S.Z. Sakall
Acting Born Feb 2, 1883 Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary] 24 credits
Biography
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."
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Full filmography
- Casablanca (1943) as Carl
- Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Ball of Fire (1941) as Prof. Magenbruch
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Schwab
- Christmas in Connecticut (1945) as Felix Bassenak
- Romance on the High Seas (1948) as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
- The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) as George (Merrick's Butler)
- San Antonio (1945) as Sacha Bozic
- Tea for Two (1950) as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
- Wonder Man (1945) as Schmidt
- Lullaby of Broadway (1951) as Adolph Hubbell
- Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Self
- Montana (1950) as Papa Otto Schultz
- Sugarfoot (1951) as Don Miguel Wormser
- In the Good Old Summertime (1949) as Otto Oberkugen
- That Night in Rio (1941) as Arthur Penna
- Whiplash (1948) as Sam
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) as Dr. Schlenna
- Never Say Goodbye (1946) as Willie Schmidt
- My Dream Is Yours (1949) as Felix Hofer
- Small Town Girl (1953) as Papa Schlemmer
- My Love Came Back (1940) as Geza Peyer
- The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946) as Ladislaus Cassel
- It's a Date (1940) as Carl Ober