Director

S.Z. Sakall

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 94110

IMDb ID: nm0757064

Known for: Acting

Born: February 2, 1883

Died: February 12, 1955

Age: 72

Place of birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1926 - 1975

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 6.84

Wikidata: Q955183

Also known as

Szöke Szakall • S. K. Sakall • S. Z. 'Cuddles' Sakall • Szoke Szakall • Szöke Szakáll • Szöke Szakàll • Szöke Sakall

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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