Acting

Mikhail Rasumny

Born May 13, 1890 · Odessa, Russia [present Ukraine]

Died February 17, 1956 · aged 65

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 …

Known For

This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire · 1942

This Gun for Hire

MovieCrimeThriller

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

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.

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam · 1946

Anna and the King of Siam

MovieDramaRomance

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

Blue Skies

Blue Skies · 1946

MovieComedyRomance

Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long.

Wake Island

Wake Island · 1942

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn · 1941

Hold Back the Dawn

MovieDramaRomance

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture · 1941

The Shanghai Gesture

MovieDramaCrime

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

The Stork Club

The Stork Club · 1945

MovieComedyMusic

After aspiring singer Judy Peabody rescues the elderly J.B. Bates from drowning, she assumes that the disheveled man is a vagrant and goes back to her job checking hats at New York City's famed Stork Club. But Bates is actually a grateful millionaire who becomes Judy's anonymous benefactor, and before long the working girl is swathed in minks and diamonds, much to the dismay of her suspicious beau.

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This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire · 1942

This Gun for Hire

MovieCrimeThriller

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

Slukey

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.

Rafael

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam · 1946

Anna and the King of Siam

MovieDramaRomance

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

Alak

Blue Skies

Blue Skies · 1946

MovieComedyRomance

Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long.

François (uncredited)

Wake Island

Wake Island · 1942

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

Ivan Probenzky

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn · 1941

Hold Back the Dawn

MovieDramaRomance

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

Mechanic

The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture · 1941

The Shanghai Gesture

MovieDramaCrime

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

The Appraiser

The Stork Club

The Stork Club · 1945

MovieComedyMusic

After aspiring singer Judy Peabody rescues the elderly J.B. Bates from drowning, she assumes that the disheveled man is a vagrant and goes back to her job checking hats at New York City's famed Stork Club. But Bates is actually a grateful millionaire who becomes Judy's anonymous benefactor, and before long the working girl is swathed in minks and diamonds, much to the dismay of her suspicious beau.

Mr. Coretti

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco · 1942

Road to Morocco

MovieComedyMusic

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Ahmed Fey

The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit · 1948

The Kissing Bandit

MovieWesternComedy

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".

Don Jose

Hot Blood

Hot Blood · 1956

MovieDramaRomance

Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.

Old Johnny

Anything Can Happen

Anything Can Happen · 1952

Anything Can Happen

MovieComedyRomance

A quirky relationship unfolds between an immigrant and an all-American folk music fan.

Tariel Godiedze

Song of My Heart

Song of My Heart · 1948

Song of My Heart

MovieDramaMusic

The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.

Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov

The Unseen

The Unseen · 1945

MovieMysteryThriller

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.

Chester

A Medal for Benny

A Medal for Benny · 1945

A Medal for Benny

Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens.

Raphael Catalina

Saigon

MovieCrimeDrama

After World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the efforts of the doctors. He takes on a profitable flying job for profiteers Maris to finance a good time for his buddy. As the plane takes off he shoves Maris' secretary Susan on board. When Mike falls for her, Larry tells her to play along for Mike's sake. She, of course, falls for Larry.

Hotel Clerk

The Pirates of Capri

The Pirates of Capri · 1949

The Pirates of Capri

A group of men calling themselves 'The Pirates of Capri", headed by Captain Sirroco, who is really Count Amalfi, are trying to restore freedom to the people of Naples. The Queen is advised of the pirate's assault of a member of her court and she seeks to escape to Palermo. But, she is advised it would be good politics for her to attend a ball Amalfi is giving for his fiancée, Mercedes, who is unaware of the dual role Amalfi is playing.

Pepino

Holiday in Mexico

Holiday in Mexico · 1946

Holiday in Mexico

MovieMusicComedy

Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl and that she has fully matured into adulthood. Eager to make her mark in the sophisticated world of foreign diplomats living in Mexico, Christine appoints herself as organizer of her father's social activities and takes over the planning of a big garden party he will be hosting. Because he loves his daughter,

Baranga

And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing · 1944

And the Angels Sing

MovieComedyRomance

The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall is playing.

Schultz

Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico · 1945

Masquerade in Mexico

MovieComedyMusic

An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador who is making a play for the banker's wife. They hatch a scheme whereby she pretends to be a Spanish countess.

Paolo

Yokel Boy

Yokel Boy · 1942

MovieComedyRomance

A film company hires a gangster to mock himself holding up a bank, but he succeeds too well and makes off with the money. But all ends well.

Amatoff

Heartbeat

Heartbeat · 1946

MovieComedyRomance

A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.

Yves Cadubert

Rasputins Liebesabenteuer

Rasputins Liebesabenteuer · 1928

Rasputins Liebesabenteuer

Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.

Purischkewitsch (as Michael Rasumny)

Practically Yours

Practically Yours · 1944

Practically Yours

MovieComedyRomance

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.

LaCrosse