
Sig Ruman
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.
Acting (108 movies)

The Last of the Secret Agents?
1966

To Be or Not to Be
1942

Stalag 17
1953

House of Frankenstein
1944

Ninotchka
1939

It Happened Tomorrow
1944

The Great Waltz
1938

Love Crazy
1941

The Princess Comes Across
1936

A Day at the Races
1937

Comrade X
1940

A Night in Casablanca
1946

Border Incident
1949

Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940

Crossroads
1942

Houdini
1953

Nothing Sacred
1937

That Uncertain Feeling
1941

36 Hours
1964

Only Angels Have Wings
1939

A Night at the Opera
1935

Thin Ice
1937

3 Ring Circus
1954

The Wings of Eagles
1957

The Glenn Miller Story
1954

The Saint in New York
1938

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942

Summer Storm
1944

Many Rivers to Cross
1955

China Girl
1942

Government Girl
1943

Tarzan Triumphs
1943

The World in His Arms
1952

The Wagons Roll at Night
1941

Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937

Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940

Mother Wore Tights
1947

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

Lancer Spy
1937

Four Sons
1940

Never Say Die
1939

Carolina Cannonball
1955

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935

Girls on Probation
1938

Spy Chasers
1955

The Bold Caballero
1936

Remember?
1939

Desperate Journey
1942

Give My Regards to Broadway
1948

Paradise for Three
1938

Shining Victory
1941

Honolulu
1939

Bitter Sweet
1940

She Went to the Races
1945

Suez
1938

They Came to Blow Up America
1943

The Girl on The Roof
1953

The Emperor Waltz
1948

The Wedding Night
1935

I'll Give a Million
1938

I Was an Adventuress
1940

Under Pressure
1935

Midnight Taxi
1937

The Hitler Gang
1944

Faithful in My Fashion
1946

The Great Hospital Mystery
1937

On the Avenue
1937

The Song of Bernadette
1943

Berlin Correspondent
1942

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939

O. Henry's Full House
1952

Remember Pearl Harbor
1942

Victory
1940

One, Two, Three
1961

The World Moves On
1934

Father Is a Bachelor
1950

Love Under Fire
1937

This Is My Affair
1937

Living It Up
1954

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

If You Knew Susie
1948

Marie Galante
1934

The Dolly Sisters
1945

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952

This Woman Is Mine
1941

Way... Way Out
1966

Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943

So Ends Our Night
1941

The Man Who Lost Himself
1941

Heidi
1937

Maytime
1937

The Fortune Cookie
1966

On the Riviera
1951

Seventh Heaven
1937

Men in Her Diary
1945

The Errand Boy
1961

White Christmas
1954

A Royal Scandal
1945

East of Java
1935
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