Mikhail Rasumny
Born: 1890-05-13 in Odessa, Russia [present Ukraine]
Died: 1956-02-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Mikhail Rasumny (May 13, c.1884 in Odessa, Russian empire – February 17, 1956 in United States) was a Soviet- and American film actor. His age in a February 1935 passenger list was given as 51, meaning that he was probably born in 1883 or 1884 and not in 1890 as stated in other sources. Rasumny was born in Odessa, son of the famous cantor Solomon (Ephroim Zalmen) Razumny, who was chief cantor of the choral synagogues in Kishinev, Nikolayev and Odessa. After the death of his father in 1905 he moved to Saint Petersburg, where he began his theatrical career. He later moved to Moscow and emigrated to Berlin in 1927. In 1933 he opened in Paris a Yiddish revue theater "Der kundes", in 1934 another Yiddish company "Parizer Azazel", then in 1938 in New York — Yidishe dramatishe studie (Yiddish Dramatic Studio). Buried at Beth Olam Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Filmography
1956
- Hot Blood as Old Johnny
1952
- Anything Can Happen as Tariel Godiedze
1950
- Hit Parade of 1951 as The Professor
1949
- Free For All as Dr. Axel Torgelson
- The Pirates of Capri as Pepino
1948
- The Kissing Bandit as Don Jose
- Song of My Heart as Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov
1947
- Saigon as Hotel Clerk
- Pirates of Monterey as Sergeant Pio
- Her Husband's Affairs as Prof. Emil Glinka
1946
- Anna and the King of Siam as Alak
- Blue Skies as François
- Our Hearts Were Growing Up as Bubchenko
- Heartbeat as Yves Cadubert
- Holiday in Mexico as Baranga
1945
- A Royal Scandal as Drunken General
- Masquerade in Mexico as Paolo
- The Unseen as Chester
- A Medal for Benny as Raphael Catalina
- The Stork Club as Mr. Coretti
- Bombalera as Papa Perez
1944
- And the Angels Sing as Schultz
- Practically Yours as LaCrosse
1943
- For Whom the Bell Tolls as Rafael
1942
- This Gun for Hire as Slukey
- Road to Morocco as Ahmed Fey
- Wake Island as Ivan Probenzky
- Yokel Boy as Amatoff
1941
- The Shanghai Gesture as The Appraiser
- Hold Back the Dawn as Mechanic
- Forced Landing as Christmas
1940
- Comrade X as Russian Officer
1929
1928
- Rasputins Liebesabenteuer as Purischkewitsch (as Michael Rasumny)