Michael Chekhov
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Michael Chekhov (29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. His acting technique has been used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. Constantin Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov. Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably as the Freudian analyst in Alfred Hitch...
Known For
Filmography
Cinema in Russia
1979
as Film footage
Rhapsody
1954
as Prof. Schuman
Invitation
1952
as Dr. Fromm
Holiday for Sinners
1952
as Dr. Konndorff
The Price of Freedom
1949
as Johann Vollmer
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
as Gaboolian
Specter of the Rose
1946
as Max Polikoff
Cross My Heart
1946
as Peter
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
as Solomon Levy
Spellbound
1945
as Dr. Alexander Brulov
Song of Russia
1944
as Ivan Stepanov
In Our Time
1944
as Uncle Leopold Baruta
Phantoms of Happiness
1930
as Jacques Bramard
Troika
1930
Der Narr seiner Liebe
1929
The Man from the Restaurant
1927
as Skorohodov - The Waiter
When The Heart's Strings Sound
1914
as Fred, Jean's brother
Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession
1913
as Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich