Sig Ruman
Biography
Sig Ruman was a German-American actor known for his portrayals of pompous and often stereotypical Teutonic officials or villains. Ruman made his film debut in Lucky Boy (1929). He became a favorite of the Marx Brothers, appearing in A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, and A Night in Casablanca. His German accent and large stature kept him busy during World War II, playing sinister Nazi characters in a series of wartime thrillers. During this period, he also appeared in several films by director Ernst Lubitsch including Ninotchka and To Be or Not to Be. Ruman continued playing over-the-top German characters later in his career for Billy Wilder in The Emperor Waltz, Stalag 17, and The Fortune Cookie.
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Movie Appearances
The Last of the Secret Agents?
as Prof. Werner von Koenig
1966
To Be or Not to Be
as Col. Ehrhardt
1942
Stalag 17
as Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz
1953
House of Frankenstein
as Burgomeister Hussman
1944
Ninotchka
as Comrade Iranoff
1939
It Happened Tomorrow
as Mr. Beckstein
1944
The Great Waltz
as Wertheimer
1938
Love Crazy
as Dr. Wuthering
1941
The Princess Comes Across
as Steindorf
1936
A Day at the Races
as Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg
1937
Comrade X
as Emil Von Hofer
1940
A Night in Casablanca
as Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel
1946
Border Incident
as Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich
1949
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Van Cleve
1940
Crossroads
as Dr. Alex Dubroc
1942
Houdini
as Schultz
1953
Nothing Sacred
as Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer
1937
That Uncertain Feeling
as Kafka (as Sig Rumann)
1941
Only Angels Have Wings
as Dutchy
1939
36 Hours
as German Guard
1964
TV Appearances
Maverick
1957
Petticoat Junction
as Professor Lieberschmit
1963
General Electric Theater
as Dr. Haegendorff
1953
Johnny Staccato
1959
Daniel Boone
as Van Coot
1964
One Step Beyond
as Franz Schuldorf
1959
Pete and Gladys
1960
Private Secretary
1953
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
Lawman
1958
The Addams Family
as Eric Von Bissell
1964
Hank
1965