Mikhail Rasumny
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Mikhail Rasumny was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Rasumny began his acting career with roles in such films as the comedy "Comrade X" (1940) with Clark Gable, the drama "Hold Back the Dawn" (1941) with Charles Boyer and the comedy "Road to Morocco" (1942) with Bing Crosby. He also appeared in the Veronica Lake crime feature "This Gun For Hire" (1942), the Brian Donlevy action movie "Wake Island" (1942) and the Gary Cooper drama "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943). His film career continued throughout the forties in productions like the comedy "Practically Yours" (1944) with Claudette Colbert, "The Unseen" (1945) and "A Medal For Benny" (1945) with Dorothy Lamour. He also appeared in "Masquerade in Mexico" (1946). Nearing the end of his career, he tackled roles in "Our Hearts Were Growing Up" (1946) with Gail Russell, the comedy "Her Husband's Affairs" (1947) with Lucille Ball and the Maria Montez action flick "Pirates of Monterey" (1947). He also appeared in "Song of My Heart" (1948) and the musical "The Kissing Bandit" (1949) with Frank Sinatra. Rasumny was most recently credited in "The Shanghai Gesture" (1992). Rasumny passed away in February 1956 at the age of 66.