S. Z. Sakall

Actor

About

Also Known As

Sakall (Cuddles), Eugene Gero Szakall, Szoke Szakall, Soke Sakall, Cuddles Sakall, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall

Birth Place

Budapest, HU

Born

February 02, 1882

Died

February 12, 1955

Cause of Death

Heart Ailment

Filmography

The Student Prince (1954)

Joseph Ruder

Small Town Girl (1953)

["Papa"] Eric Schlemmer

It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1952)

Stefan Szabo

Sugarfoot (1951)

Don Miguel Wormser

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

Felix Hoff

Lullaby of Broadway (1951)

Adolph Hubbell

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Ball Of Fire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Two And Two Are Five

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Quite Yourself Now?

Biography

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Cast (Feature Film)

The Student Prince (1954)

Joseph Ruder

Small Town Girl (1953)

["Papa"] Eric Schlemmer

It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1952)

Stefan Szabo

Sugarfoot (1951)

Don Miguel Wormser

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

Felix Hoff

Lullaby of Broadway (1951)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

Miklos Teretzky

Look for the Silver Lining (1949)

Shendorff

My Dream Is Yours (1949)

Felix Hofer

Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)

Fred Fisher [also known as Alfred Breitenbach]

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

Otto Oberkugen

Whiplash (1948)

Sam

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Lazlo Lazlo

Embraceable You (1948)

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)

Count Oswald

Cinderella Jones (1946)

Gabriel Popik

The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)

Ladislaus Cassel

Never Say Goodbye (1946)

Luigi

The Dolly Sisters (1945)

Latsie Dolly

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)

Poppa Karl

Wintertime (1943)

Hjalmar Ostgaard

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Dr. Schlenna

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Seven Sweethearts (1942)

Mr. Van Maaster

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

George

That Night in Rio (1941)

[Arthur] Penna

The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)

Paul

My Love Came Back (1940)

The Baker [Ladislaus Tescheck]

Florian (1940)

Max

Cast (Short)

The Friendship Train (1947)

Himself

Life Events

Photo Collections

Tea for Two - Movie Poster

In the Good Old Summertime - Scene Stills

Here are several scene stills from MGM's In the Good Old Summertime (1949), starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson.

Videos

Ball Of Fire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Two And Two Are Five Allen Jenkins is the garbage man, seeking trivia help from encyclopedia-writing professors (Oscar Homolka, Aubrey Mather, Richard Haydn, S.Z. Sakall et al), Potts (Gary Cooper) committing to new research, in Howard Hawks' Ball Of Fire, 1942.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Quite Yourself Now? Brazilians Penna and Salles (S.Z. Sakall, Curt Bois) can't let Baroness Cecilia (Alice Faye) tell American Larry (Don Ameche) that she knows they've hired him to impersonate her husband, their boss, the less charming Baron Manuel, for business reasons, in That Night In Rio, 1941.

April Showers (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Small Tyme! In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, Robert “Bobby” Ellis in his first scene in a performance that won him a rare “special certificate” citation from the A.M.P.A.S, as precocious Buster “Small” Tyme, home from military school to his vaudevillian parents’ (Jack Carson, Ann Sothern) hotel, S.Z. Sakall the proprietor, in April Showers, 1948.

It's A Date (1940) -- (Movie Cilp) Gypsy Lullaby Opening scenes, what looks like bad lip-sync turns out to be Deanna Durbin silently singing along with her mother on stage, the certainly dubbed Kay Francis, who then makes a speech, from the Joe Pasternak-produced It's A Date, 1940, also starring Walter Pidgeon.

It's A Date (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Your Lips Are So Bitter Clever bit from director William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin as "Pam," with her tag-along boyfriend (Lewis Howard), then with the kids at the summer stock theater greeting her stage-star mother's friends (Samuel Hinds, S.Z. Sakall) in producer Joe Pasternak's It's A Date, 1940.

It's A Date (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Loch Lomond Standard fare for this Deanna Durbin vehicle, here playing aspiring star "Pam,' at her summer stock theater, performing the Scottish standard, thoroughly impressing Samuel Hinds and S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, the producer and playwright who made her mother a Broadway star, in It's A Date, 1940.

Seven Sweethearts (1942) -- (Movie Clip) House Of Seven Tulips Joining the opening scene, from producer Joe Pasternak, Van Heflin is feature reporter Henry arrived in a Dutch-themed Michigan town, where S.Z. Sakall runs the hotel and has seven daughters, Victor, George and Peter (Cecilia Parker, Frances Rafferty, Dorothy Morris) introduced here, in Seven Sweethearts, 1942.

Seven Sweethearts (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I Am A Personality Stranded reporter-guest Henry (Van Heflin) ignores a spat between Michigan-Dutch innkeeper Van Master (S.Z. Sakall) and a guest (Isobel Elsom) as we finally meet Regina (Marsha Hunt), eldest of his seven daughters, the only one with a girls’ name, and lots of attitude, in MGM’s Seven Sweethearts, 1942.

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 Joan Leslie.

Ball Of Fire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Know Anything About Zippers? Professors (Aubrey Mather, Henry Travers, Tully Marshall et al) diverting matron Miss Bragg (Kathleen Howard) when guest Sugarpuss (Barbara Stanwyck) appears, hurrying to join Potts (Gary Cooper), in Howard Hawks' Ball Of Fire, 1942.

Never Say Goodbe (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Hunk Of Femininity Playing eight year-old Phillippa "Flip" Gayley, Patti Brady with S.Z. Sakall as restauranteur "Luigi," greet her divorcee dad, famous commercial artist Phil (Errol Flynn), early in Never Say Goodbye, 1946, co-starring Eleanor Parker.

Time, The Place And The Girl, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Company Under The Table Martha Vickers is the young opera singer being charmed by scheming producer Dennis Morgan, Cuddles Sakall (using his own nickname) is her impresario granddad being all-but assaulted by Janis Paige, the girlfriend of producing partner Jack Carson, in The Time, The Place And The Girl, 1946.

Yankee Doodle Dandy - (Original Trailer) James Cagney gives an Oscar® winning performance as song-and-dance legend, George M. Cohan, in the musical biography, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).

Casablanca - (Original Trailer) An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up in Casablanca (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart.

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