Sig Ruman
Acting
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 Fortune Cookie.
As actor 123
Maverick
1957
One Step Beyond
1959
Lawman
1958
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Addams Family
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Private Secretary
1953
Pete and Gladys
1960
Johnny Staccato
1959
Ninotchka
1939
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Hank
1965
White Christmas
1954
One, Two, Three
1961
Stalag 17
1953
A Night at the Opera
1935
Night and Day
1946
To Be or Not to Be
1942
China Girl
1942
General Electric Theater
1953
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Living It Up
1954
Border Incident
1949
Houdini
1953
The Song of Bernadette
1943
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Heidi
1937
Desperate Journey
1942
A Day at the Races
1937
A Night in Casablanca
1946
O. Henry's Full House
1952
36 Hours
1964
Nothing Sacred
1937
The Errand Boy
1961
House of Frankenstein
1944
The Wings of Eagles
1957
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Comrade X
1940
Tarzan Triumphs
1943
Faithful in My Fashion
1946
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
3 Ring Circus
1954
Way... Way Out
1966
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
Berlin Correspondent
1942
Summer Storm
1944
Government Girl
1943
The Great Waltz
1938
Love Crazy
1941
The World in His Arms
1952
The Emperor Waltz
1948
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
So Ends Our Night
1941
A Royal Scandal
1945
Maytime
1937
Mother Wore Tights
1947
Bitter Sweet
1940
Seventh Heaven
1937
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
Crossroads
1942
The Wedding Night
1935
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Suez
1938
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
The Princess Comes Across
1936
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
This Is My Affair
1937
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
Honolulu
1939
Marie Galante
1934
The Bold Caballero
1936
Remember?
1939
Men in Her Diary
1945
If You Knew Susie
1948
World Premiere
1941
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
This Woman Is Mine
1941
Thin Ice
1937
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
On the Riviera
1951
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
The Girl on The Roof
1953
I'll Give a Million
1938
East of Java
1935
On the Avenue
1937
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
Love Under Fire
1937
Remember Pearl Harbor
1942
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
Midnight Taxi
1937
Never Say Die
1939
Carolina Cannonball
1955
Paradise for Three
1938
The Hitler Gang
1944
The Saint in New York
1938
The World Moves On
1934
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
Four Sons
1940
The Last of the Secret Agents?
1966
Girls on Probation
1938
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937
Lancer Spy
1937
Die Königsloge
1929
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952
Spy Chasers
1955
Lucky Boy
1929
The Dolly Sisters
1945
Shining Victory
1941
Servants' Entrance
1934
Under Pressure
1935
Victory
1940
She Went to the Races
1945
I Was an Adventuress
1940
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
Spring Tonic
1935