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name: "Sig Ruman"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 October 1884"
died: "14 February 1967"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:03:11.623768+00:00"
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# Sig Ruman

Actor. Born 10 October 1884 in Hamburg, Germany. Died 14 February 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 October 1884, Hamburg, Germany
- **Died:** 14 February 1967
- **Also known as:** Sig Rumann, Siegfried Rumann, Sigfried Rumann, Siegfried Carl Alban Rumann

## Biography

Sig Ruman was a German-American character actor. Born Siegfried Carl Alban Rumann in Hamburg, Germany, on 11 October 1884, he studied electrical engineering before serving in the Imperial German Army during the First World War. He emigrated to the United States in 1924 and appeared in numerous Broadway productions.

Ruman made his film debut in *Lucky Boy* (1929) and went on to appear in more than 100 films. He played Gottlieb in *A Night at the Opera* (1935), Comrade Iranoff in *Ninotchka* (1939), Colonel Ehrhardt in *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Johann Schulz in *Stalag 17* (1953), and Eric Von Bissell in an episode of *The Addams Family* (1964). He also appeared in *A Day at the Races* (1937), *Only Angels Have Wings* (1939), *White Christmas* (1954), *One, Two, Three* (1961) and *The Fortune Cookie* (1966).

Ruman died of a heart attack in Julian, California, on 14 February 1967.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Fi1m 87, as Col. Ehrhardt — [page](https://film.one/film/to-be-or-not-to-be.md)

## Also known for

- *Stalag 17* (1953), Johann Schulz
- *White Christmas* (1954), Landlord (uncredited)
- *A Night at the Opera* (1935), Gottlieb
- *The Addams Family* (1964), Eric Von Bissell
- *Ninotchka* (1939), Comrade Iranoff
- *One, Two, Three* (1961), Count von Droste Schattenburg (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Fortune Cookie* (1966), Professor Winterhalter
- *Only Angels Have Wings* (1939), Dutchy

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