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name: "Mikhail Rasumny"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mikhail-rasumny"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 May 1890"
died: "17 February 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T00:54:45.696283+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mikhail Rasumny

Actor. Born 13 May 1890 in Odessa, Russia [present Ukraine]. Died 17 February 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 May 1890, Odessa, Russia [present Ukraine]
- **Died:** 17 February 1956
- **Active:** 1941–1943
- **Also known as:** Mychaiil Olexandrowytsch Rasumnyj, Michael Rasumny, Mikhail Rasumni 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, War 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $18m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Rasumny, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1928984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121318

## Biography

Mikhail Rasumny was a Russian-born American film and television actor. Born in Odessa in the Russian Empire, he began his theatrical career in Saint Petersburg after his father's death in 1905, later working in Moscow before emigrating to Berlin in 1927. He established Yiddish theatre companies in Paris and New York, and settled in the United States around 1935.

Rasumny's Hollywood career began with *Comrade X* (1940). He appeared as Ivan Probenzky in *Wake Island* (1942), Rafael in *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Slukey in *This Gun for Hire* (1942), Ahmed Fey in *Road to Morocco* (1942), the mechanic in *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), the appraiser in *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941) and Alak in *Anna and the King of Siam* (1946). He continued working in film and television until his death in 1956. He married Maria Schunzel in 1947.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Fi1m 58, as Rafael — [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)
- *Wake Island* (1942), Fi1m 73, as Ivan Probenzky — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Fi1m 78, as Mechanic — [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hot Blood* (1956), as Old Johnny
- *Janet Dean, Registered Nurse* (1954), series, Actor
- *Anything Can Happen* (1952), as Tariel Godiedze
- *Hit Parade of 1951* (1950), as The Professor
- *The Pirates of Capri* (1949), as Pepino
- *Free For All* (1949), as Dr. Axel Torgelson
- *The Kissing Bandit* (1948), as Don Jose
- *Song of My Heart* (1948), as Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov
- *Saigon* (1947), as Hotel Clerk
- *Pirates of Monterey* (1947), as Sergeant Pio
- *Her Husband's Affairs* (1947), as Prof. Emil Glinka
- *Blue Skies* (1946), as François (uncredited)
- *Holiday in Mexico* (1946), as Baranga
- *Anna and the King of Siam* (1946), as Alak
- *Our Hearts Were Growing Up* (1946), as Bubchenko
- *Heartbeat* (1946), as Yves Cadubert
- *The Stork Club* (1945), as Mr. Coretti
- *Masquerade in Mexico* (1945), as Paolo
- *The Unseen* (1945), as Chester
- *A Medal for Benny* (1945), as Raphael Catalina
- *A Royal Scandal* (1945), as Drunken General
- *Bombalera* (1945), as Papa Perez
- *Practically Yours* (1944), as LaCrosse
- *And the Angels Sing* (1944), as Schultz
- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), as Rafael — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)
- *Road to Morocco* (1942), as Ahmed Fey
- *Wake Island* (1942), as Ivan Probenzky — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)
- *This Gun for Hire* (1942), as Slukey
- *Yokel Boy* (1942), as Amatoff
- *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941), as The Appraiser
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), as Mechanic — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Forced Landing* (1941), as Christmas (uncredited)
- *Comrade X* (1940), as Russian Officer
- *Es kommt alle Tage vor...* (1930), Actor
- *Adventures Inc.* (1929), Actor
- *Rasputins Liebesabenteuer* (1928), as Purischkewitsch (as Michael Rasumny)

## Gallery

- ![Mikhail Rasumny](https://film.one/media/person/1232434/gallery-f7b573e6f4af.jpg) Mikhail Rasumny — The Bureau of Industrial Service for ABC or Elgin Watch.  The bureau was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam and was used widely by those in the television industry for distribution of publicity material.  There is a photographer's stamp asking for credit, but I can't read the name or much of the address., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Gertrude_Berg_Mikhail_Rasumny_Elgin_Hour_1954.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mikhail Rasumny (left) & Basil Rathbone in the film Heartbeat (1946) - cropped screenshot](https://film.one/media/person/1232434/gallery-eec2ce75a316.jpg) Mikhail Rasumny (left) & Basil Rathbone in the film Heartbeat (1946) - cropped screenshot — film screenshot (RKO Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Mikhail_Rasumny-Basil_Rathbone_in_Heartbeat.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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