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Home/People/S.Z. Sakall
S.Z. Sakall profile photo
Born
Feb 2, 1883Died: Feb 12, 1955
Lived 72 years
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

97
Movies
1
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
Szöke Szakall
S. K. Sakall
S. Z. 'Cuddles' Sakall
Szoke Szakall
Szöke Szakáll
+2 more
IMDb Profile

S.Z. Sakall

Acting

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article S. Z. Sakall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
The Student Prince poster

The Student Prince

as Joseph Ruder
1954
Small Town Girl poster

Small Town Girl

as Papa Schlemmer
1953
It's a Big Country poster

It's a Big Country

as Stefan Szabo
1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine poster

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

as Uncle Felix
1951
Lullaby of Broadway poster

Lullaby of Broadway

as Adolph Hubbell
1951
Sugarfoot poster

Sugarfoot

as Don Miguel Wormser
1951
Tea for Two poster

Tea for Two

as J. Maxwell Bloomhaus
1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady poster

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

as Miklos Teretzky
1950
Montana poster

Montana

as Papa Otto Schultz
1950
Oh, You Beautiful Doll poster

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

as Alfred Breitenbach
1949
Look for the Silver Lining poster

Look for the Silver Lining

as Shendorff
1949
In the Good Old Summertime poster

In the Good Old Summertime

as Otto Oberkugen
1949
My Dream Is Yours poster

My Dream Is Yours

as Felix Hofer
1949
Whiplash poster

Whiplash

as Sam
1948
Embraceable You poster

Embraceable You

as Sammy
1948
Romance on the High Seas poster

Romance on the High Seas

as Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
1948
April Showers poster

April Showers

as Mr. Curley
1948
Cynthia poster

Cynthia

as Prof. Rosenkrantz
1947
The Time, The Place and The Girl poster

The Time, The Place and The Girl

as Ladislaus Cassel
1946
Never Say Goodbye poster

Never Say Goodbye

as Willie Schmidt
1946