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.
as Self (archive footage)
as Russian Delegate
as Professor Winterhalter
as Prof. Werner von Koenig
as German Guard
as Van Coot(1 ep)
as Conductor Schultz(1 ep)
as Eric Von Bissell(1 ep)
as Hammacher (uncredited)
as Self(1 ep)
as Professor Lieberschmit(1 ep)
as Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited)
as Baron Elston Carteblanche
as Tug Captain
as Himelmayer(1 ep)
as Franz Schuldorf(1 ep)
as Capt. Steeger(1 ep)
as Manager
as Self(1 ep)
as King Rinko
as Spectacle Man
as Stefan
as Fritz Schlitz
as Landlord (uncredited)
as Dr. Emile Egelhofer
as W. Kranz
as Schultz
as Johann Schulz
as Dr. Haegendorff(1 ep)
as Cyrus Kraft
as General Ivan Vorashilov
as Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
as Gapeaux
as Jericho Schlosser
as Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich
as Dr. Zwieback
as Arthur Dinkel
as Count Alexis
as Papa
as Professor Boris Riminoffsky
as Wilowski
as Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel
as Ignatz Tsimmis
as Dr. Gurke
as Mme. Irene
as General Ronsky
as Burgomeister Hussman
as Kuzma
as General von Hindenburg
as Mr. Beckstein
as Louis Bouriette
as Ambassador
as Joe Flugelman
as Dr. Herman Holger
as Sergeant
as Jarubi
as Preuss
as Dr. Dietrich
as Heinrich, Spy Leader
as Dr. Alex Dubroc
as Col. Ehrhardt
as Dirk Van Hoorten
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as John Jacob Astor
as Franz von Bushmaster
as Professor Herman Von Reiter
as Dr. Wuthering
as Hoffman the Great
as Kafka (as Sig Rumann)
as Dr. Simms (as Sig Rumann)
as Ammers
as Mr. Schomberg
as Emil Von Hofer
as Herr Schlick
as Newmann
as Herr Protz
as Van Cleve
as Dr. Hans Wolfert
as Dr. Schmidt
as Comrade Iranoff
as Dutchy
as Krogman
as Poppa Ingleborg
as Psychiatrist
as Wertheimer
as Sergeant Pellerin
as Roger Heath
as Anatole Primerose
as Mr. Bold
as Hutch Rellin
as Colonel Tchernov
as Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer
as Police Captain
as Lt. Col. Gottfried Hollen
as Prime Minister
as General Montero
as Nicolas Marloff
as Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg
as Gus
as Dr. Taggert
as John B. Rudd
as Fanchon
as Durand (as Sig Rumann)
as Herr Hanfstangel
as Commandante Sebastian Golle
as Steindorf
as Hans Muller
as Gottlieb
as Blacksmith
as Matt Conklin
as Mr. Jan Novak
as Doctor
as Brogard
as Hans Hansen (as Siegfried Rumann)
as Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
as Bailiff
as Bridge player (Unbilled)