Mikhail Rasumny
Known For
Acting
Born
1890-05-13 in Odessa, Russia [present Ukraine]
Died
1956-02-17
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.
Most Known For
Yokel Boy
as Amatoff
Blue Skies
as François
Hot Blood
as Old Johnny
Bombalera
as Papa Perez
This Gun for Hire
as Slukey
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Rafael
The Shanghai Gesture
as The Appraiser
Road to Morocco
as Ahmed Fey
Anna and the King of Siam
as Alak
Wake Island
as Ivan Probenzky
The Kissing Bandit
as Don Jose
A Royal Scandal
as Drunken General
Heartbeat
as Yves Cadubert
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
Hold Back the Dawn
as Mechanic
Saigon
as Hotel Clerk
The Stork Club
as Mr. Coretti
The Unseen
as Chester
Comrade X
as Russian Officer
Her Husband's Affairs
as Prof. Emil Glinka