
Mikhail Rasumny
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-05-13
Day of Death
1956-02-17 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Odessa, Russia [present Ukraine]
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.
Known For
Acting
(1956)
Hot Blood
as Old Johnny
(1952)
Anything Can Happen
as Tariel Godiedze
(1950)
Hit Parade of 1951
as The Professor
(1949)
Free For All
as Dr. Axel Torgelson
(1949)
The Pirates of Capri
as Pepino
(1948)
The Kissing Bandit
as Don Jose
(1948)
Song of My Heart
as Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov
(1947)
Saigon
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1947)
Her Husband's Affairs
as Prof. Emil Glinka
(1947)
Pirates of Monterey
as Sergeant Pio
(1946)
Heartbeat
as Yves Cadubert
(1946)
Anna and the King of Siam
as Alak
(1946)
Blue Skies
as François
(1946)
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
as Bubchenko
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Raphael Catalina
(1945)
A Royal Scandal
as Drunken General
(1945)
The Unseen
as Chester
(1945)
The Stork Club
as Mr. Coretti
(1945)
Masquerade in Mexico
as Paolo
(1945)
Bombalera
as Papa Perez
(1944)
And the Angels Sing
as Schultz
(1944)
Practically Yours
as LaCrosse
(1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Rafael
(1942)
This Gun for Hire
as Slukey
(1942)
Road to Morocco
as Ahmed Fey
(1942)
Wake Island
as Ivan Probenzky
(1942)
Yokel Boy
as Amatoff
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Mechanic
(1941)
The Shanghai Gesture
as The Appraiser
(1941)
Forced Landing
as Christmas
(1940)
Comrade X
as Russian Officer
(1930)
(1929)
(1928)
Rasputins Liebesabenteuer
as Purischkewitsch (as Michael Rasumny)