Siegfried Carl Alban Rumann, billed as Sig Ruman and Sig Rumann, was a German-American character actor known for his portrayals of pompous and often stereotypically Teutonic officials or villains in more than 100 films.
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![Europe's future map - a 1915 lithography card designed by Rumann's father, depicting the German Empire's World War I territorial ambitions, contrasted with those of the Entente on the reverse side. A caption reads: "Dream vision of the German militiaman Kutschke!".[a]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Europa%27s_Zukunftskarte_%281915%2C_verso%29.png/1280px-Europa%27s_Zukunftskarte_%281915%2C_verso%29.png)
Europe's future map - a 1915 lithography card designed by Rumann's father, depicting the German Empire's World War I territorial ambitions, contrasted with those of the Entente on the reverse side. A caption reads: "Dream vision of the German militiaman Kutschke!".[a]
Hortense Alden, Sam Jaffe and Sig Ruman in the original Broadway production of Grand Hotel (1930)
With Peter Lorre in Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)Filmography 40
White Christmas
To Be or Not to Be
Stalag 17
One, Two, Three
Ninotchka
A Night at the Opera
The Fortune Cookie
Only Angels Have Wings
A Day at the Races
The Glenn Miller Story
House of Frankenstein
A Night in Casablanca
Heidi
The Song of Bernadette
Nothing Sacred
36 Hours
Houdini
Robin and the 7 Hoods
It Happened Tomorrow
The Wings of Eagles
The Errand Boy
That Uncertain Feeling
Tarzan Triumphs
O. Henry's Full House
The World in His Arms
Border Incident
Night and Day
Love Crazy
Living It Up
Crossroads
Desperate Journey
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
The Emperor Waltz
The Wedding Night
On the Riviera
Comrade X
Thank You, Mr. Moto
3 Ring Circus125 credits on file
Television 15
Petticoat Junction
Lawman
Maverick
Daniel Boone
The Addams Family
One Step Beyond
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Danny Kaye Show
Pete and Gladys
Johnny Staccato
General Electric Theater
Hank
Private SecretaryConnected to Sig 6
About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1884 to 1967 · aged 82
Written about in
21 languages
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