Michael Chekhov
Known for ActingBorn 1891-08-28 — died 1955-09-30Saint 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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Known for
Spellbound
1945 · as Dr. Alexander Brulov
Song of Russia
1944 · as Ivan Stepanov
Abie's Irish Rose
1946 · as Solomon Levy
In Our Time
1944 · as Uncle Leopold Baruta
Cross My Heart
1946 · as Peter
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 · as Gaboolian
Invitation
1952 · as Dr. Fromm
Phantoms of Happiness
1930 · as Jacques Bramard
Rhapsody
1954 · as Prof. Schuman
Specter of the Rose
1946 · as Max Polikoff
Holiday for Sinners
1952 · as Dr. Konndorff
Cinema in Russia
1979 · as Film footage
The Price of Freedom
1949 · as Johann Vollmer
Der Narr seiner Liebe
1929
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
Troika
1930