Michael Chekhov
Known For
Acting
Born
1891-08-28 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died
1955-09-30
Biography
Michael Chekhov (29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. His acting technique has been used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. Constantin Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov. Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably as the Freudian analyst in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chekhov, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Spellbound
as Dr. Alexander Brulov
Song of Russia
as Ivan Stepanov
Invitation
as Dr. Fromm
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Gaboolian
Abie's Irish Rose
as Solomon Levy
Holiday for Sinners
as Dr. Konndorff
Rhapsody
as Prof. Schuman
Specter of the Rose
as Max Polikoff
In Our Time
as Uncle Leopold Baruta
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
Cross My Heart
as Peter
Der Narr seiner Liebe
The Man from the Restaurant
as Skorohodov - The Waiter
The Price of Freedom
as Johann Vollmer
Troika
Phantoms of Happiness
as Jacques Bramard
When The Heart's Strings Sound
as Fred, Jean's brother
Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession
as Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich