S.Z. Sakall

S.Z. Sakall

1883-02-01 Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary] 99 Credits

Biography

Szőke Szakáll  (February 2, 1883 – February 12, 1955), known as S.Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian film character actor. He was in many films including In the Good Old Summertime, Lullaby of Broadway, Christmas in Connecticut and Casablanca in which he played Carl, the head waiter. Chubby-jowled Sakall played numerous supporting roles in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1940s and 1950s. His rotund cuteness earned Sakall the nickname "Cuddles," and he was often billed as S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall in...

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The Student Prince

The Student Prince

1954

as Joseph Ruder

6.4
Acting

A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl

1953

as Papa Schlemmer

5.7
Acting

Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's d...

It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

1951

as Stefan Szabo

5.3
Acting

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best director...

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

1951

as Uncle Felix

4.5
Acting

The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.

Lullaby of Broadway

Lullaby of Broadway

1951

as Adolph Hubbell

5.8
Acting

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a successful...

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

1951

as Don Miguel Wormser

5.0
Acting

The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...

Tea for Two

Tea for Two

1950

as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus

6.0
Acting

In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she...

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950

as Miklos Teretzky

5.0
Acting

An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.

Montana

Montana

1950

as Papa Otto Schultz

5.6
Acting

An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

1949

as Alfred Breitenbach

4.7
Acting

Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

1949

as Shendorff

5.7
Acting

After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl's e...

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

as Otto Oberkugen

6.6
Acting

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.

My Dream Is Yours

My Dream Is Yours

1949

as Felix Hofer

6.4
Acting

Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York...

Whiplash

Whiplash

1948

as Sam

4.9
Acting

An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

Embraceable You

Embraceable You

1948

as Sammy

5.5
Acting

Eddie, a small-time hoodlum is forced to care for Marie, the woman he accidentally hit with his car during a crime. He is broke and hits up his very d...

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas

1948

as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo

6.8
Acting

Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband che...

April Showers

April Showers

1948

as Mr. Curley

6.0
Acting

A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have...

Cynthia

Cynthia

1947

as Prof. Rosenkrantz

5.9
Acting

Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.

The Time, The Place and The Girl

The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946

as Ladislaus Cassel

5.4
Acting

The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next door...

Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye

1946

as Willie Schmidt

6.3
Acting

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip star...

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946

as Count Oswald

4.8
Acting

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the micro...

Cinderella Jones

Cinderella Jones

1946

as Gabriel Popik

3.3
Acting

Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.

San Antonio

San Antonio

1945

as Sacha Bozic

5.7
Acting

Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is ...

The Dolly Sisters

The Dolly Sisters

1945

as Uncle Latsie Dolly

5.5
Acting

Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.

Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

as Felix Bassenak

6.9
Acting

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse...

Wonder Man

Wonder Man

1945

as Schmidt

6.6
Acting

Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs k...

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

1944

as Self

7.3
Acting

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...

Shine on Harvest Moon

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944

as Poppa Carl

6.0
Acting

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Dr. Schlenna

6.1
Acting

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

Wintertime

Wintertime

1943

as Hjalmar Ostgaard

3.5
Acting

Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her...

Casablanca

Casablanca

1943

as Carl

8.2
Acting

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Seven Sweethearts

Seven Sweethearts

1942

as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father

6.0
Acting

Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven dau...

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

as Schwab

7.1
Acting

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Broadway

Broadway

1942

as Nick

5.5
Acting

Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

1941

as Prof. Magenbruch

7.4
Acting

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is...

The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

as George (Merrick's Butler)

7.7
Acting

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store...

That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio

1941

as Arthur Penna

6.2
Acting

An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.

The Man Who Lost Himself

The Man Who Lost Himself

1941

as Paul

4.0
Acting

John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some...

Spring Parade

Spring Parade

1940

as Latislav Teschek - the Baker

6.7
Acting

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she wil...

My Love Came Back

My Love Came Back

1940

as Geza Peyer

5.2
Acting

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his...

Florian

Florian

1940

as Max

1.0
Acting

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

It's a Date

It's a Date

1940

as Carl Ober

6.4
Acting

An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situ...

Bubi

Bubi

1937

as Moller

Acting
The Lilac Domino

The Lilac Domino

1937

as Sandor

Acting

In this musical, an enigmatic masked woman catches the roving eye of a wily playboy gambler at a masquerade ball. If he knew that she was using her wi...

Fräulein Lilli

Fräulein Lilli

1936

as Prokurist Seidl

Acting

Lilli, daughter of a large family, finds job at a jewelry shop, and is taken to Montecarlo by her boss to, under a false identity, make the jewels app...

Affairs of Maupassant

Affairs of Maupassant

1935

as Dr. Walitzky

6.0
Acting

A story of the romance of Maria Baschkirtzeff and Guy de Maupassant beginning with their first meeting leading to other meetings and the development o...

Four and a Half Musketeers

Four and a Half Musketeers

1935

as Sattler, Schlagzeuger

Acting

A Hungarian-Austrian comedy and one of the last emigrant films made in Austria before the industry submitted to pressure from Nazi Germany and ceased ...

Barátságos arcot kérek

Barátságos arcot kérek

1935

5.0
Acting
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten

Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten

1935

as Franz Novak

Acting
Ende schlecht, alles gut

Ende schlecht, alles gut

1934

as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler

Acting

The sons of small town store owner Anton Polgar have abandoned him for the big city, until financial problems there lead him to rescue them and bring ...

Jo Az Oreg A Haznal

Jo Az Oreg A Haznal

1934

Acting

Mr. Polgár is a provincial paper dealer. His sons, Viktor and Feri, are managers in a big factory in the capital, spending their money lavishly, livin...

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You

1934

as Beppo

Acting
Az ellopott szerda

Az ellopott szerda

1933

as Schmidz fotóriporter

Acting

Advertising was already booming in 1933. Rohr, a Berlin soapmaker, was looking for a particularly attractive face to promote his new product. And he f...

Tokajerglut

Tokajerglut

1933

as Schmidt, Pressephotograph

Acting
Frühlingsstimmen

Frühlingsstimmen

1933

as Krüger, Schuldiener

Acting
Scandal in Budapest

Scandal in Budapest

1933

as Stangl

Acting

Eva goes to Budapest to visit her friend Tini's wedding but as soon as she arrives, the husband-to-be breaks up with Tini. When Eva decides to take th...

Adventure on the Lido

Adventure on the Lido

1933

as Michael

5.0
Acting

The already successful tenor Mattei is discovered after he already retired into private life. Der Wiener Staatsoper place a significant part in this m...

Pardon, tévedtem

Pardon, tévedtem

1933

as Mr. Strangel

Acting

Éva Balogh travels to Pest to attend her friend's wedding, but the wedding is cancelled because the groom backs out at the last minute (for the third ...

Großfürstin Alexandra

Großfürstin Alexandra

1933

as Dimitri

8.9
Acting

Film by Thiele.

Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen

Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen

1933

as Professor Friedrich Hornung

Acting
Es war einmal ein Musikus

Es war einmal ein Musikus

1933

as Häberlein

Acting
A Woman Like You

A Woman Like You

1933

as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant

Acting
Her Majesty Love

Her Majesty Love

1933

as Bela Török

Acting

Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cab...

Kaiserwalzer

Kaiserwalzer

1933

as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest

5.5
Acting
Eine Stadt steht kopf

Eine Stadt steht kopf

1933

as Der Bürgermeister

Acting
Glück über Nacht

Glück über Nacht

1933

as Haase

Acting

Mein Name ist Lampe

1932

Acting

A mix-up results in a normal man becoming a dentist.

Mein Name ist Lampe

1932

Director

Directing

A mix-up results in a normal man becoming a dentist.

I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are

I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are

1932

as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener

Acting

An impoverished count has to work as a chauffeur but because of his good looks attracts women, one of them wealthy enough to solve his problem.

Ein harmloser Fall

1932

as Herr Werner

Acting
Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...

Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...

1932

Acting
Right to Happiness

Right to Happiness

1932

as Bernhard

Acting

Herr Hoffmann is a famous widowed singer with a young daughter to raise, aided by his faithful manager. They meet a girl and Hoffmann falls for her, ...

Girls to Marry

Girls to Marry

1932

as Alois Novak

5.0
Acting

Three brothers lead the life of bachelors and their rent is overdue. The landlord who also happens to be a matchmaker tries to marry off the oldest br...

Es wird geheiratet

1932

as Mr. Winter

Acting
The Unknown Guest

The Unknown Guest

1931

as Leopold Kuhlmann

Acting

When the master and mistress of a household are away, and the chambermaid's father visits, she pretends to be the real mistress as he is unaware of he...

The Soaring Maiden

The Soaring Maiden

1931

as Onkel Lampe

Acting

In this theatrical adaptation, a well meaning eccentric tries to patch up a rift between his niece and her fiancé.

My Cousin From Warsaw

My Cousin From Warsaw

1931

as Burel, Luciennes Gatte

5.0
Acting

Meine Kusine aus Warschau (My Cousin From Warsaw) was based on a stage play by Louis Verneuil. It's a romantic farce, with the heroine posing as her o...

The Squeeker

The Squeeker

1931

as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"

5.2
Acting
The mute of Portici

The mute of Portici

1931

as Ehemann

Acting
I Marry My Husband

I Marry My Husband

1931

as Adolphe

10.0
Acting
Waltz Paradise

Waltz Paradise

1931

as Schwartz, Theateragent

Acting

Musical comedy about a famous opera star in Vienna.

The Carnival Fairy

The Carnival Fairy

1931

as Matthias, Diener

5.0
Acting

Film version of the operatta by Emmerich Kalman: Victor has won 10 000 Mark with his ceiling painting. In the local pub, he celebrates his triumph. ...

Headlong into happiness

Headlong into happiness

1931

as Baron Monteuil

5.0
Acting
The Jumping Jack

The Jumping Jack

1930

as Eickmeyer

Acting

Herr Eickmeyer is a wealthy parfumier: well past middle age, and stout with it. His blonde wife Lissy is much younger, pretty and vivacious. Since Eic...

Susie Cleans Up

Susie Cleans Up

1930

as Dr. Fuchs

Acting
Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous

Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous

1930

as Crépin

Acting

A musical-comedy directed by Carl Boese

Twice Wedding

Twice Wedding

1930

as Grafenbergs Schwager

Acting
Two Hearts in Waltz Time

Two Hearts in Waltz Time

1930

as Der Theaterdirektor

7.0
Acting

Nicky and Vicky, two librettists who also happen to be brothers, are presently in collaboration with composer Toni. All too aware of Toni's amorous es...

Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht?

Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht?

1929

as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.

Acting
Pavement Butterfly

Pavement Butterfly

1929

as Paul Bennet

6.0
Acting

In this, her second silent film with Eichberg, Wong plays Princess Butterfly, an exotic Parisian fan dancer whose “death leap through a circle of nake...

Whirl of Youth

Whirl of Youth

1928

as Sam

Acting

Heli's misfortune begins when her mother, the landlady, marries for the second time. The man is bossy and brutal. In an argument between stepfather an...

Mary Lou

Mary Lou

1928

as Der Jongleur

Acting
Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein

Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein

1927

as Sami Bambus

6.0
Acting

A feature-length jewish joke: The heavily indebted Sami Bambus fakes his death, so that his debts are taken over by the greedy heirs, led by the scrou...

The Merry Farmer

The Merry Farmer

1927

6.5
Acting

The Merry Farmer is based on the 1907 operetta of the same name.

Make Up

Make Up

1927

as Theaterdirektor

Acting

Bruce Wilton, middle-aged, rich and famous, as a producer, has been rejected by Ada von Ruyt, a revue star. Finding an affection is developing between...

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

1927

as Geschäftsführer

Acting

Reinhold Schünzel plays the rigid representative Traugott Bellmann, who publicly condemns the low morals of the night life. Although Belmann's stance ...

Hallo Caesar!

Hallo Caesar!

1927

Writer

6.5
Writing

Juggler and con-artist Caesar comes to Karlsbad, where he hopes to trick the renowned Vaudeville manager Willard into taking him to America. But when ...

The Master of Death

1926

as Bordoni

Acting

A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate pr...

Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht

Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht

1926

as Dr. Hecht

Acting