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name: "Herman Bing"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 March 1889"
died: "9 January 1947"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:36.844504+00:00"
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# Herman Bing

Actor. Born 29 March 1889 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Died 9 January 1947.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 March 1889, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- **Died:** 9 January 1947

## Biography

Herman Bing (1889–1947) was a German-American character actor and assistant director. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, he began working in German cinema in the early 1920s before moving to the United States in 1923.

He served as assistant to F. W. Murnau on *Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans* (1927), in which he also appeared uncredited as the Streetcar Conductor. Bing acted in more than 120 films, often in uncredited or supporting roles, and provided the voice of the Ringmaster in Walt Disney's *Dumbo* (1941). Among his other credits are *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), *Murders in the Rue Morgue* (1932), *Dinner at Eight* (1933), *Twentieth Century* (1934), *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936) and *Bluebeard's 8th Wife* (1938).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans* (1927), Fi1m 88, as Streetcar Conductor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/sunrise-a-song-of-two-humans.md)

## Also known for

- *Dumbo* (1941), The Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Swiss Postal Clerk (uncredited)
- *Murders in the Rue Morgue* (1932), Franz Odenheimer (uncredited)
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Costumer
- *Dinner at Eight* (1933), Waiter
- *Twentieth Century* (1934), Beard #1 (uncredited)
- *Bluebeard's 8th Wife* (1938), Monsieur Pepinard
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Fralick

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