Mikhail Rasumny
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
Blue Skies
1946
as François
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Schultz
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as Prof. Emil Glinka
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Rafael
A Royal Scandal
1945
as Drunken General
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Slukey
Heartbeat
1946
as Yves Cadubert
Hot Blood
1956
as Old Johnny
Yokel Boy
1942
as Amatoff
The Stork Club
1945
as Mr. Coretti
Anna and the King of Siam
1946
as Alak
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Mechanic
Free For All
1949
as Dr. Axel Torgelson
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Don Jose
Road to Morocco
1942
as Ahmed Fey
Saigon
1947
as Hotel Clerk
The Shanghai Gesture
1941
as The Appraiser
Comrade X
1940
as Russian Officer
Wake Island
1942
as Ivan Probenzky
The Unseen
1945
as Chester