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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Servants' Entrance
1934
Crossroads
1942
The Girl on The Roof
1953
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
The Princess Comes Across
1936
The Emperor Waltz
1948
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
Midnight Taxi
1937
The Saint in New York
1938
On the Avenue
1937
Comrade X
1940
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
I'll Give a Million
1938
Die Königsloge
1929
Shining Victory
1941
A Night in Casablanca
1946
To Be or Not to Be
1942
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
Stalag 17
1953
Suez
1938
White Christmas
1954
Ninotchka
1939
Love Under Fire
1937
36 Hours
1964
Desperate Journey
1942
Honolulu
1939
A Night at the Opera
1935
One, Two, Three
1961
China Girl
1942
The Fortune Cookie
1966
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
The Song of Bernadette
1943
Spring Tonic
1935
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
Berlin Correspondent
1942
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
A Day at the Races
1937