Born
1883-02-02 (age 143)
Birthplace
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]
Known For
Acting
S.Z. Sakall
Biography
Szőke Szakáll, known as S.Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian film character actor. He was in many films including In the Good Old Summertime, Lullaby of Broadway, Christmas in Connecticut and Casablanca in which he played Carl, the head waiter. Chubby-jowled Sakall played numerous supporting roles in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1940s and 1950s. His rotund cuteness earned Sakall the nickname "Cuddles," and he was often billed as S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall in his later films, though he was never happy with the name. He was famous for using the phrase "everything is hunky dunky." Description above from the Wikipedia article S. Z. Sakall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Casablanca
as Carl
1943
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Schwab
1942
My Dream Is Yours
as Felix Hofer
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
as Otto Oberkugen
1949
Tea for Two
as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
1950
Christmas in Connecticut
as Felix Bassenak
1945
Susie Cleans Up
as Dr. Fuchs
1930
Ein harmloser Fall
as Herr Werner
1932
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Magenbruch
1941
Lullaby of Broadway
as Adolph Hubbell
1951
Romance on the High Seas
as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
1948
Never Say Goodbye
as Willie Schmidt
1946
Wintertime
as Hjalmar Ostgaard
1943
The Devil and Miss Jones
as George (Merrick's Butler)
1941
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
San Antonio
as Sacha Bozic
1945
The Student Prince
as Joseph Ruder
1954
It's a Big Country
as Stefan Szabo
1951
The Squeeker
as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"
1931
Whiplash
as Sam
1948
