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S. Z. Sakall

1883 - 1955

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Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, other names: Gärtner Sándor and Gerő Jenő; February 2, 1883 – February 12, 1955), known in the English-speaking world as S. Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian-American stage and film character actor. He appeared in many films, including Casablanca (1942), in which he played Carl, the head waiter; Christmas in Connecticut (1945); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); and Lullaby of Broadway (1951). Sakall played numerous supporting roles in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1940s and 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. Z. Sakall has received more than 593,293 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). S. Z. Sakall is the 6,379th most popular actor (down from 5,773rd in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 531st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Hungarian Actor.

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  • 590k

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  • 42.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, S. Z. Sakall ranks 6,379 out of 9,996Before him are Ana de la Reguera, James Sikking, Joy Page, Mary Eaton, Colm Wilkinson, and Keegan-Michael Key. After him are Ana Lilian de la Macorra, Brenton Thwaites, Kim Ji-won, Nadia Farès, Devin Ratray, and Kevin Doyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, S. Z. Sakall ranks 237Before him are Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Gösta Olson, Edna May Oliver, Raymond Basset, Oscar Osthoff, and C. I. Lewis. After him are John Taylor, Ercole Olgeni, Dorothy Holman, Lesley Ashburner, Erik Granfelt, and Erik Norberg. Among people deceased in 1955, S. Z. Sakall ranks 146Before him are Rukhmabai, Robert E. Sherwood, Alice Joyce, Pentti Haanpää, John Hodiak, and Matthew Henson. After him are Einar Arnórsson, Harry Cobby, André Rischmann, Katharine Drexel, Robert Riskin, and Mary McLeod Bethune.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, S. Z. Sakall ranks 638 out of 866Before him are János Parti (1932), László Berti (1875), Samu Fóti (1890), Balázs Dzsudzsák (1986), Péter Besenyei (1956), and István Barta (1895). After him are Antal Bolvári (1932), Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (1924), Zoltán Várkonyi (1912), Aladár Kovácsi (1932), Zoltán Magyar (1953), and Monique Covét (1976).

Among ACTORS In Hungary

Among actors born in Hungary, S. Z. Sakall ranks 23Before him are Flóra Kádár (1928), Katalin Karády (1910), László Szabó (1936), Hilda Gobbi (1913), María Corda (1898), and Eva Henger (1972). After him are Zoltán Várkonyi (1912), Ilona Massey (1910), Magda Gabor (1915), Marina Aleksandrova (1982), and Géza Röhrig (1967).

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