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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Student Prince
1954
as Joseph Ruder
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.

Small Town Girl
1953
as Papa Schlemmer
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
1951
as Stefan Szabo
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
1951
as Uncle Felix
The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.

Lullaby of Broadway
1951
as Adolph Hubbell
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
1951
as Don Miguel Wormser
The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...

Tea for Two
1950
as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
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
1950
as Miklos Teretzky
An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.

Montana
1950
as Papa Otto Schultz
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
1949
as Alfred Breitenbach
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

Look for the Silver Lining
1949
as Shendorff
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
1949
as Otto Oberkugen
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
1949
as Felix Hofer
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
1948
as Sam
An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

Embraceable You
1948
as Sammy
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
1948
as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
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
1948
as Mr. Curley
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
1947
as Prof. Rosenkrantz
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.

The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Ladislaus Cassel
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
1946
as Willie Schmidt
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
1946
as Count Oswald
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
1946
as Gabriel Popik
Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.

San Antonio
1945
as Sacha Bozic
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
1945
as Uncle Latsie Dolly
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.

Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Felix Bassenak
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
1945
as Schmidt
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
1944
as Self
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
1944
as Poppa Carl
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Dr. Schlenna
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

Wintertime
1943
as Hjalmar Ostgaard
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
1943
as Carl
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Seven Sweethearts
1942
as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father
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
1942
as Schwab
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Broadway
1942
as Nick
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

Ball of Fire
1941
as Prof. Magenbruch
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
1941
as George (Merrick's Butler)
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
1941
as Arthur Penna
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
1941
as Paul
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
1940
as Latislav Teschek - the Baker
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
1940
as Geza Peyer
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
1940
as Max
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
1940
as Carl Ober
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
1937
as Moller

The Lilac Domino
1937
as Sandor
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
1936
as Prokurist Seidl
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
1935
as Dr. Walitzky
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
1935
as Sattler, Schlagzeuger
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
1935

Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
1935
as Franz Novak

Ende schlecht, alles gut
1934
as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler
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
1934
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
1934
as Beppo

Az ellopott szerda
1933
as Schmidz fotóriporter
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
1933
as Schmidt, Pressephotograph

Frühlingsstimmen
1933
as Krüger, Schuldiener

Scandal in Budapest
1933
as Stangl
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
1933
as Michael
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
1933
as Mr. Strangel
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
1933
as Dimitri
Film by Thiele.

Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen
1933
as Professor Friedrich Hornung

Es war einmal ein Musikus
1933
as Häberlein

A Woman Like You
1933
as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant

Her Majesty Love
1933
as Bela Török
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
1933
as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest

Eine Stadt steht kopf
1933
as Der Bürgermeister

Glück über Nacht
1933
as Haase
Mein Name ist Lampe
1932
A mix-up results in a normal man becoming a dentist.
Mein Name ist Lampe
1932
Director
A mix-up results in a normal man becoming a dentist.

I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are
1932
as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener
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

Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...
1932

Right to Happiness
1932
as Bernhard
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
1932
as Alois Novak
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

The Unknown Guest
1931
as Leopold Kuhlmann
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
1931
as Onkel Lampe
In this theatrical adaptation, a well meaning eccentric tries to patch up a rift between his niece and her fiancé.

My Cousin From Warsaw
1931
as Burel, Luciennes Gatte
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
1931
as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"

The mute of Portici
1931
as Ehemann

I Marry My Husband
1931
as Adolphe

Waltz Paradise
1931
as Schwartz, Theateragent
Musical comedy about a famous opera star in Vienna.

The Carnival Fairy
1931
as Matthias, Diener
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
1931
as Baron Monteuil

The Jumping Jack
1930
as Eickmeyer
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
1930
as Dr. Fuchs

Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous
1930
as Crépin
A musical-comedy directed by Carl Boese

Twice Wedding
1930
as Grafenbergs Schwager

Two Hearts in Waltz Time
1930
as Der Theaterdirektor
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?
1929
as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.

Pavement Butterfly
1929
as Paul Bennet
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
1928
as Sam
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
1928
as Der Jongleur

Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein
1927
as Sami Bambus
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
1927
The Merry Farmer is based on the 1907 operetta of the same name.

Make Up
1927
as Theaterdirektor
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
1927
as Geschäftsführer
Reinhold Schünzel plays the rigid representative Traugott Bellmann, who publicly condemns the low morals of the night life. Although Belmann's stance ...

Hallo Caesar!
1927
Writer
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
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
1926
as Dr. Hecht