S.Z. Sakall

ActorDirectorWriter Feb 2 (died age 72) Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary] 1926–1976 (50 year career)

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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

Film

Casablanca

Carl

Film

Ball of Fire

Prof. Magenbruch

Film

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Schwab

Film

Christmas in Connecticut

Felix Bassenak

Film

The Devil and Miss Jones

George (Merrick's Butler)

Film

Wonder Man

Schmidt

Film

Hollywood Canteen

Self

Film

In the Good Old Summertime

Otto Oberkugen

Filmography

Acting (100)

Movies (99)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

The Student Prince

as Joseph Ruder

Small Town Girl

as Papa Schlemmer

Sugarfoot

as Don Miguel Wormser

It's a Big Country

as Stefan Szabo

Lullaby of Broadway

as Adolph Hubbell

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

as Uncle Felix

Montana

as Papa Otto Schultz

Tea for Two

as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus

6.0

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950

as Miklos Teretzky

5.0

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

as Otto Oberkugen

6.6

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

1949

as Alfred Breitenbach

4.7

My Dream Is Yours

1949

as Felix Hofer

6.4

Look for the Silver Lining

1949

as Shendorff

5.7

Romance on the High Seas

as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo

Whiplash

as Sam

April Showers

as Mr. Curley

Embraceable You

as Sammy

Cynthia

as Prof. Rosenkrantz

Two Guys from Milwaukee

as Count Oswald

Never Say Goodbye

as Willie Schmidt

Cinderella Jones

as Gabriel Popik

The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946

as Ladislaus Cassel

5.4

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

as Felix Bassenak

7.0

The Dolly Sisters

1945

as Uncle Latsie Dolly

Wonder Man

as Schmidt

San Antonio

as Sacha Bozic

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

Shine on Harvest Moon

as Poppa Carl

Casablanca

as Carl

Wintertime

as Hjalmar Ostgaard

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Dr. Schlenna

Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Schwab

Broadway

as Nick

Seven Sweethearts

as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father

6.0

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

as George (Merrick's Butler)

Ball of Fire

as Prof. Magenbruch

That Night in Rio

as Arthur Penna

The Man Who Lost Himself

1941

as Paul

4.3

Spring Parade

1940

as Latislav Teschek - the Baker

Florian

as Max

It's a Date

as Carl Ober

My Love Came Back

as Geza Peyer

The Lilac Domino

as Sandor

Bubi

1937

as Moller

Fräulein Lilli

1936

as Prokurist Seidl

Affairs of Maupassant

1935

as Dr. Walitzky

6.0

Four and a Half Musketeers

1935

as Sattler, Schlagzeuger

Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten

1935

as Franz Novak

Barátságos arcot kérek

1935

5.0

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You

1934

as Beppo

Ende schlecht, alles gut

1934

as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler

Jo Az Oreg A Haznal

1934

Scandal in Budapest

1933

as Stangl

Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen

1933

as Professor Friedrich Hornung

Her Majesty Love

1933

as Bela Török

Tokajerglut

1933

as Schmidt, Pressephotograph

Glück über Nacht

1933

as Haase

The Town Stands on Its Head

1933

as Der Bürgermeister

Frühlingsstimmen

1933

as Krüger, Schuldiener

Pardon, tévedtem

1933

as Mr. Strangel

Großfürstin Alexandra

1933

as Dimitri

8.9

Az ellopott szerda

1933

as Schmidz fotóriporter

Kaiserwalzer

1933

as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest

5.5

Adventure on the Lido

1933

as Michael

5.0

Es war einmal ein Musikus

1933

as Häberlein

A Woman Like You

1933

as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant

Right to Happiness

1932

as Bernhard

Ein harmloser Fall

1932

as Herr Werner

Mein Name ist Lampe

Countess Mariza

as Lampe

Es wird geheiratet

as Mr. Winter

Girls to Marry

1932

as Alois Novak

5.0

I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are

1932

as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener

Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...

1932

The mute of Portici

1931

as Ehemann

The Carnival Fairy

1931

as Matthias, Diener

5.0

The Squeeker

1931

as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"

5.2

Waltz Paradise

1931

as Schwartz, Theateragent

The Soaring Maiden

1931

as Onkel Lampe

The Unknown Guest

1931

as Leopold Kuhlmann

I Marry My Husband

1931

as Adolphe

10.0

Headlong into happiness

1931

as Baron Monteuil

5.0

My Cousin From Warsaw

1931

as Burel, Luciennes Gatte

5.0

Two Hearts in Waltz Time

1930

as Der Theaterdirektor

7.0

Susie Cleans Up

1930

as Dr. Fuchs

The Jumping Jack

1930

as Eickmeyer

Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous

1930

as Crépin

Twice Wedding

1930

as Grafenbergs Schwager

Pavement Butterfly

1929

as Paul Bennet

6.0

Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht?

1929

as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.

Whirl of Youth

1928

as Sam

Mary Lou

1928

as Der Jongleur

Heaven on Earth

1927

as Geschäftsführer

Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein

as Sami Bambus

The Merry Farmer

Make Up

as Theaterdirektor

Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht

1926

as Dr. Hecht

The Master of Death

1926

as Bordoni

Television (1)

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

1975

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Mein Name ist Lampe

1932

Director

Hallo Caesar!

1927

Writer

6.5