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Sig Ruman (born
Siegfried Albon Rumann) (
October 11,
1884 –
February 14,
1967) was a
German-American actor known for his
comic portrayals of pompous villains.
Born in
Hamburg, he studied
electrical engineering before serving with the
Imperial German army during the
First World War. After moving to the United States in
1924, his acting career blossomed. Befriending playwright
George S. Kaufman and theater critic
Alexander Woollcott, he enjoyed success in many
Broadway productions.
With the advent of
talkies, Ruman became a favorite of the
Marx Brothers, appearing in
A Night at the Opera,
A Day at the Races, and
A Night in Casablanca. His German accent and large stature kept him busy during
World War II, playing sinister
Nazi characters in a series of wartime thrillers. During this period, he also appeared in several films by
Ernst Lubitsch, a fellow German immigrant. In 1941, he played the role of Professor Herman Von Reiter in
Shining Victory, an adaptation of an
A. J. Cronin play.
According to
Leonard Maltin in the DVD commentary for
A Night at the Opera, Ruman had modified his screen name to make it a little less German-sounding, to lessen potential anti-German prejudice against him.
Despite poor health during the
1950s and
1960s, Ruman continued to find work, making many guest appearances on
television. In
1953, he played what is perhaps his most famous role — that of "Schultz", the two-faced
POW camp guard in
Stalag 17. He died of a
heart attack on
February 14 1967 in
Julian, California.
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