Mikhail Rasumny
Actor
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
This Gun for Hire
as Slukey 1942
Road to Morocco
as Ahmed Fey 1942
The Shanghai Gesture
as The Appraiser 1941
Hold Back the Dawn
as Mechanic 1941
Anna and the King of Siam
as Alak 1946
Blue Skies
as François 1946
Wake Island
as Ivan Probenzky 1942
Comrade X
as Russian Officer 1940
The Unseen
as Chester 1945
A Royal Scandal
as Drunken General 1945
Heartbeat
as Yves Cadubert 1946
The Stork Club
as Mr. Coretti 1945
Saigon
as Hotel Clerk 1947
And the Angels Sing
as Schultz 1944
Her Husband's Affairs
as Prof. Emil Glinka 1947
Hot Blood
as Old Johnny 1956