S.Z. Sakall
Acting · Writing
Born February 2, 1883, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]
Szőke Szakáll, 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 his later films, though he was never happy with the name. He was famous for using the phrase "everything is hunky dunky." Description above from the Wikipedia article S. Z. Sakall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
- 1954The Student Prince — Joseph Ruder
- 1953Small Town Girl — Papa Schlemmer
- 1951It's a Big Country — Stefan Szabo
- 1951Lullaby of Broadway — Adolph Hubbell
- 1951Painting the Clouds with Sunshine — Uncle Felix
- 1951Sugarfoot — Don Miguel Wormser
- 1950Montana — Papa Otto Schultz
- 1950Tea for Two — J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
- 1950The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady — Miklos Teretzky
- 1949In the Good Old Summertime — Otto Oberkugen
- 1949Look for the Silver Lining — Shendorff
- 1949My Dream Is Yours — Felix Hofer
- 1949Oh, You Beautiful Doll — Alfred Breitenbach
- 1948April Showers — Mr. Curley
- 1948Embraceable You — Sammy
- 1948Romance on the High Seas — Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
- 1948Whiplash — Sam
- 1947Cynthia — Prof. Rosenkrantz
- 1946Cinderella Jones — Gabriel Popik
- 1946Never Say Goodbye — Willie Schmidt
- 1946The Time, The Place and The Girl — Ladislaus Cassel
- 1946Two Guys from Milwaukee — Count Oswald
- 1945Christmas in Connecticut — Felix Bassenak
- 1945San Antonio — Sacha Bozic
- 1945The Dolly Sisters — Latsie Dolly
- 1945Wonder Man — Schmidt
- 1944Shine on Harvest Moon — Poppa Carl
- 1943Casablanca — Carl
- 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars — Dr. Schlenna
- 1943Wintertime — Hjalmar Ostgaard
- 1942Broadway — Nick
- 1942Seven Sweethearts — Mr. Van Maaster, the Father
- 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy — Schwab
- 1941Ball of Fire — Prof. Magenbruch
- 1941That Night in Rio — Arthur Penna
- 1941The Devil and Miss Jones — George (Merrick's Butler)
- 1941The Man Who Lost Himself — Paul
- 1940Florian — Max
- 1940It's a Date — Carl Ober
- 1940My Love Came Back — Geza Peyer
- 1940Spring Parade — Latislav Teschek - the Baker
- 1937Bubi — Moller
- 1937The Lilac Domino — Sandor
- 1936Keep Smiling
- 1936Miss Lilli — Prokurist Seidl
- 1935Affairs of Maupassant — Dr. Walitzky
- 1935Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten — Franz Novak
- 1935Four and a Half Musketeers — Sattler, Schlagzeuger
- 1934Ende schlecht, alles gut — Anton Polgar, Papierhändler
- 1934Room for the Aged
- 1934When You're Young, the World Belongs to You — Beppo
- 1933A Woman Like You — Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant
- 1933Adventure on the Lido — Michael
- 1933Es war einmal ein Musikus — Häberlein
- 1933Frühlingsstimmen — Krüger, Schuldiener
- 1933Glück über Nacht — Haase
- 1933Grand Duchess Alexandra — Dimitri
- 1933Her Majesty Love — Bela Török
- 1933Kaiserwalzer — Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest
- 1933Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen — Professor Friedrich Hornung
- 1933Pardon, tévedtem — Mr. Strangel
- 1933Scandal in Budapest — Stangl
- 1933Stolen Wednesday — Schmidz fotóriporter
- 1933The Town Stands on Its Head — Der Bürgermeister
- 1933Tokajerglut — Schmidt, Pressephotograph
- 1932Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...
- 1932Countess Mariza — Lampe
- 1932Ein harmloser Fall — Herr Werner
- 1932Es wird geheiratet — Mr. Winter
- 1932Girls to Marry — Alois Novak
- 1932I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are — Ottokar, sein früherer Diener
- 1932Mein Name ist Lampe — Director
- 1932Right to Happiness — Bernhard
- 1931Headlong into happiness — Baron Monteuil
- 1931I Marry My Husband — Adolphe
- 1931My Cousin From Warsaw — Burel, Luciennes Gatte
- 1931The Carnival Fairy — Matthias, Diener
- 1931The Soaring Maiden — Onkel Lampe
- 1931The Squeeker — Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"
- 1931The Unknown Guest — Leopold Kuhlmann
- 1931The mute of Portici — Ehemann
- 1931Waltz Paradise — Schwartz, Theateragent
- 1930Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous — Crépin
- 1930Susie Cleans Up — Dr. Fuchs
- 1930The Jumping Jack — Eickmeyer
- 1930Twice Wedding — Grafenbergs Schwager
- 1930Two Hearts in Waltz Time — Der Theaterdirektor
- 1929Pavement Butterfly — Paul Bennet
- 1929Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht? — Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.
- 1928Mary Lou — Der Jongleur
- 1928Whirl of Youth — Sam
- 1927Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein — Sami Bambus
- 1927Heaven on Earth — Geschäftsführer
- 1927Hello Caesar! — Writer
- 1927Make Up — Theaterdirektor
- 1927The Merry Farmer
- 1926The Master of Death — Bordoni
- 1926Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht — Dr. Hecht
Appearances as themselves (2)
- Film Emigration from Nazi Germany — Self (archive footage)
- 1944Hollywood Canteen — Self