Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/10/1884

Day of Death

14/02/1967
(83) years old

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

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 Casablanc... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1966

Way... Way Out

as Russian Delegate

1966

The Fortune Cookie

as Professor Winterhalter

1966

The Last of the Secret Agents?

as Prof. Werner von Koenig

1966

Doom of Dracula

as The Burgomaster (archive footage)

1964

36 Hours

as German Guard

1964

Robin and the 7 Hoods

as Hammacher (uncredited)

1961

One, Two, Three

as Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (u...

1961

The Errand Boy

as Baron Elston Carteblanche

1957

The Wings of Eagles

as Manager

1955

Spy Chasers

as King Rinko

1955

Many Rivers to Cross

as Spectacle Man

1955

Carolina Cannonball

as Stefan

1954

3 Ring Circus

as Fritz Schlitz

1954

White Christmas

as Landlord (uncredited)

1954

Living It Up

as Dr. Emile Egelhofer

1954

The Glenn Miller Story

as W. Kranz

1953

Houdini

as Schultz

1953

Stalag 17

as Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz

1952

The World in His Arms

as General Ivan Vorashilov

1952

O. Henry's Full House

as Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") ...

1951

On the Riviera

as Gapeaux

1950

Father Is a Bachelor

as Jericho Schlosser

1949

Border Incident

as Hugo Wolfgang Ulrich

1948

The Emperor Waltz

as Dr. Zwieback

1948

Give My Regards to Broadway

as Arthur Dinkel

1948

If You Knew Susie

as Count Alexis

1946

Faithful in My Fashion

as Professor Boris Riminoffsky

1946

Night and Day

as Wilowski

1946

A Night in Casablanca

as Count Pfefferman / Heinrich Stubel

1945

The Dolly Sisters

as Ignatz Tsimmis

1945

She Went to the Races

as Dr. Gurke

1945

Men in Her Diary

as Mme. Irene

1945

A Royal Scandal

as General Ronsky

1944

House of Frankenstein

as Burgomeister Hussman

1944

Summer Storm

as Kuzma

1944

The Hitler Gang

as General von Hindenburg

1944

It Happened Tomorrow

as Mr. Beckstein

1943

The Song of Bernadette

as Louis Bouriette

1943

Government Girl

as Ambassador

1943

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

as Joe Flugelman

1943

They Came to Blow Up America

as Dr. Herman Holger

1943

Tarzan Triumphs

as Sergeant

1942

China Girl

as Jarubi

1942

Desperate Journey

as Preuss

1942

Berlin Correspondent

as Dr. Dietrich

1942

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

as Heinrich, Spy Leader

1942

Crossroads

as Dr. Alex Dubroc

1942

To Be or Not to Be

as Col. Ehrhardt

1942

Remember Pearl Harbor

as Dirk Van Hoorten

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941

This Woman Is Mine

as John Jacob Astor

1941

World Premiere

as Franz von Bushmaster

1941

Shining Victory

as Professor Herman Von Reiter

1941

Love Crazy

as Dr. Wuthering

1941

The Wagons Roll at Night

as Hoffman the Great

1941

That Uncertain Feeling

as Kafka (as Sig Rumann)

1941

The Man Who Lost Himself

as Dr. Simms (as Sig Rumann)

1941

So Ends Our Night

as Ammers

1940

Victory

as Mr. Schomberg

1940

Comrade X

as Emil Von Hofer

1940

Bitter Sweet

as Herr Schlick

1940

Four Sons

as Newmann

1940

I Was an Adventuress

as Herr Protz

1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

as Dr. Hans Wolfert

1939

Remember?

as Dr. Schmidt

1939

Ninotchka

as Comrade Iranoff

1939

Never Say Die

as Poppa Ingleborg

1939

Honolulu

as Psychiatrist

1938

The Great Waltz

as Wertheimer

1938

Suez

as Sergeant Pellerin

1938

Girls on Probation

as Roger Heath

1938

I'll Give a Million

as Anatole Primerose

1938

Paradise for Three

as Mr. Bold

1938

The Saint in New York

as Hutch Rellin

1937

Thank You, Mr. Moto

as Colonel Tchernov

1937

Nothing Sacred

as Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer

1937

Heidi

as Police Captain

1937

Lancer Spy

as Lt. Col. Gottfried Hollen

1937

Thin Ice

as Prime Minister

1937

Love Under Fire

as General Montero

1937

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

as Nicolas Marloff

1937

A Day at the Races

as Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg

1937

The Great Hospital Mystery

as Dr. Taggert

1937

Midnight Taxi

as John B. Rudd

1937

Maytime

as Fanchon (as Sig Rumann)

1937

Seventh Heaven

as Durand (as Sig Rumann)

1937

On the Avenue

as Herr Hanfstangel

1936

The Bold Caballero

as Commandante Sebastian Golle

1935

East of Java

as Hans Muller

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Gottlieb

1935

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Blacksmith

1935

Spring Tonic

as Matt Conklin

1935

The Wedding Night

as Mr. Jan Novak

1935

Under Pressure

as Doctor

1934

Marie Galante

as Brogard

1934

Servants' Entrance

as Hans Hansen (as Siegfried Rumann)

1934

The World Moves On

as Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)

1929

Die Königsloge

as Bailiff

1929

Lucky Boy

as Bridge player (Unbilled)