S.Z. Sakall

Personal Info

Birthday

February 1, 1883

Day of Death

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.

Known For

Casablanca

The Devil and Miss Jones

Ball of Fire

In the Good Old Summertime

April Showers

Christmas in Connecticut

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Tea for Two

Filmography

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