Michael Chekhov
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chekhov, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: August 28, 1891
Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Known For
Filmography
as Film footage
as Prof. Schuman
as Dr. Konndorff
as Dr. Fromm
as Gaboolian
as Solomon Levy
as Peter
as Max Polikoff
as Dr. Alexander Brulov
as Uncle Leopold Baruta
as Ivan Stepanov
as Skorohodov - The Waiter
as Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich