)" title="Where Do We Go from Here? (1945 film)">Where Do We Go from Here?</a></i> (1945) as Hessian Col. / Von Heisel</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_24" title="Rendezvous 24">Rendezvous 24</a></i> (1946) as Herr Schmidt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_and_Day_(1946_film)" title="Night and Day (1946 film)">Night and Day</a></i> (1946) as Ladisaus Smedick – 2nd 'Peaches' (uncredited) (final film role)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herman_Bing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AECelebInLA2001-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AECelebInLA2001_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFEllenberger2001" class="citation book cs1">Ellenberger, Allan R. 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