People
Sig Ruman
- Name: Sig Ruman
- Birthday: 1884-10-10
- Also known as: Sig Rumann,Siegfried Rumann,Sigfried Rumann,Siegfried Carl Alban Rumann
- Place of birth: Hamburg, Germany
- Popularity: 4.184
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
| Way... Way Out as Russian Delegate | 1966-10-26 |
| The Fortune Cookie as Professor Winterhalter | 1966-10-19 |
| The Last of the Secret Agents? as Prof. Werner von Koenig | 1966-05-25 |
| Doom of Dracula as The Burgomaster | 1966-01-01 |
| 36 Hours as German Guard | 1964-11-26 |
| Robin and the 7 Hoods as Hammacher (uncredited) | 1964-06-24 |
| One, Two, Three as Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited) | 1961-12-15 |
| The Errand Boy as Baron Elston Carteblanche | 1961-11-28 |
| The Wings of Eagles as Manager | 1957-01-31 |
| Spy Chasers as King Rinko | 1955-07-31 |
| Many Rivers to Cross as Spectacle Man | 1955-02-04 |
| Carolina Cannonball as Stefan | 1955-01-28 |
| 3 Ring Circus as Fritz Schlitz | 1954-12-22 |
| White Christmas as Landlord (uncredited) | 1954-10-14 |
| Living It Up as Dr. Emile Egelhofer | 1954-07-15 |
| The Glenn Miller Story as W. Kranz | 1954-01-04 |
| The Girl on The Roof | 1953-12-16 |
| Houdini as Schultz | 1953-07-02 |
| Stalag 17 as Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz | 1953-05-29 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation as Cyrus Kraft | 1952-10-27 |
| The World in His Arms as General Ivan Vorashilov | 1952-10-09 |
| O. Henry's Full House as Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited) | 1952-08-07 |
| On the Riviera as Gapeaux | 1951-04-20 |
| Father Is a Bachelor as Jericho Schlosser | 1950-02-22 |
| Border Incident as Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich | 1949-10-28 |
| The Emperor Waltz as Dr. Zwieback | 1948-07-02 |
| Give My Regards to Broadway as Arthur Dinkel | 1948-06-08 |
| If You Knew Susie as Count Alexis | 1948-02-07 |
| Mother Wore Tights as Papa | 1947-08-20 |
| Faithful in My Fashion as Professor Boris Riminoffsky | 1946-08-21 |
| Night and Day as Wilowski | 1946-07-02 |
| A Night in Casablanca as Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel | 1946-05-10 |
| The Dolly Sisters as Ignatz Tsimmis | 1945-11-14 |
| She Went to the Races as Dr. Gurke | 1945-11-04 |
| Men in Her Diary as Mme. Irene | 1945-09-14 |
| A Royal Scandal as General Ronsky | 1945-03-26 |
| House of Frankenstein as Burgomeister Hussman | 1944-12-01 |
| Summer Storm as Kuzma | 1944-07-14 |
| The Hitler Gang as General von Hindenburg | 1944-04-26 |
| It Happened Tomorrow as Mr. Beckstein | 1944-03-31 |
| The Song of Bernadette as Louis Bouriette | 1943-12-21 |
| Government Girl as Ambassador | 1943-11-05 |
| Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Joe Flugelman | 1943-10-01 |
| They Came to Blow Up America as Dr. Herman Holger | 1943-05-07 |
| Tarzan Triumphs as Sergeant | 1943-01-20 |
| China Girl as Jarubi | 1942-12-09 |
| Desperate Journey as Preuss | 1942-09-26 |
| Berlin Correspondent as Dr. Dietrich | 1942-08-17 |
| Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen as Heinrich, Spy Leader | 1942-07-30 |
| Crossroads as Dr. Alex Dubroc | 1942-07-23 |
| To Be or Not to Be as Col. Ehrhardt | 1942-03-05 |
| Remember Pearl Harbor as Dirk Van Hoorten | 1942-01-02 |
| Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
| This Woman Is Mine as John Jacob Astor | 1941-08-22 |
| World Premiere as Franz von Bushmaster | 1941-08-21 |
| Shining Victory as Professor Herman Von Reiter | 1941-05-30 |
| Love Crazy as Dr. Wuthering | 1941-05-23 |
| The Wagons Roll at Night as Hoffman the Great | 1941-04-25 |
| That Uncertain Feeling as Kafka (as Sig Rumann) | 1941-04-20 |
| The Man Who Lost Himself as Dr. Simms (as Sig Rumann) | 1941-03-21 |
| So Ends Our Night as Ammers | 1941-02-27 |
| Victory as Mr. Schomberg | 1940-12-21 |
| Comrade X as Emil Von Hofer | 1940-12-13 |
| Bitter Sweet as Herr Schlick | 1940-11-08 |
| Four Sons as Newmann | 1940-06-14 |
| I Was an Adventuress as Herr Protz | 1940-05-10 |
| Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Van Cleve | 1940-03-07 |
| Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Dr. Hans Wolfert | 1940-02-23 |
| Remember? as Dr. Schmidt | 1939-12-19 |
| Ninotchka as Comrade Iranoff | 1939-11-23 |
| Only Angels Have Wings as Dutchy | 1939-05-15 |
| Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Krogman | 1939-05-06 |
| Never Say Die as Poppa Ingleborg | 1939-03-08 |
| Honolulu as Psychiatrist | 1939-02-03 |
| The Great Waltz as Wertheimer | 1938-11-04 |
| Suez as Sergeant Pellerin | 1938-10-28 |
| Girls on Probation as Roger Heath | 1938-10-22 |
| I'll Give a Million as Anatole Primerose | 1938-07-27 |
| Paradise for Three as Mr. Bold | 1938-06-04 |
| The Saint in New York as Hutch Rellin | 1938-05-25 |
| Thank You, Mr. Moto as Colonel Tchernov | 1937-12-24 |
| Nothing Sacred as Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer | 1937-11-25 |
| Heidi as Police Captain | 1937-10-15 |
| Lancer Spy as Lt. Col. Gottfried Hollen | 1937-10-08 |
| Thin Ice as Prime Minister | 1937-09-03 |
| Love Under Fire as General Montero | 1937-08-20 |
| Think Fast, Mr. Moto as Nicolas Marloff | 1937-07-23 |
| A Day at the Races as Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg | 1937-06-11 |
| This Is My Affair as Gus | 1937-05-28 |
| The Great Hospital Mystery as Dr. Taggert | 1937-05-14 |
| Midnight Taxi as John B. Rudd | 1937-04-04 |
| Maytime as Fanchon (as Sig Rumann) | 1937-03-26 |
| Seventh Heaven as Durand (as Sig Rumann) | 1937-03-25 |
| On the Avenue as Herr Hanfstangel | 1937-02-12 |
| The Bold Caballero as Commandante Sebastian Golle | 1936-12-01 |
| The Princess Comes Across as Steindorf | 1936-05-22 |
| East of Java as Hans Muller | 1935-12-01 |
| A Night at the Opera as Gottlieb | 1935-11-15 |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife as Blacksmith (as Siegfried Rumann) | 1935-07-05 |
| Spring Tonic as Matt Conklin | 1935-06-27 |
| The Wedding Night as Mr. Jan Novak | 1935-03-08 |
| Under Pressure as Doctor | 1935-02-02 |
| Marie Galante as Brogard | 1934-10-25 |
| Servants' Entrance as Hans Hansen (as Siegfried Rumann) | 1934-09-25 |
| The World Moves On as Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann) | 1934-06-27 |
| Die Königsloge as Bailiff | 1929-11-21 |
| Lucky Boy as Bridge player (Unbilled) | 1929-02-02 |
