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

Hit Parade of 1951

Heartbeat

The Unseen

Blue Skies

The Stork Club

A Medal for Benny

The Kissing Bandit

And the Angels Sing

Filmography

1956 Hot Blood

as Old Johnny

1952 Anything Can Happen

as Tariel Godiedze

1950 Hit Parade of 1951

as The Professor

1949 The Pirates of Capri

as Pepino

1949 Free For All

as Dr. Axel Torgelson

1948 The Kissing Bandit

as Don Jose

1948 Song of My Heart

as Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov

1947 Saigon

as Hotel Clerk

1947 Pirates of Monterey

as Sergeant Pio

1947 Her Husband's Affairs

as Prof. Emil Glinka

1946 Blue Skies

as François

1946 Holiday in Mexico

as Baranga

1946 Anna and the King of Siam

as Alak

1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up

as Bubchenko

1946 Heartbeat

as Yves Cadubert

1945 The Stork Club

as Mr. Coretti

1945 Masquerade in Mexico

as Paolo

1945 The Unseen

as Chester

1945 A Medal for Benny

as Raphael Catalina

1945 A Royal Scandal

as Drunken General