Michael Chekhov

1891–1955 · Russian actor and director

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov, better known as Michael Chekhov, was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov and a student of Konstantin Stanislavski. Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student.

Michael Chekhov, in order

1. 1913 Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession: acted
2. 1927 Man from the Restaurant: acted · directed by Yakov Protazanov
3. 1927 One Against All: acted · directed by Nunzio Malasomma
4. 1929 Foolishness of His Love: acted · directed by Olga Chekhova
5. 1929 Phantoms of Happiness: acted · directed by Reinhold Schünzel
6. 1944 Song of Russia: acted · directed by Gregory Ratoff and László Benedek
7. 1945 Spellbound: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 86%, audiences 82%
8. 1946 Abie's Irish Rose: acted · directed by A. Edward Sutherland
9. 1948 Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven: acted · directed by William Castle
10. 1954 Rhapsody: acted · directed by Charles Vidor