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Sig Arno

 
Actor: Sig Arno
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  • Born: 1895 in Hamburg, Germany
  • Died: Aug 17, 1975 in Woodland Hills, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'40s
  • Major Genres: Musical, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Moritz Macht Sein Glueck, Keine Feier Ohne Meier, Um Eine Nasenlaenge
  • First Major Screen Credit: Fair People (1930)

Biography

With the possible exceptions of fellow character players Fritz Feld and Gino Corrado, German-born actor Sig Arno played more waiters and maitre d's than any other film actor. A prominent stage comedian in his native Germany, Arno made his first film, Pandora's Box, in 1925. The rise of Hitler and the Nazis precipitated Arno's exit from Germany in 1933, but he had no trouble establishing himself professionally in the rest of Europe. In 1939, Arno settled in the United States, becoming one of Hollywood's favorite "funny Europeans." Sig Arno devoted what little time off he had from his motion picture activity to his second-favorite activity as a successful portrait painter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Sig Arno

publicity photo (1931)
Born Siegfried Arno
27 December 1895
Hamburg, Germany
Died 17 August 1975
Woodland Hills, California U.S.
Occupation stage and film actor
Years active c. 1915–1961
Spouse(s) Caroline Dahms
1922–1932 (divorce)
Barbara Kiranoff
1934–1953 (divorce)
Kitty Mattern
1953–1975 (his death)

Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975 was a German film actor who appeared in such films as Pardon My Sarong, and The Mummy's Tomb. He may be best remembered from The Palm Beach Story (1942) as "Toto", the nonsense-talking mustachio'd man who follows around Mary Astor's "Princess Centimillia".

Biography

Sig Arno was born in Hamburg, Germany. Before beginning to make films in 1920, he was well known in Germany as a stage comedian.[1] He acted in ninety films in Germany – including G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box with Louise Brooks – playing primarily comic roles, before leaving the country in 1933, due to the rise of Hitler. He worked in Europe until 1939, when he moved to Hollywood.[1]

In the next twenty years he appeared in over fifty films,[2] often playing waiters, maitre d's and "funny Europeans."[1] Arno also appeared three times on Broadway[3], notably in the musical Song of Norway and the play Time Remembered by Jean Anouilh,[4] for which he was nominated for a Tony Award as "Best Featured Actor in a Play" in 1958.[5] In 1966, Arno won an honorary award at the German Film Awards "for his continued outstanding individual contributions to the German film over the years."[6]

Arno, who besides acting was also a successful portrait painter,[1] was married three times:

  • Caroline Dahms (1922–1932, ended in divorce, 1 child)
  • Barbara Kiranoff (1934–1953, ended in divorce)
  • Kitty Mattern (1953–1975, ended with his death)[7]

He died from Parkinson's disease in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California on August 17, 1975, at the age of 80.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Erickson, Hal Biography (Allmovie)
  2. ^ Sig Arno at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ Sig Arno at the Internet Broadway Database
  4. ^ Time Remembered at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. ^ IBDB Awards
  6. ^ IMDB Awards
  7. ^ IMDB Biography

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