
S.Z. Sakall
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Biography
Szőke Szakáll, known as S.Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian film character actor. He was in many films including In the Good Old Summertime, Lullaby of Broadway, Christmas in Connecticut and Casablanca in which he played Carl, the head waiter. Chubby-jowled Sakall played numerous supporting roles in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1940s and 1950s. His rotund cuteness earned Sakall the nickname "Cuddles," and he was often billed as S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall in his later films, though he was never ha...
Known For
Filmography
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
as Self (archive footage)

The Student Prince
1954
as Joseph Ruder

Small Town Girl
1953
as Papa Schlemmer

Lullaby of Broadway
1951
as Adolph Hubbell

It's a Big Country
1951
as Stefan Szabo

Sugarfoot
1951
as Don Miguel Wormser

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
as Uncle Felix

Tea for Two
1950
as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus

Montana
1950
as Papa Otto Schultz

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
as Miklos Teretzky

My Dream Is Yours
1949
as Felix Hofer

In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Otto Oberkugen

Look for the Silver Lining
1949
as Shendorff

Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949
as Alfred Breitenbach

Romance on the High Seas
1948
as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo

Whiplash
1948
as Sam

April Showers
1948
as Mr. Curley

Embraceable You
1948
as Sammy

Cynthia
1947
as Prof. Rosenkrantz

Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Willie Schmidt

The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Ladislaus Cassel

Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
as Count Oswald

Cinderella Jones
1946
as Gabriel Popik

Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Felix Bassenak

San Antonio
1945
as Sacha Bozic

Wonder Man
1945
as Schmidt

The Dolly Sisters
1945
as Latsie Dolly

Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self

Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
as Poppa Carl

Casablanca
1943
as Carl

Wintertime
1943
as Hjalmar Ostgaard

Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Dr. Schlenna

Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
as Schwab

Broadway
1942
as Nick

Seven Sweethearts
1942
as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father

Ball of Fire
1941
as Prof. Magenbruch

The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as George (Merrick's Butler)

That Night in Rio
1941
as Arthur Penna

The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as Paul

It's a Date
1940
as Carl Ober

My Love Came Back
1940
as Geza Peyer

Spring Parade
1940
as Latislav Teschek - the Baker

Florian
1940
as Max

The Lilac Domino
1937
as Sandor

Bubi
1937
as Moller

Miss Lilli
1936
as Prokurist Seidl

Keep Smiling
1936

Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
1935
as Franz Novak

Affairs of Maupassant
1935
as Dr. Walitzky

Four and a Half Musketeers
1935
as Sattler, Schlagzeuger

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You
1934
as Beppo

Room for the Aged
1934

Ende schlecht, alles gut
1934
as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler

Scandal in Budapest
1933
as Stangl

Kaiserwalzer
1933
as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest

Frühlingsstimmen
1933
as Krüger, Schuldiener

Adventure on the Lido
1933
as Michael

Es war einmal ein Musikus
1933
as Häberlein

Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen
1933
as Professor Friedrich Hornung

Her Majesty Love
1933
as Bela Török

A Woman Like You
1933
as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant

Pardon, tévedtem
1933
as Mr. Strangel

The Town Stands on Its Head
1933
as Der Bürgermeister

Glück über Nacht
1933
as Haase

Grand Duchess Alexandra
1933
as Dimitri

Tokajerglut
1933
as Schmidt, Pressephotograph

Stolen Wednesday
1933
as Schmidz fotóriporter
Ein harmloser Fall
1932
as Herr Werner

I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are
1932
as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener

Right to Happiness
1932
as Bernhard

Girls to Marry
1932
as Alois Novak
Mein Name ist Lampe
1932
Es wird geheiratet
1932
as Mr. Winter

Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...
1932

Countess Mariza
1932
as Lampe

The Squeeker
1931
as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"

I Marry My Husband
1931
as Adolphe

The mute of Portici
1931
as Ehemann

Waltz Paradise
1931
as Schwartz, Theateragent

My Cousin From Warsaw
1931
as Burel, Luciennes Gatte

The Carnival Fairy
1931
as Matthias, Diener

Headlong into happiness
1931
as Baron Monteuil

The Unknown Guest
1931
as Leopold Kuhlmann

The Soaring Maiden
1931
as Onkel Lampe

Susie Cleans Up
1930
as Dr. Fuchs

Two Hearts in Waltz Time
1930
as Der Theaterdirektor

Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous
1930
as Crépin

Twice Wedding
1930
as Grafenbergs Schwager

The Jumping Jack
1930
as Eickmeyer

Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht?
1929
as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.

Pavement Butterfly
1929
as Paul Bennet

Mary Lou
1928
as Der Jongleur

Whirl of Youth
1928
as Sam

Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein
1927
as Sami Bambus

Heaven on Earth
1927
as Geschäftsführer

The Merry Farmer
1927

Make Up
1927
as Theaterdirektor
The Master of Death
1926
as Bordoni

Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht
1926
as Dr. Hecht