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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
Maverick
6.8
Petticoat Junction
5.8
General Electric Theater
6.25
Johnny Staccato
5.6
Daniel Boone
6.9
One Step Beyond
5.6
Pete and Gladys
6.5
Private Secretary
5
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6
Lawman
5.6
The Addams Family
8
Hank
3.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
5.8
Maverick
6.8
The Danny Kaye Show
6.3
Movies
The Last of the Secret Agents?
3.3
To Be or Not to Be
7.835
Stalag 17
7.695
House of Frankenstein
6
Ninotchka
7.499
It Happened Tomorrow
6.678
The Great Waltz
5.7
Love Crazy
7.1
The Princess Comes Across
6.1
A Day at the Races
7.08
Comrade X
5.9
A Night in Casablanca
6.837
Border Incident
6.9
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
4
Crossroads
5.9
Houdini
6.476
Nothing Sacred
6.2
That Uncertain Feeling
6.5
Only Angels Have Wings
7.3
36 Hours
6.954
A Night at the Opera
7.441
Thin Ice
6.6
3 Ring Circus
5.5
The Wings of Eagles
6.231
The Glenn Miller Story
6.928
The Saint in New York
6.2
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
5.5
Summer Storm
5.3
Many Rivers to Cross
6.2
China Girl
5.4
Government Girl
5.2
Tarzan Triumphs
6.1
The World in His Arms
6.5
The Wagons Roll at Night
6.5
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
6
Thank You, Mr. Moto
6.1
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
6.4
Mother Wore Tights
5.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6
Lancer Spy
5.2
Four Sons
7
Never Say Die
6.8
Carolina Cannonball
0
The Farmer Takes a Wife
6.1
Girls on Probation
5.9
Spy Chasers
7
The Bold Caballero
5.7
Remember?
5.8
Desperate Journey
5.865
Give My Regards to Broadway
7
Paradise for Three
6.8
Shining Victory
5.9
Honolulu
6.1
Bitter Sweet
5.833
She Went to the Races
5.5
Suez
5.2
They Came to Blow Up America
6.2
The Girl on The Roof
4.4
The Emperor Waltz
5.9
The Wedding Night
6
I'll Give a Million
5.7
I Was an Adventuress
6.3
Under Pressure
5
Midnight Taxi
5
The Hitler Gang
6
Faithful in My Fashion
6.3
The Great Hospital Mystery
4
On the Avenue
6.7
The Song of Bernadette
6.992
Berlin Correspondent
5.9
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6.133
O. Henry's Full House
6.541
Remember Pearl Harbor
6
Victory
0
One, Two, Three
7.495
The World Moves On
5.633
Father Is a Bachelor
7.4
Love Under Fire
4.7
This Is My Affair
7.3
Living It Up
6.4
Breakdowns of 1941
7
If You Knew Susie
7.5
Marie Galante
4.4
The Dolly Sisters
5.5
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
7.2
This Woman Is Mine
3.667
Way... Way Out
5.7
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
6
So Ends Our Night
6.2
The Man Who Lost Himself
4
Heidi
6.841
Die Königsloge
0
Maytime
6.5
The Fortune Cookie
7.2
On the Riviera
6
Seventh Heaven
6.6
Men in Her Diary
0
The Errand Boy
6.115
White Christmas
7.183
A Royal Scandal
6.9
East of Java
6
Doom of Dracula
0
Night and Day
5.7
Robin and the 7 Hoods
6.1
World Premiere
5
Spring Tonic
5.3
Servants' Entrance
0
Lucky Boy
4.7