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S.Z. Sakall

Actor / Screenwriter | * 02/02/1884 († 71, 02/12/1955) | Budapest, Austria – Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary)
Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, other names: Gärtner Sándor and Gerő Jenő; February 2, 1883 – February 12, 1955), known in the English-speaking world as S. Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian-American stage and film character actor. He appeared in many films, including Casablanca (1942), in which he played Carl, the head waiter; Christmas in Connecticut (1945); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); and Lullaby of Broadway (1951). Sakall played numerous supporting roles in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1940s and 1950s. His rotund cuteness caused studio head Jack Warner to bestow on Sakall the nickname "Cuddles". ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Music

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Christmas in Connecticut

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1945 | 3.6/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail. ...

In the Good Old Summertime

NR

1949 | 3.3/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospec ...

Wonder Man

NR

1945 | 3.3/5 | 1h 38min
Music, Comedy, Fantasy
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In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. ...

Casablanca

PG

1942 | 4.1/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Movies with S.Z. Sakall as Actor(88)

as Joseph Ruder (as S.Z. 'Cuddles' Sakall)1954 The Student Prince
as Papa Schlemmer1953 Small Town Girl
as Don Miguel Wormser1951 Sugarfoot
as Stefan Szabo1951 It's a Big Country
as Adolph Hubbell1951 Lullaby of Broadway
as Uncle Felix1951 Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
as Miklos 'Mike' Teretzky (as Cuddles Sakall)1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Papa Otto Schultz1950 Montana
as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus1950 Tea for Two
as Otto Oberkugen1949 In the Good Old Summertime
as Alfred Breitenbach1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Shendorff1949 Look for the Silver Lining
as Felix Hofer1949 My Dream Is Yours
as Sam1948 Whiplash
as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo1948 Romance on the High Seas
as Sammy1948 Embraceable You
as Mr. Curley1948 April Showers
as Prof. Rosenkrantz1947 Cynthia
as Count Oswald1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
as Willie Schmidt, Owner of Luigi's (as S.Z. 'Cuddles' Sakall)1946 Never Say Goodbye
as Ladislaus Cassel1946 The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Gabriel Popik1946 Cinderella Jones
as Felix Bassenak1945 Christmas in Connecticut
as Uncle Latsie Dolly1945 The Dolly Sisters
as Schmidt1945 Wonder Man
as Sacha Bozic1945 San Antonio
as Poppa Carl1944 Shine on Harvest Moon
as himself1944 Hollywood Canteen
as Dr. Schlenna1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Hjalmar Ostgaard1943 Wintertime
as Carl1942 Casablanca
as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father1942 Seven Sweethearts
as Nick1942 Broadway
as Schwab1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
as George (Merrick's Butler)1941 The Devil and Miss Jones
as Paul1941 The Man Who Lost Himself
as Prof. Magenbruch1941 Ball of Fire
as Arthur Penna1941 That Night in Rio
as Max1940 Florian
as Geza Peyer1940 My Love Came Back
as Carl Ober1940 It's a Date
as Latislav Teschek - the Baker1940 Spring Parade
as Moller1937 Bubi
as Sandor1937 The Lilac Domino
as Prokurist Seidl1936 Fräulein Lilli
as Franz Novak1935 Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
as Sattler, Schlagzeuger1935 Viereinhalb Musketiere
as Dr. Walitzky1935 Tagebuch der Geliebten
as Beppo1934 When You're Young, the World Belongs to You
1934 Father Knows Best
as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler1934 Ende schlecht, alles gut
as Professor Friedrich Hornung1933 Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen
as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest1933 Kaiserwalzer
as Bela Török1933 Her Majesty Love
as Der Bürgermeister1933 Eine Stadt steht kopf
as Dimitri1933 Großfürstin Alexandra
as Haase1933 Glück über Nacht
as Schmidt, Pressephotograph1933 Tokajerglut
as Michael1933 Adventure on the Lido
as Mr. Strangel1933 Pardon, tévedtem
as Krüger, Schuldiener1933 Frühlingsstimmen
as Häberlein1933 Es war einmal ein Musikus
as Stangl1933 Skandal in Budapest
as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant1933 Eine Frau wie Du
as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener1932 I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are
as Bernhard1932 Right to Happiness
as Alois Novak1932 Mädchen zum Heiraten
as Schwartz, Theateragent1931 Waltz Paradise
as Burel, Luciennes Gatte1931 My Cousin From Warsaw
as Baron Monteuil1931 Headlong into happiness
as Leopold Kuhlmann1931 The Unknown Guest
as Ehemann1931 The mute of Portici
as Onkel Lampe1931 The Soaring Maiden
as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"1931 The Squeeker
as Matthias, Diener1931 The Carnival Fairy
as Adolphe1931 I marry my husband
as Grafenbergs Schwager1930 Twice Wedding
as Der Theaterdirektor1930 Two Hearts in Waltz Time
as Eickmeyer1930 The Jumping Jack
as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.1929 Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht?
as Paul Bennet1929 Pavement Butterfly
as Der Jongleur1928 Mary Lou
as Sam1928 Whirl of Youth
1927 The Merry Farmer
as Sami Bambus1927 Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein
as Geschäftsführer1927 Heaven on Earth
as Bordoni1926 The Master of Death
as Dr. Hecht1926 Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht

Full Name: Jenő Sándor Gerő
Citizenship: Hungary
Born: Saturday, 02/02 1884 (February) in Budapest, Austria – Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary)
Died: Saturday, 02/12 1955 (February) in Hollywood (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN), Hungarian (HU)
Employer: Warner Bros.
Other names for S.Z. Sakall (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Szöke Szakall"
"Cuddles Sakall"
"S. K. Sakall"
"S. Z. 'Cuddles' Sakall"
"Szoke Szakall"
"Szöke Szakáll"
"Szöke Szakàll"
"Szöke Sakall"
"Ш.З. Шакалль"
"Grünwald Jakab"
"S. Z. Sakall"
"Szőke Szakáll"
S.Z. Sakall frequently works together with these people:
Perc Westmore (15x, Crew)
Jack L. Warner (11x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (10x, Actress)
Ray Heindorf (10x, Crew)
David Butler (10x, Crew)
William Jacobs (9x, Crew)
Paul Hörbiger (8x, Actor)
Jack Carson (8x, Actor)
Irene Morra (8x, Crew)
Milo Anderson (8x, Crew)
Adele Sandrock (7x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7297, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024