Sig Ruman
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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
Credits
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
as Col. Ehrhardt
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
as Louis Bouriette
White Christmas (1954)
as Landlord (uncredited)
One, Two, Three (1961)
as Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited)
Ninotchka (1939)
as Comrade Iranoff
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
as Dutchy
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
as Sergeant
House of Frankenstein (1944)
as Burgomeister Hussman
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Gottlieb
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
as Professor Winterhalter
Living It Up (1954)
as Dr. Emile Egelhofer
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as W. Kranz
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
as Hammacher (uncredited)
A Day at the Races (1937)
as Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as Manager
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Baron Elston Carteblanche
Night and Day (1946)
as Wilowski
Stalag 17 (1953)
as Johann Schulz
Houdini (1953)
as Schultz
Crossroads (1942)
as Dr. Alex Dubroc
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
as Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel
Heidi (1937)
as Police Captain
Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
as Spectacle Man
The World in His Arms (1952)
as General Ivan Vorashilov
China Girl (1942)
as Jarubi
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
as Steindorf
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Krogman
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Mr. Beckstein
If You Knew Susie (1948)
as Count Alexis
Maytime (1937)
as Fanchon
So Ends Our Night (1941)
as Ammers
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
as Hoffman the Great
The Saint in New York (1938)
as Hutch Rellin
3 Ring Circus (1954)
as Fritz Schlitz
The Girl on The Roof (1953)
Actor
Border Incident (1949)
as Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
as Dr. Hans Wolfert
This Is My Affair (1937)
as Gus
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
as Herr Protz
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
as Nicolas Marloff
I'll Give a Million (1938)
as Anatole Primerose
Government Girl (1943)
as Ambassador
Summer Storm (1944)
as Kuzma
Around the World with Nellie Bly (1960)
as Tug Captain
36 Hours (1964)
as German Guard
Nothing Sacred (1937)
as Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer
Love Crazy (1941)
as Dr. Wuthering
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
as Colonel Tchernov
The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966)
as Prof. Werner von Koenig
Desperate Journey (1942)
as Preuss
A Royal Scandal (1945)
as General Ronsky
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
as Kafka (as Sig Rumann)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Blacksmith
Seventh Heaven (1937)
as Durand (as Sig Rumann)
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
as Dr. Herman Holger
The World Moves On (1934)
as Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
Way... Way Out (1966)
as Russian Delegate
The Great Hospital Mystery (1937)
as Dr. Taggert
Faithful in My Fashion (1946)
as Professor Boris Riminoffsky
This Woman Is Mine (1941)
as John Jacob Astor
Comrade X (1940)
as Emil Von Hofer
Men in Her Diary (1945)
as Mme. Irene
Berlin Correspondent (1942)
as Dr. Dietrich
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952)
as Cyrus Kraft
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
as Jericho Schlosser
On the Riviera (1951)
as Gapeaux
Never Say Die (1939)
as Poppa Ingleborg
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
as Joe Flugelman
The Great Waltz (1938)
as Wertheimer
The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
as Dr. Simms (as Sig Rumann)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
as Van Cleve
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
as Arthur Dinkel
Bitter Sweet (1940)
as Herr Schlick
Honolulu (1939)
as Psychiatrist
She Went to the Races (1945)
as Dr. Gurke
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
as Dr. Zwieback
On the Avenue (1937)
as Herr Hanfstangel
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
as Heinrich, Spy Leader
The Wedding Night (1935)
as Mr. Jan Novak
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
as Papa
The Hitler Gang (1944)
as General von Hindenburg
Midnight Taxi (1937)
as John B. Rudd
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
as Dirk Van Hoorten
Lancer Spy (1937)
as Lt. Col. Gottfried Hollen
Under Pressure (1935)
as Doctor
Love Under Fire (1937)
as General Montero
Suez (1938)
as Sergeant Pellerin
Marie Galante (1934)
as Brogard
Paradise for Three (1938)
as Mr. Bold
East of Java (1935)
as Hans Muller
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
as Ignatz Tsimmis
Servants' Entrance (1934)
as Hans Hansen (as Siegfried Rumann)
The Bold Caballero (1936)
as Commandante Sebastian Golle
Shining Victory (1941)
as Professor Herman Von Reiter
Victory (1940)
as Mr. Schomberg
Thin Ice (1937)
as Prime Minister
World Premiere (1941)
as Franz von Bushmaster
Remember? (1939)
as Dr. Schmidt
Spring Tonic (1935)
as Matt Conklin
Four Sons (1940)
as Newmann
Girls on Probation (1938)
as Roger Heath
Spy Chasers (1955)
as King Rinko
Carolina Cannonball (1955)
as Stefan
Lucky Boy (1929)
as Bridge player (Unbilled)
Die Königsloge (1929)
as Bailiff