ACTOR

Sig Ruman

1884 - 1967

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Siegfried Carl Alban Rumann (October 11, 1884 – February 14, 1967), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sig Ruman has received more than 361,658 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sig Ruman is the 4,105th most popular actor (up from 6,078th in 2019), the 4,355th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,635th in 2019) and the 144th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sig Ruman ranks 4,105 out of 13,578. Before him are Mickey Kuhn, Zhao Wei, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tang Wei, Loretta Swit, and Lee Aaker. After him are Dorothy Gish, Hu Die, Zooey Deschanel, Steven Williams, Tantoo Cardinal, and Raaj Kumar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Sig Ruman ranks 167. Before him are Arthur Ransome, Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, Bohumil Kubišta, Claes Johanson, Vasily Agapkin, and Dewi Sartika. After him are Carl Holmberg, Michel de Klerk, Molla Mallory, John Hutchinson, York Bowen, and Ali Aaltonen. Among people deceased in 1967, Sig Ruman ranks 181. Before him are Henry Luce, Ann Sheridan, Franz Babinger, Arthur Ransome, Jaromír Weinberger, and Thomas Tien Ken-sin. After him are Reginald Punnett, Ramón Zabalo, Fritz Schäffer, Georges Berger, Percy Hodge, and Mischa Auer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sig Ruman ranks 4,355 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Schiller (1580), Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931), Udo Beyer (1955), Heinz Müller (1924), Hans Apel (1932), and Friedrich Tietjen (1834). After him are Francesca Lebrun (1756), Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Emre Can (1994), Leopold Andrian (1875), and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Sig Ruman ranks 144. Before him are Sylvester Groth (1958), Oliver Masucci (1968), Joachim Fuchsberger (1927), Brigitte Horney (1911), Fritz Rasp (1891), and Paul Verhoeven (1901). After him are Wolf Kahler (1940), Ulrich Tukur (1957), August Diehl (1976), Matthias Schweighöfer (1981), Maria Schrader (1965), and Marianne Hoppe (1909).

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Television and Movie Roles

To Be or Not to Be
Col. Ehrhardt
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Mar 6th 19427.8 / 10
A Night at the Opera
Gottlieb
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Nov 15th 19357.4 / 10
Ninotchka
Comrade Iranoff
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Nov 23rd 19397.491 / 10