S.Z. Sakall
Acting
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article S. Z. Sakall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: February 1, 1883
Place of Birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]
Known For
I Marry My Husband
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.
Großfürstin Alexandra
Film by Thiele.
Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
The Devil and Miss Jones
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. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
Ball of Fire
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
Hollywood Canteen
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 founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Two Hearts in Waltz Time
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 escapades, Nicky and Vicky try to keep the existence of their pretty sister Hedi a secret. Suffering from an acute case of writers' block (he has yet to find an inspiration for his next production), Toni throws a huge party, which is boycotted by his friends and associates so that he'll keep his mind on his work.
Christmas in Connecticut
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 arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Joseph Ruder
as Papa Schlemmer
as Stefan Szabo
as Uncle Felix
as Adolph Hubbell
as Don Miguel Wormser
as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
as Miklos Teretzky
as Papa Otto Schultz
as Alfred Breitenbach
as Shendorff
as Otto Oberkugen
as Felix Hofer
as Sam
as Sammy
as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
as Mr. Curley
as Prof. Rosenkrantz
as Ladislaus Cassel
as Willie Schmidt
as Count Oswald
as Gabriel Popik
as Sacha Bozic
as Uncle Latsie Dolly
as Felix Bassenak
as Schmidt
as Self
as Poppa Carl
as Dr. Schlenna
as Hjalmar Ostgaard
as Carl
as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father
as Schwab
as Nick
as Prof. Magenbruch
as George (Merrick's Butler)
as Arthur Penna
as Paul
as Latislav Teschek - the Baker
as Geza Peyer
as Max
as Carl Ober
as Moller
as Sandor
as Prokurist Seidl
as Dr. Walitzky
as Sattler, Schlagzeuger
as Franz Novak
as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler
as Schmidz fotóriporter
as Schmidt, Pressephotograph
as Krüger, Schuldiener
as Stangl
as Michael
as Mr. Strangel
as Dimitri
as Professor Friedrich Hornung
as Häberlein
as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant
as Bela Török
as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest
as Der Bürgermeister
as Haase
as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener
as Bernhard
as Alois Novak
as Leopold Kuhlmann
as Onkel Lampe
as Burel, Luciennes Gatte
as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"
as Ehemann
as Adolphe
as Schwartz, Theateragent
as Matthias, Diener
as Baron Monteuil
as Eickmeyer
as Dr. Fuchs
as Crépin
as Grafenbergs Schwager
as Der Theaterdirektor
as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.
as Paul Bennet
as Sam
as Der Jongleur
as Sami Bambus
as Theaterdirektor
as Geschäftsführer
as Dr. Hecht