Pandora's Box
1930
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Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron; 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as Pardon My Sarong and The Mummy's Hand. He may be best remembered from The Palm Beach Story (1942) as Toto, the nonsense-talking, mustachioed man who hopelessly pursues Mary Astor 's Princess Centimillia.
Sig Arno was a German actor and director who fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and worked in various countries. He was known for his roles in The Palm Beach Story, Die Nacht ohne Pause and La gloire du régiment.
- December 27, 1895
- August 17, 1975
Aug 19, 1975 · LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (AP) —Sig Arno, actor in character and comedy roles in movies and on the stage, died at the Actors Fund Hospital late last night from complications of Parkinson's disease....
Sig Arno. Actor: The Palm Beach Story. Sig Arno was born on 27 December 1895 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Palm Beach Story (1942), Die Nacht ohne Pause (1931) and La gloire du régiment (1937). He was married to Kitty Mattern, Barbara Kiranoff and Caroline Dahms.
Actor Sig Arno, born on Dec 27, 1895 and died on Aug 17, 1975 starred in The Great Dictator, The Palm Beach Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Roughly Speaking, A Song to Remember, Du Barry Was a Lady, I Married an Angel, Nancy Goes to Rio, Thousands Cheer, The Great Moment.
With the possible exceptions of fellow character players Fritz Feld and Gino Corrado, German-born actor Sig Arno played more waiters and maitre d's than any other film actor. A prominent stage comedian in his native Germany, Arno made his first film, Pandora's Box, in 1925.
