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Michael Chekhov

Acting Born Aug 28, 1891 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire 18 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 Hitchcock's Spellbound.

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Known for

Film

Spellbound

as Dr. Alexander Brulov

Full filmography

  • Spellbound (1945) as Dr. Alexander Brulov
  • In Our Time (1944) as Uncle Leopold Baruta
  • Rhapsody (1954) as Prof. Schuman
  • Invitation (1952) as Dr. Fromm
  • Cinema in Russia (1979) as Film footage
  • Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948) as Gaboolian
  • Holiday for Sinners (1952) as Dr. Konndorff
  • Abie's Irish Rose (1946) as Solomon Levy
  • Song of Russia (1944) as Ivan Stepanov
  • Specter of the Rose (1946) as Max Polikoff
  • Cross My Heart (1946) as Peter
  • The Price of Freedom (1949) as Johann Vollmer
  • Der Narr seiner Liebe (1929)
  • Phantoms of Happiness (1930) as Jacques Bramard
  • Troika (1930)
  • When The Heart's Strings Sound (1914) as Fred, Jean's brother
  • The Man from the Restaurant (1927) as Skorohodov - The Waiter
  • Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession (1913) as Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich