Herman Bing
Acting
Biography
Herman Bing was a German born character actor and voice actor.
Born: March 29, 1889
Place of Birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Known For
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Anna Christie
A young woman reunites with the father she's not seen since early childhood, also falls in love with a sailor who wishes to marry her, and eventually is forced to reveal to each man about her dark past. (NOTE: This is the German language version.)
Vagabond Lady
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Dumbo
Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.
Blood Money
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
Fighting Youth
A radical campus group persuades student Carol Arlington to lead a protest of a college's football team. She manages to recruit Larry Davis, even though he is a star player for State's team.
Lady Killer
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.
Hide-Out
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.
Hands Across the Table
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Herman
as Hessian Col. / Von Heisel
as Louis
as The Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)
as Kilian, City Hall Guard
as Market Keeper
as Dutchman
as Silhouettist (uncredited)
as Oscar Engel
as Von Hamburger (voice) (uncredited)
as Dommayer
as Oscar Wittlesbach
as Barber
as Mr. Polter
as Monsieur Pepinard
as Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman
as August Archipenko
as Max Snellinek
as "Hammy" Hammacher
as Herman
as Otto
as Dr. Rosenkrantz - Coroner
as Pretzelberger
as Fritz Schultz
as Costumer
as Weisbecher
as Self
as Mr. Daniells
as Luigi
as Walter Merkin
as Vanderbrocken
as Barber (uncredited)
as Mr. 'Stony' Stonehill
as Taxi Driver
as Lionel Kunkel
as Hans Bergenspitz (uncredited)
as Sam
as Joe Schmidt
as Professor Friedrich Wilhelm Gruber
as Mr. Sam Bromberg
as Florist
as Spear Department Head (uncredited)
as Sazarac the Magician
as Baker
as Hans
as Nepomuk
as Farmer Schultz
as Istvan
as Zizipoff
as Dutchman Bidding $1.25 (uncredited)
as Himmelbaum
as Bartender
as Jake
as Vegetable Man
as Beard #1 (uncredited)
as Gustave
as Adolph
as Wirt
as Prof. Kleinschmidt
as Waiter
as Western Director (uncredited)
as Butcher Weighing Sausages (uncredited)
as Prof. Glantz
as Weininger
as Franklyn's Chauffeur (uncredited)
as Fralick
as Heinrich Mickelmeier
as Max Herman
as Sam, stage director
as Willy
as Schultz (Uncredited)
as Captain Otto Von Stormberg
as Swiss Postal Clerk (uncredited)
as Pepi
as Professor Irving Finklestein (uncredited)
as E.F. McSorley
as First Waiter (uncredited)
as Emil
as Barfly
as Schwabacher, the Funeral Director (uncredited)
as Otto Hoopengarner, the Dutchman
as Chef (uncredited)
as Franz Odenheimer (uncredited)
as Fritz Tannenbaum
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as A Creditor
as Losseck
as Larry - the Bartender (uncredited)
as Bing
as Von Kosch
as German Director
as Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)