Sig Ruman
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1884-10-10 – 1967-02-14
Place of birth: Hamburg, Germany
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.
Known for
The Last of the Secret Agents?
1966Prof. Werner von Koenig
To Be or Not to Be
1942Col. Ehrhardt
Stalag 17
1953Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz
House of Frankenstein
1944Burgomeister Hussman
Ninotchka
1939Comrade Iranoff
It Happened Tomorrow
1944Mr. Beckstein
The Great Waltz
1938Wertheimer
Love Crazy
1941Dr. Wuthering
The Princess Comes Across
1936Steindorf
A Day at the Races
1937Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg
Comrade X
1940Emil Von Hofer
A Night in Casablanca
1946Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel
Border Incident
1949Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940Van Cleve
Crossroads
1942Dr. Alex Dubroc
Houdini
1953Schultz
Nothing Sacred
1937Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer
That Uncertain Feeling
1941Kafka (as Sig Rumann)
Only Angels Have Wings
1939Dutchy