- Films
- 81
- Avg rating
- 6.89
- Peak run
- 1935’37
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sig by the numbers
Average
6.89
49 rated films
Vote weighted
6.94
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
33y
1934 to 1966
Total votes
455K
across every film
Best
8.1
To Be or Not to Be
Worst
6.2
House of Frankenstein
Newest first
Filmography
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | · | 5.3 | 1,234 |
| 1966 |  The Fortune Cookie | · | 7.2 | 17,538 |
| 1964 |  36 Hours | German Guard | 7.4 | 5,473 |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | · | · | 799 |
| 1961 |  One, Two, Three | · | 7.8 | 25,064 |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | · | 6.4 | 2,393 |
| 1957 |  The Wings of Eagles | Manager | 6.6 | 5,060 |
| 1955 | Spy Chasers | King Rako of Truania | · | 384 |
| 1955 | Many Rivers to Cross | · | 6.2 | 1,521 |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | Colonel Fritz Schlitz | · | 965 |
| 1954 |  White Christmas | · | 7.6 | 57,336 |
| 1954 | Living It Up | Dr. Emile Egelhofer | 6.5 | 1,906 |
| 1954 |  The Glenn Miller Story | Kranz | 7.3 | 10,675 |
| 1953 | The Moon Is Blue | · | 6.7 | 2,759 |
| 1953 | Houdini | Schultz | 6.8 | 4,042 |
| 1953 |  Stalag 17 | Sgt. Johann Sebastian Schulz | 7.9 | 60,627 |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Cyrus Kraft | · | 640 |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | · | 7.2 | 3,465 |
| 1952 | The World in His Arms | General Ivan Vorashilov | 6.8 | 2,569 |
| 1951 | On the Riviera | Gapeaux | 6.3 | 1,298 |
Better together?
Sig Ruman's regulars
- Norman FosterDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.06
- King VidorDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.31
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Norman Foster and Sig Ruman movies · King Vidor and Sig Ruman movies
Takes
On Sig Ruman
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