S.Z. Sakall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-02-01

Deathday

1955-02-12 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]

Also Known As

  • Szöke Szakall
  • Cuddles Sakall
  • S. K. Sakall
  • S. Z. 'Cuddles' Sakall
  • Szoke Szakall
  • Szöke Szakáll
  • Szöke Szakàll
  • Szöke Sakall
  • Ш.З. Шакалль
  • Jakab Grünwald

S.Z. Sakall

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 his later films, though he was never happy with the name. He was famous for using the phrase "everything is hunky dunky."

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Known For

Casablanca
8.2%

Casablanca

Jan 15, 1943

Ball of Fire
7.4%

Ball of Fire

Dec 2, 1941

Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.1%

Yankee Doodle Dandy

May 29, 1942

Christmas in Connecticut
7.0%

Christmas in Connecticut

Jul 27, 1945

The Devil and Miss Jones
7.7%

The Devil and Miss Jones

Apr 11, 1941

Wonder Man
6.6%

Wonder Man

Jun 8, 1945

Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.1%

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Sep 25, 1943

Romance on the High Seas
6.7%

Romance on the High Seas

Jun 25, 1948

Tea for Two
6.0%

Tea for Two

Sep 1, 1950

Hollywood Canteen
7.3%

Hollywood Canteen

Dec 15, 1944

My Dream Is Yours
6.5%

My Dream Is Yours

Apr 15, 1949

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Acting

1975
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany as Self (archive footage)
1954
The Student Prince as Joseph Ruder
1953
Small Town Girl as Papa Schlemmer
1951
It's a Big Country as Stefan Szabo
1951
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine as Uncle Felix
1951
Lullaby of Broadway as Adolph Hubbell
1951
Sugarfoot as Don Miguel Wormser
1950
Tea for Two as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Miklos Teretzky
1950
Montana as Papa Otto Schultz
1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll as Alfred Breitenbach
1949
Look for the Silver Lining as Shendorff
1949
In the Good Old Summertime as Otto Oberkugen
1949
My Dream Is Yours as Felix Hofer
1948
Whiplash as Sam
1948
Embraceable You as Sammy
1948
Romance on the High Seas as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
1948
April Showers as Mr. Curley
1947
Cynthia as Prof. Rosenkrantz
1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl as Ladislaus Cassel
1946
Never Say Goodbye as Willie Schmidt
1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee as Count Oswald
1946
Cinderella Jones as Gabriel Popik
1945
San Antonio as Sacha Bozic
1945
The Dolly Sisters as Uncle Latsie Dolly
1945
Christmas in Connecticut as Felix Bassenak
1945
Wonder Man as Schmidt
1944
Hollywood Canteen as Self
1944
Shine on Harvest Moon as Poppa Carl
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars as Dr. Schlenna
1943
Wintertime as Hjalmar Ostgaard
1943
Casablanca as Carl
1942
Seven Sweethearts as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy as Schwab
1942
Broadway as Nick
1941
Ball of Fire as Prof. Magenbruch
1941
The Devil and Miss Jones as George (Merrick's Butler)
1941
That Night in Rio as Arthur Penna
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself as Paul
1940
Spring Parade as Latislav Teschek - the Baker
1940
My Love Came Back as Geza Peyer
1940
Florian as Max
1940
It's a Date as Carl Ober
1937
Bubi as Moller
1937
The Lilac Domino as Sandor
1936
Fräulein Lilli as Prokurist Seidl
1935
Affairs of Maupassant as Dr. Walitzky
1935
Four and a Half Musketeers as Sattler, Schlagzeuger
1935
Barátságos arcot kérek
1935
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten as Franz Novak
1934
Ende schlecht, alles gut as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler
1934
Jo Az Oreg A Haznal
1934
When You're Young, the World Belongs to You as Beppo
1933
Az ellopott szerda as Schmidz fotóriporter
1933
Tokajerglut as Schmidt, Pressephotograph
1933
Frühlingsstimmen as Krüger, Schuldiener
1933
Scandal in Budapest as Stangl
1933
Adventure on the Lido as Michael
1933
Pardon, tévedtem as Mr. Strangel
1933
Großfürstin Alexandra as Dimitri
1933
Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen as Professor Friedrich Hornung
1933
Es war einmal ein Musikus as Häberlein
1933
A Woman Like You as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant
1933
Her Majesty Love as Bela Török
1933
Kaiserwalzer as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest
1933
Eine Stadt steht kopf as Der Bürgermeister
1933
Glück über Nacht as Haase
1932
Mein Name ist Lampe
1932
I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener
1932
Ein harmloser Fall as Herr Werner
1932
Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...
1932
Right to Happiness as Bernhard
1932
Girls to Marry as Alois Novak
1932
Es wird geheiratet as Mr. Winter
1931
The Unknown Guest as Leopold Kuhlmann
1931
The Soaring Maiden as Onkel Lampe
1931
My Cousin From Warsaw as Burel, Luciennes Gatte
1931
The Squeeker as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"
1931
The mute of Portici as Ehemann
1931
I Marry My Husband as Adolphe
1931
Waltz Paradise as Schwartz, Theateragent
1931
The Carnival Fairy as Matthias, Diener
1931
Headlong into happiness as Baron Monteuil
1930
The Jumping Jack as Eickmeyer
1930
Susie Cleans Up as Dr. Fuchs
1930
Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous as Crépin
1930
Twice Wedding as Grafenbergs Schwager
1930
Two Hearts in Waltz Time as Der Theaterdirektor
1929
Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht? as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.
1929
Pavement Butterfly as Paul Bennet
1928
Whirl of Youth as Sam
1928
Mary Lou as Der Jongleur
1927
Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein as Sami Bambus
1927
The Merry Farmer
1927
Make Up as Theaterdirektor
1927
Heaven on Earth as Geschäftsführer
1926
The Master of Death as Bordoni
1926
Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht as Dr. Hecht

Directing

1932
Mein Name ist Lampe as Director

Writing

1927
Hallo Caesar! as Writer
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