Michael Chekhov
Michael Chekhov
Person

Michael Chekhov

Actor 1891-08-28 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

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 Hitchcock's Spellbound. ...

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FILMOGRAPHY
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Spellbound

Spellbound

1945 · Dr. Alexander Brulov

Rhapsody

Rhapsody

1954 · Prof. Schuman

Specter of the Rose

Specter of the Rose

1946 · Max Polikoff

The Man from the Restaurant

The Man from the Restaurant

1927 · Skorohodov - The Waiter

Invitation

Invitation

1952 · Dr. Fromm

In Our Time

In Our Time

1944 · Uncle Leopold Baruta

Song of Russia

Song of Russia

1944 · Ivan Stepanov

Holiday for Sinners

Holiday for Sinners

1952 · Dr. Konndorff

Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession

Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession

1913 · Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948 · Gaboolian

Abie's Irish Rose

Abie's Irish Rose

1946 · Solomon Levy

Cross My Heart

Cross My Heart

1946 · Peter

Cinema in Russia

Cinema in Russia

1979 · Film footage

The Price of Freedom

1949 · Johann Vollmer

Der Narr seiner Liebe

1929 · Movie

When The Heart's Strings Sound

1914 · Fred, Jean's brother

Phantoms of Happiness

1930 · Jacques Bramard

Troika

1930 · Movie