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Chubby-jowled Hungarian character actor S.Z. Sakall began as a sketch writer for Budapest vaudeville shows, then turned to acting at age 18. Initially billed as Szoeko Szakall (the name translated to "blonde beard," in honor of the hirsute adornment he'd grown to appear older), the actor became a star of the Hungarian stage and screen in the 1910s and 1920s.
Dec 2, 2008 · Hungarian S.Z. Sakall played an endearing “fussbudget” in over thirty movies between 1940 and 1950. He had found success as a comedian in early German talkies, then when Hitler came on the ...
A Warner Brothers publicity photo of S.K. “Cuddles” Sakall, circa 1945. Sakall made a career of playing jolly uncles, flustered fathers, and cute, jowly characters of all types — hence the nickname “Cuddles.”. Actually, it was his second career. He was a respected actor and writer in Budapest, Vienna and even Berlin from the 1910s ...
Ball of Fire: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers. A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
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Two Guys From Milwaukee (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Pennsylvania Station Opening the first Dennis Morgan-Jack Carson buddy comedy, Dennis is a prince from somewhere (and a Lauren Bacall fan) arriving Penn Station on the train, S.Z. Sakall his assistant, and Jack a cabbie with other matters on his mind, in Two Guys From Milwaukee, 1946, co-starring ...
Cynthia: Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Elizabeth Taylor, George Murphy, S.Z. Sakall, Mary Astor. Sickly girl finds an outlet in music.
Oh, You Beautiful Doll. (film) Oh, You Beautiful Doll is a 1949 American musical film directed by John M. Stahl (his final film), starring the musical queen June Haver and Mark Stevens. Co-stars included S.Z. Sakall, Charlotte Greenwood, and Gale Robbins. [3]
