Mikhail Rasumny
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
Hot Blood
1956
as Old Johnny
Anything Can Happen
1952
as Tariel Godiedze
Hit Parade of 1951
1950
as The Professor
The Pirates of Capri
1949
as Pepino
Free For All
1949
as Dr. Axel Torgelson
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Don Jose
Song of My Heart
1948
as Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov
Saigon
1947
as Hotel Clerk
Pirates of Monterey
1947
as Sergeant Pio
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as Prof. Emil Glinka
Blue Skies
1946
as François (uncredited)
Holiday in Mexico
1946
as Baranga
Anna and the King of Siam
1946
as Alak
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
as Bubchenko
Heartbeat
1946
as Yves Cadubert
The Stork Club
1945
as Mr. Coretti
Masquerade in Mexico
1945
as Paolo
The Unseen
1945
as Chester
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Raphael Catalina
A Royal Scandal
1945
as Drunken General
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Bombalera
1945
as Papa Perez
Practically Yours
1944
as LaCrosse
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Schultz
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Rafael