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Sig Ruman
Actor
Born October 11, 1884 in Hamburg, Germany
Wonderfully talented German-born actor, capable of tremendous comedic and dramatic performances, usually as some type of pompous bureaucrat or similarly arrogant individual. Ruman was born on October 11, 1884, in Hamburg, Germany, and actually studied electrotechnology in college before making the switch to acting. He served with the Imperial German Forces in World War I before coming to the United States in 1924. He became friendly with playwright George S. Kaufman and critic Alexander Woollcott and was regularly appearing in high-quality stage productions on Broadway. With the advent of talkies, he was kept very busy in the cinema and became a favorite of the Marx Brothers, appearing as stiff-shirted NYC opera owner Herman Gottlieb in the comedy classic A Night at the Opera (1935). He played a know-it-all surgeon crossing swords with Groucho Marx over what exactly was wrong with hypochondriac Margaret Dumont in A Day at the Races (1937). and a dual role in A Night in Casablanca (1946). With his German accent, he was also a regular in several WWII espionage thrillers, including Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), They Came to Blow Up America (1943), and The Hitler Gang (1944), and gave a superb portrayal of the two-faced POW guard Schulz in the splendid Stalag 17 (1953). He was also popular with famed director Ernst Lubitsch, who cast Ruman in Ninotchka (1939), and To Be or Not to Be (1942). In all, he notched up over 100 feature film appearances as well as guest star spots on many TV shows. Ruman suffered ill health for the final two decades of his life and passed away on February 14, 1967, from a heart attack.
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Arrow
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Ninotchka
Stalag 17
To Be or Not to Be
A Night At The Opera
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Addams Family: The Kooky Collection Volume 1
Maverick: The Complete First Season
Private Secretary
The Man from U.N.C.L.E: The Complete First Season
The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis: Season One
I Married Joan
White Christmas
The Song Of Bernadette
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1966
Way... Way Out
The Fortune Cookie
1964
Robin And The 7 Hoods
36 Hours
The Addams Family: The Kooky Collection Volume 1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E: The Complete First Season
Daniel Boone - The Explorer
1963
Petticoat Junction
1961
The Errand Boy
1959
The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis: Season One
One Step Beyond
1957
The Wings of Eagles
Maverick: The Complete First Season
1955
Many Rivers To Cross
1954
The Glenn Miller Story
White Christmas
Three Ring Circus
Living it Up
1953
Private Secretary
Stalag 17
Houdini
A Child is Born - A Christmas Story Presented By Ronald Reagan
1952
I Married Joan
O. Henry's Full House
1949
Border Incident
1946
Night and Day (1946)
A Night in Casablanca
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
House of Frankenstein
1943
The Song Of Bernadette
1942
To Be or Not to Be
1941
The Wagons Roll At Night
Love Crazy
That Uncertain Feeling
So Ends Our Night
1940
Bitter Sweet (1940)
1939
Ninotchka
Only Angels Have Wings
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Honolulu
1938
Suez
The Great Waltz
1937
Maytime (1937)
Seventh Heaven
Heidi
A Day at the Races
Nothing Sacred
1936
Bold Caballero (1936)
The Princess Comes Across
1935
Under Pressure
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Wedding Night
A Night At The Opera
1934
World Moves On
Marie Galante
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
Arrow
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Connections
Raoul Walsh
Lumsden Hare
Stanley Ridges
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