Mikhail Rasumny

Mikhail Rasumny (May 13, 1884^[1] – February 17, 1956) was a Soviet and American film actor.

Mikhail Rasumny
Rasumny and Gertrude Berg in "Hearts and Hollywood" on The Elgin Hour, 1954.
Born	Mikhail Razumnyy (1884-05-13)May 13, 1884 Odessa, Russian Empire
Died	February 17, 1956(1956-02-17) (aged 71) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Television, film actor
Years active	1928-1956
Spouse	Maria Schunzel ​ (m. 1947)​

Biography

Rasumny was born in Odessa, son of the famous cantor Ephraim Zalman (Solomon) Razumny, who was chief cantor of the choral synagogues in Kishinev, Nikolayev and Odessa.^[2] After his father's death 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" and in 1934 another Yiddish company, "Parizer Azazel". In 1938 in New York, he opened the Yidishe dramatishe studie (Yiddish Dramatic Studio).

Rasumny married late in life, to Maria Schunzel, in 1947.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1928	The First Kiss	Ein Hoteldirektor & Harry, Peters Chauffeur
	Rasputin, the Holy Sinner	Purischkewitsch
1929	Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H.
	Mascottchen	Max, Painter
	Diana
	The Smuggler's Bride of Mallorca	Taschendieb Cambero
	Heilige oder Dirne
1930	It Happens Every Day
	Das alte Lied
1940	Comrade X	arresting Russian officer
1941	One Night in Lisbon	Restaurant Manager	Uncredited
	Forced Landing	Christmas
	Hold Back the Dawn	the mechanic
	The Shanghai Gesture	The Appraiser
1942	Yokel Boy	Amatoff
	This Gun for Hire	Slukey
	Are Husbands Necessary?	Pierre	Uncredited
	Wake Island	Ivan Probenzky
	Road to Morocco	Ahmed Fey
1943	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Rafael, the gypsy	with Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper
	Hostages	Joseph	Uncredited
1944	And the Angels Sing	Schultz
	Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid	Konrad	Uncredited
	Practically Yours	LaCrosse
1945	A Royal Scandal	Drunken General
	A Medal for Benny	Raphael Catalina
	The Unseen	Chester
	Masquerade in Mexico	Paolo
	The Stork Club	Mr. Coretti
1946	Heartbeat	aspiring pickpocket Yves Cadubert
	Our Hearts Were Growing Up	Bubchenko
	Anna and the King of Siam	Alak
	Holiday in Mexico	Baranga
	Blue Skies	François
1947	Variety Girl	Mikhail Rasumny	Uncredited
	Her Husband's Affairs	muddled inventor Emil Ginka
	Pirates of Monterey	Sergeant Pio
1948	Song of My Heart	Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov
	Saigon	Hotel Clerk
	The Kissing Bandit	Don Jose
1949	Free for All	Dr. Axel Torgelson
	The Pirates of Capri	Pepino
1950	Hit Parade of 1951	The Professor
1952	Anything Can Happen	Tariel Godiedze
1953	Tonight We Sing	Nicolai
	The Stars Are Singing	Ladowski
1956	Hot Blood	Old Johnny	(final film role)