Sig Ruman

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.

Cast

The Last of the Secret Agents?

Prof. Werner von Koenig

To Be or Not to Be

Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz

House of Frankenstein

Burgomeister Hussman

Comrade Iranoff

It Happened Tomorrow

The Great Waltz

The Princess Comes Across

A Day at the Races

Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg

A Night in Casablanca

Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel

Border Incident

Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Dr. Alex Dubroc

Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer

That Uncertain Feeling

Kafka (as Sig Rumann)

Only Angels Have Wings

A Night at the Opera

The Wings of Eagles

The Glenn Miller Story

The Saint in New York

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

Heinrich, Spy Leader

Many Rivers to Cross

Government Girl

Tarzan Triumphs

The World in His Arms

General Ivan Vorashilov

The Wagons Roll at Night

Hoffman the Great

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Nicolas Marloff

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Colonel Tchernov

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Hans Wolfert

Mother Wore Tights

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Lt. Col. Gottfried Hollen

Poppa Ingleborg

Carolina Cannonball

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Girls on Probation

The Bold Caballero

Commandante Sebastian Golle

Desperate Journey

Give My Regards to Broadway

Paradise for Three

Shining Victory

Professor Herman Von Reiter

She Went to the Races

Sergeant Pellerin

They Came to Blow Up America

Dr. Herman Holger

The Girl on The Roof

The Emperor Waltz

The Wedding Night

I'll Give a Million

Anatole Primerose

I Was an Adventuress

The Hitler Gang

General von Hindenburg

Faithful in My Fashion

Professor Boris Riminoffsky

The Great Hospital Mystery

Herr Hanfstangel

The Song of Bernadette

Louis Bouriette

Berlin Correspondent

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

O. Henry's Full House

Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Remember Pearl Harbor

Dirk Van Hoorten

One, Two, Three

Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited)

The World Moves On

Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)

Father Is a Bachelor

Jericho Schlosser

Love Under Fire

General Montero

This Is My Affair

Dr. Emile Egelhofer

Breakdowns of 1941

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

If You Knew Susie

The Dolly Sisters

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

This Woman Is Mine

John Jacob Astor

Russian Delegate

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

So Ends Our Night

The Man Who Lost Himself

Dr. Simms (as Sig Rumann)

Die Königsloge

Fanchon (as Sig Rumann)

The Fortune Cookie

Professor Winterhalter

Durand (as Sig Rumann)

Men in Her Diary

Baron Elston Carteblanche

White Christmas

Landlord (uncredited)

A Royal Scandal

Doom of Dracula

The Burgomaster (archive footage)

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Hammacher (uncredited)

Franz von Bushmaster

Servants' Entrance

Hans Hansen (as Siegfried Rumann)

Bridge player (Unbilled)

Around the World with Nellie Bly