Birthday
1883/02/01
Day of death
1955/02/12 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]
Also know 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
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...Read more
(1943) Casablanca
as Carl
(1942) Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Schwab
(1949) My Dream Is Yours
as Felix Hofer
(1949) In the Good Old Summertime
as Otto Oberkugen
(1950) Tea for Two
as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
(1945) Christmas in Connecticut
as Felix Bassenak
(1930) Susie Cleans Up
as Dr. Fuchs
(1932) Ein harmloser Fall
as Herr Werner
(1941) Ball of Fire
as Prof. Magenbruch
(1951) Lullaby of Broadway
as Adolph Hubbell
(1948) Romance on the High Seas
as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
(1946) Never Say Goodbye
as Willie Schmidt
(1943) Wintertime
as Hjalmar Ostgaard
(1941) The Devil and Miss Jones
as George (Merrick's Butler)
(1944) Hollywood Canteen
as Self
(1945) San Antonio
as Sacha Bozic
(1954) The Student Prince
as Joseph Ruder
(1951) It's a Big Country
as Stefan Szabo
(1931) The Squeeker
as Bill "Billy" Anerley, Direktor des "Leopard-Clubs"
(1948) Whiplash
as Sam
(1949) Look for the Silver Lining
as Shendorff
(1942) Broadway
as Nick
(1950) Montana
as Papa Otto Schultz
(1946) The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Ladislaus Cassel
(1953) Small Town Girl
as Papa Schlemmer
(1940) It's a Date
as Carl Ober
(1950) The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Miklos Teretzky
(1948) April Showers
as Mr. Curley
(1948) Embraceable You
as Sammy
(1947) Cynthia
as Prof. Rosenkrantz
(1933) Scandal in Budapest
as Stangl
(1940) My Love Came Back
as Geza Peyer
(1940) Spring Parade
as Latislav Teschek - the Baker
(1940) Florian
as Max
(1949) Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Alfred Breitenbach
(1929) Wer wird denn weinen, wenn man auseinandergeht?
as Gottgetreu, Kassierer von Harder & Co.
(1946) Two Guys from Milwaukee
as Count Oswald
(1941) That Night in Rio
as Arthur Penna
(1930) Two Hearts in Waltz Time
as Der Theaterdirektor
(1933) Kaiserwalzer
as Leitner - Fabrikant aus Budapest
(1933) Frühlingsstimmen
as Krüger, Schuldiener
(1933) Adventure on the Lido
as Michael
(1931) I Marry My Husband
as Adolphe
(1931) The mute of Portici
as Ehemann
(1944) Shine on Harvest Moon
as Poppa Carl
(1933) Es war einmal ein Musikus
as Häberlein
(1931) Waltz Paradise
as Schwartz, Theateragent
(1932) I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are
as Ottokar, sein früherer Diener
(1931) My Cousin From Warsaw
as Burel, Luciennes Gatte
(1945) Wonder Man
as Schmidt
(1935) Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
as Franz Novak
(1933) Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen
as Professor Friedrich Hornung
(1934) When You're Young, the World Belongs to You
as Beppo
(1932) Right to Happiness
as Bernhard
(1926) The Master of Death
as Bordoni
(1932) Girls to Marry
as Alois Novak
(1946) Cinderella Jones
as Gabriel Popik
(1936) Fräulein Lilli
as Prokurist Seidl
(1951) Sugarfoot
as Don Miguel Wormser
(1930) Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous
as Crépin
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Dr. Schlenna
(1933) Her Majesty Love
as Bela Török
(1930) Twice Wedding
as Grafenbergs Schwager
(1933) A Woman Like You
as Theobald Roehn, Fabrikant
(1931) The Carnival Fairy
as Matthias, Diener
(1931) Headlong into happiness
as Baron Monteuil
(1951) Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
as Uncle Felix
(1927) Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein
as Sami Bambus
(1932) Mein Name ist Lampe
as ---
(1945) The Dolly Sisters
as Uncle Latsie Dolly
(1933) Pardon, tévedtem
as Mr. Strangel
(1927) Heaven on Earth
as Geschäftsführer
(1941) The Man Who Lost Himself
as Paul
(1934) Jo Az Oreg A Haznal
as ---
(1929) Pavement Butterfly
as Paul Bennet
(1933) Eine Stadt steht kopf
as Der Bürgermeister
(1933) Glück über Nacht
as Haase
(1931) The Unknown Guest
as Leopold Kuhlmann
(1928) Mary Lou
as Der Jongleur
(1933) Großfürstin Alexandra
as Dimitri
(1930) The Jumping Jack
as Eickmeyer
(1926) Wenn das Herz der Jugend spricht
as Dr. Hecht
(1937) The Lilac Domino
as Sandor
(1935) Affairs of Maupassant
as Dr. Walitzky
(1928) Whirl of Youth
as Sam
(1937) Bubi
as Moller
(1933) Tokajerglut
as Schmidt, Pressephotograph
(1934) Ende schlecht, alles gut
as Anton Polgar, Papierhändler
(1935) Four and a Half Musketeers
as Sattler, Schlagzeuger
(1942) Seven Sweethearts
as Mr. Van Maaster, the Father
(1931) The Soaring Maiden
as Onkel Lampe
(1935) Barátságos arcot kérek
as ---
(1927) The Merry Farmer
as ---
(1933) Az ellopott szerda
as Schmidz fotóriporter
(1932) Es wird geheiratet
as Mr. Winter
(1927) Make Up
as Theaterdirektor
(1932) Besserer Herr gesucht, zwecks...
as ---
(1975) Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
as Self (archive footage)