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Shimen Ruskin

Actor

Shimen Ruskin

Born February 25, 1907 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]Died April 23, 197624 films

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Citizen Kane posterFirst watchCitizen Kane19418.0as Hireling (uncredited)Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he…View film

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Love and Death poster7.4Love and Death1975Fiddler on the Roof poster7.7Fiddler on the Roof1971The Producers poster7.1The Producers1968Dark Passage poster7.3Dark Passage1947Gun Crazy poster7.4Gun Crazy1950Murder, My Sweet poster7.2Murder, My Sweet1944Shaft poster6.4Shaft1971Body and Soul poster6.7Body and Soul1947

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 1975Love and DeathBorslov
  2. 1971Fiddler on the RoofMordcha
  3. 1971ShaftDr. Sam
  4. 1968The ProducersThe Landlord
  5. 1953Donovan's BrainTailor
  6. 1950Undercover GirlJanitor (uncredited)
  7. 1950Gun CrazyCab Driver
  8. 1949Mr. Soft TouchGus (Uncredited)
  9. 1947Body and SoulShimen, the Grocer (uncredited)
  10. 1947Dark PassageDriver Hitting Kennedy (uncredited)
  11. 1947Johnny O'ClockDry Cleaner Guy
  12. 1946Crack-UpDissenter at Art Lecture (Uncredited)
  13. 1946Deadline at DawnSam (Taxi Driver) (uncredited)
  14. 1946The Mask of DiijonGuzzo
  15. 1946Miss Susie Slagle'sO'Connor (uncredited)
  16. 1946From This Day ForwardArtist in Shop
  17. 1945Hold That Blonde!Russian Waiter (uncredited)
  18. 1944Murder, My SweetElevator Operator (uncredited)
  19. 1942The Big StreetJoe (uncredited)
  20. 1941Dance HallCharles 'Limpy' Larkin
  21. 1941Lady from LouisianaGaston
  22. 1941Citizen KaneHireling (uncredited)
  23. 1940Comrade XRussian Bridegroom
  24. 1938Having Wonderful TimeShrimpo