Acting

Michael Visaroff

Born December 18, 1889 · Moscow, Russian Empire

Died February 27, 1951 · aged 61

Michael Simeon Visaroff (born Mikhail Semenonovich Vizarov; December 18, 1889 – February 27, 1951) was a Russian character actor, who worked in the US on stage and screen.

Known For

Dracula

Dracula · 1931

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Freaks

MovieDramaHorror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire · 1935

Mark of the Vampire

MovieMysteryHorror

Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body, are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora or his daughter. Receiving little help from the law, Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with their investigation.

Secrets of the French Police

Secrets of the French Police · 1932

Secrets of the French Police

When a flower girl is kidnapped by a deranged White Russian, to impersonate the missing Princess Anastasia Romanoff while under his hypnotic spell, the French police attempt to solve the case with forensic method and the aide of a gentleman thief.

Morocco

Morocco · 1930

MovieDramaRomance

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces · 1939

The Flying Deuces

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls · 1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

MovieWarRomance

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

We Live Again

We Live Again · 1934

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.

Filmography

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Dracula

Dracula · 1931

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Freaks

MovieDramaHorror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Jean (uncredited)

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire · 1935

Mark of the Vampire

MovieMysteryHorror

Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body, are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora or his daughter. Receiving little help from the law, Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with their investigation.

Innkeeper

Secrets of the French Police

Secrets of the French Police · 1932

Secrets of the French Police

When a flower girl is kidnapped by a deranged White Russian, to impersonate the missing Princess Anastasia Romanoff while under his hypnotic spell, the French police attempt to solve the case with forensic method and the aide of a gentleman thief.

Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)

Morocco

Morocco · 1930

MovieDramaRomance

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

Colonel Alexandre Barratière (uncredited)

The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces · 1939

The Flying Deuces

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

Innkeeper

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls · 1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

MovieWarRomance

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

Staff Officer

We Live Again

We Live Again · 1934

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.

Judge

Mata Hari

Mata Hari · 1931

MovieCrimeDrama

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

Jacques (uncredited)

Roberta

Roberta · 1935

MovieComedyMusic

Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.

(uncredited)

Midnight

Midnight · 1939

MovieComedyRomance

An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.

Footman (uncredited)

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue · 1932

Murders in the Rue Morgue

MovieHorrorMystery

In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.

Mirakle's Sideshow Barker (uncredited)

Reunion in France

Reunion in France · 1942

Reunion in France

MovieDramaRomance

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

Vigouroux (uncredited)

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year · 1942

Woman of the Year

MovieComedyRomance

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

Russian Guest (uncredited)

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand · 1941

MovieDramaRomance

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.

Minor Role (uncredited)

Disraeli

Disraeli · 1929

MovieDramaHistory

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.

Count Borsinov

The Last Command

The Last Command · 1928

The Last Command

MovieDramaHistory

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

Serge (the valet)

Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes · 1931

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

Russian Cook

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Bluebeard's 8th Wife · 1938

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

MovieComedyRomance

American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.

Store Vice-President (uncredited)

The Arizona Terror

The Arizona Terror · 1931

The Arizona Terror

MovieRomanceWestern

Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next victim, he frames the Arizonian for the murder. The Arizonian escapes the law and joins up with the outlaw Vasquez. Knowing Porter's scheme, he plans to trap him by using Vasquez as the next buyer.

Emilio Vasquez

Macao

MovieAdventureDrama

Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?

Russian Doorman (uncredited)

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

Verichen (uncredited)

The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios · 1944

The Mask of Dimitrios

MovieCrimeDrama

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

Bulgarian Policeman (uncredited)

Madame Curie

Madame Curie · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.

Proud Papa (uncredited)