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