
S.Z. Sakall
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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
Known for
Credits

Casablanca (1943)
as Carl

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as Schwab

Ball of Fire (1941)
as Prof. Magenbruch

It's a Big Country (1951)
as Stefan Szabo

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
as Felix Bassenak

San Antonio (1945)
as Sacha Bozic

Wonder Man (1945)
as Schmidt

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
as Otto Oberkugen

Tea for Two (1950)
as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus

Small Town Girl (1953)
as Papa Schlemmer

Miss Lilli (1936)
as Prokurist Seidl

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
as George (Merrick's Butler)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Dr. Schlenna

Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
as Poppa Carl

My Love Came Back (1940)
as Geza Peyer
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

My Dream Is Yours (1949)
as Felix Hofer

Romance on the High Seas (1948)
as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo

Sugarfoot (1951)
as Don Miguel Wormser

Hollywood Canteen (1944)
as Self

Montana (1950)
as Papa Otto Schultz

That Night in Rio (1941)
as Arthur Penna

Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)
as Alfred Breitenbach

The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946)
as Ladislaus Cassel

Florian (1940)
as Max

April Showers (1948)
as Mr. Curley

The Jumping Jack (1930)
as Eickmeyer

The Student Prince (1954)
as Joseph Ruder

Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
as Adolph Hubbell

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
as Count Oswald

Whiplash (1948)
as Sam

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
as Uncle Felix

Frühlingsstimmen (1933)
as Krüger, Schuldiener

The Squeeker (1931)
as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"

Seven Sweethearts (1942)
as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father

Never Say Goodbye (1946)
as Willie Schmidt

Cynthia (1947)
as Prof. Rosenkrantz

Broadway (1942)
as Nick

The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
as Paul

Right to Happiness (1932)
as Bernhard

Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927)
as Sami Bambus

It's a Date (1940)
as Carl Ober

Room for the Aged (1934)
Actor

Wintertime (1943)
as Hjalmar Ostgaard

Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
as Shendorff

I Marry My Husband (1931)
as Adolphe

Waltz Paradise (1931)
as Schwartz, Theateragent

Embraceable You (1948)
as Sammy

Cinderella Jones (1946)
as Gabriel Popik

The Dolly Sisters (1945)
as Uncle Latsie Dolly

A Woman Like You (1933)
as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant

Spring Parade (1940)
as Latislav Teschek - the Baker

Adventure on the Lido (1933)
as Michael

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
as Miklos Teretzky

Countess Mariza (1932)
as Lampe

Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen (1933)
as Professor Friedrich Hornung

Susie Cleans Up (1930)
as Dr. Fuchs

Pavement Butterfly (1929)
as Paul Bennet

The mute of Portici (1931)
as Ehemann

The Soaring Maiden (1931)
as Onkel Lampe

Grand Duchess Alexandra (1933)
as Dimitri

The Lilac Domino (1937)
as Sandor
The Master of Death (1926)
as Bordoni

Her Majesty Love (1933)
as Bela Török

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

Whirl of Youth (1928)
as Sam

Es war einmal ein Musikus (1933)
as Häberlein

Tokajerglut (1933)
as Schmidt, Pressephotograph

Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930)
as Der Theaterdirektor

The Merry Farmer (1927)
Actor

Girls to Marry (1932)
as Alois Novak

Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
as Dr. Walitzky

Make Up (1927)
as Theaterdirektor
Es wird geheiratet (1932)
as Mr. Winter

My Cousin From Warsaw (1931)
as Burel, Luciennes Gatte

Mary Lou (1928)
as Der Jongleur

Bubi (1937)
as Moller

Heaven on Earth (1927)
as Geschäftsführer

The Carnival Fairy (1931)
as Matthias, Diener

Four and a Half Musketeers (1935)
as Sattler, Schlagzeuger

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934)
as Beppo

Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht? (1929)
as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.

Stolen Wednesday (1933)
as Schmidz fotóriporter

Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous (1930)
as Crépin

Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten (1935)
as Franz Novak

Pardon, tévedtem (1933)
as Mr. Strangel

Ende schlecht, alles gut (1934)
as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler

Kaiserwalzer (1933)
as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest

Twice Wedding (1930)
as Grafenbergs Schwager

Headlong into happiness (1931)
as Baron Monteuil

The Town Stands on Its Head (1933)
as Der Bürgermeister

Glück über Nacht (1933)
as Haase

Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht (1926)
as Dr. Hecht
Ein harmloser Fall (1932)
as Herr Werner

The Unknown Guest (1931)
as Leopold Kuhlmann

Barátságos arcot kérek (1935)
Actor
Mein Name ist Lampe (1932)
Actor

Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks... (1932)
Actor

Scandal in Budapest (1933)
as Stangl





