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Michael Visaroff

Actor

Michael Visaroff

Born December 18, 1889 in Moscow, Russian EmpireDied February 27, 195190 films

Michael Simeon Visaroff (born Mikhail Semenonovich Vizarov; December 18, 1889 – February 27, 1951) was a Russian character actor, who worked in the US on stage and screen.

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Freaks posterFirst watchFreaks19327.8as Jean (uncredited)A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Dracula poster7.2Dracula1931Woman of the Year poster7.0Woman of the Year1942For Whom the Bell Tolls poster6.5For Whom the Bell Tolls1943Midnight poster7.4Midnight1939The Last Command poster7.4The Last Command1928Bluebeard's 8th Wife poster7.0Bluebeard's 8th Wife1938The Flying Deuces poster6.4The Flying Deuces1939Morocco poster6.4Morocco1930

Filmography

90 films as actor
  1. 1952MacaoRussian Doorman (uncredited)
  2. 1947IntrigueShip's Captain (uncredited)
  3. 1947DesperateVillager (uncredited)
  4. 1946Don Ricardo ReturnsCaptain Martinez
  5. 1946Flight to NowhereJoseph Herman Ruehl
  6. 1946Two Sisters from BostonRussian Opera Team Member (uncredited)
  7. 1945Yolanda and the ThiefMajor Domo
  8. 1945A Royal ScandalRussian General (uncredited)
  9. 1945A Song to RememberRussian Governor (uncredited)
  10. 1944Experiment PerilousBallet Master (uncredited)
  11. 1944The Mask of DimitriosBulgarian Policeman (uncredited)
  12. 1943Madame CurieProud Papa (uncredited)
  13. 1943Du Barry Was a LadyFlunky (uncredited)
  14. 1943For Whom the Bell TollsStaff Officer
  15. 1943Mission to MoscowBarkov (uncredited)
  16. 1942Reunion in FranceVigouroux (uncredited)
  17. 1942Invisible AgentVerichen (uncredited)
  18. 1942Woman of the YearRussian Guest (uncredited)
  19. 1941Blood and SandMinor Role (uncredited)
  20. 1941Second ChorusSergei (uncredited)
  21. 1940The Son of Monte CristoPrince Paul Pavlov
  22. 1940Charlie Chan at the Wax MuseumOtto Von Brom
  23. 1939Everything Happens at NightWoodcutter
  24. 1939The Mad EmpressDr. Samuel Basch
  25. 1939The Flying DeucesInnkeeper
  26. 1939Juarez(uncredited)
  27. 1939MidnightFootman (uncredited)
  28. 1939Sergeant MaddenVidal
  29. 1939Paris HoneymoonJudge
  30. 1938SuezJewl Merchant (uncredited)
  31. 1938I'll Give a MillionCitizen
  32. 1938Tropic HolidayFelipe
  33. 1938Air DevilsThe President
  34. 1938Bluebeard's 8th WifeStore Vice-President (uncredited)
  35. 1937Angel
  36. 1937Café MetropoleFirst Cashier (uncredited)
  37. 1937The Soldier and the LadyInnkeeper
  38. 1937EspionageForeign Spy
  39. 1937Champagne WaltzIvanovitch
  40. 1936The Gay DesperadoTheatre Manager
  41. 1936Paddy O'DayPopushka Petrovitch
  42. 1935Spring NightThe Chef
  43. 1935Man on the Flying TrapezeCellmate (uncredited)
  44. 1935Break of HeartsBassoonist (uncredited)
  45. 1935Mark of the VampireInnkeeper
  46. 1935Roberta(uncredited)
  47. 1935One More SpringRussian
  48. 1934We Live AgainJudge
  49. 1934Wagon WheelsRussian
  50. 1934Fugitive RoadPolice Captain
  51. 1934The Merry FrinksKatzelmalov, the Second Russian
  52. 1933Let's Fall in LoveTrent
  53. 1933Strange PeopleEdwards - the Caretaker
  54. 1933King of the ArenaBaron Petroff
  55. 1932Secrets of the French PolicePickpocket Victim (uncredited)
  56. 19326 Hours to LiveMonsieur Thereux
  57. 1932DownstairsServant (uncredited)
  58. 1932Murders in the Rue MorgueMirakle's Sideshow Barker (uncredited)
  59. 1932FreaksJean (uncredited)
  60. 1931Mata HariJacques (uncredited)
  61. 1931Chinatown After DarkMr. Varonoff
  62. 1931The Arizona TerrorEmilio Vasquez
  63. 1931SweepstakesRussian Cook
  64. 1931DraculaInnkeeper (uncredited)
  65. 1930MoroccoColonel Alexandre Barratière (uncredited)
  66. 1930Du Barry, Woman of PassionBit role (voice)
  67. 1930Hungarian RhapsodyGypsy King
  68. 1929DisraeliCount Borsinov
  69. 1929Woman TrapBit Role
  70. 1929The Exalted FlapperOld Fritz
  71. 1929House of HorrorChauffeur
  72. 1929Marquis PreferredJacques
  73. 19284 DevilsCircus Director
  74. 1928Plastered in ParisFrench General
  75. 1928The Night BirdMario
  76. 1928The AdventurerSomaroff
  77. 1928TempestThe Guard
  78. 1928We AmericansMr. Albertini
  79. 1928RamonaJuan Canito
  80. 1928A Girl in Every PortMaria Buenjolla's Lover
  81. 1928The Last CommandSerge (the valet)
  82. 1927Two Arabian KnightsSkipper
  83. 1927CamilleCamille's Father
  84. 1927MockeryCossack Whipping Sergei (uncredited)
  85. 1927The Sunset DerbyPeddler
  86. 1926ValenciaCafe Owner
  87. 1926The Nickel-HopperPaddy's father
  88. 1926ParisRocco
  89. 1925The SwanFather Hyacinth
  90. 1917Comrade ElenaThe colonel