Michael Mark (actor)
Michael Mark was a Russian-born American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1928 and 1969.
Biography
Born in 1886 in Mogilev, Russian Empire, he immigrated the United States in 1910. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was used by Universal Studios in minor roles for several Frankenstein movies, although he played different parts in each of them.
He may perhaps best-remembered, if not by name, as the desperate father of the killed girl in Frankenstein with Boris Karloff. Michael Mark died in Los Angeles, California, aged 88, in 1975.
Selected filmography
Four Sons - Von Stomm's Orderly Tempest - Minor Role The Woman Disputed - Russian Soldier Napoleon's Barber - PeasantCity Girl - Man Standing at Cafe Remote Control - Thug Resurrection - Simon Kartinkin, innkeeperThe Yellow Ticket - Baron's Secretary The Guardsman - The Actor's Valet Ambassador Bill - Republican Revolutionary Sniper Frankenstein - Ludwig The World and the Flesh - Revolutionary Roar of the Dragon - Wounded Informant Six Hours to Live - Townsman in Window Rasputin and the Empress - Revolutionary Soldier Laughter in Hell - Convict Tonight Is Ours - Member of People's Delegation She Done Him Wrong - Janitor Luxury Liner - Ship Passenger The Kiss Before the Mirror - Courtroom Spectator Notorious but Nice - Henchman BillNight Flight - Airport Office Employee The Way to Love - Window Washer Cradle Song - Toymaker Roman Scandals - Assistant Cook I Am Suzanne! - Puppeteer Wharf Angel - Saloon Master of Ceremonies The Black Cat - Cultist Binding Joan Stamboul Quest - Headwaiter One Night of Love - Flower Store Man British Agent - Soviet Committeeman Marie Galante - Babu The Night Is Young - Messenger from Restaurant All the King's Horses - Clerk Black Fury - Miner Paris in Spring - Bartender The Glass Key - Swartz - Hood Mad Love - Execution Official The Black Room - Peasant Woman Wanted - Smiley's Henchman The Last Days of Pompeii - Pompeii Nobleman Crime and Punishment - Painter / prisoner The Dark Hour - Arthur BellThe King Steps Out - Waiter Sons o' Guns - CarlTicket to Paradise - Vagrant Anthony Adverse - Stage-Door Man The Garden of Allah - Coachman That Girl from Paris - Drunk Fortune-Teller The King and the Chorus Girl - Stage Doorman Confession - Russian Interpreter Missing Witnesses - HartmanPrescription for Romance - Cab Driver Swiss Miss - Astonished Swiss Villager Ride a Crooked Mile - Foma Son of Frankenstein - Ewald NeumüllerParis Honeymoon - Julieska Partisan Society Smugglers - Rug MerchantLady of the Tropics - Mr. Robert Tower of London - Henry VI's Servant Charlie Chan in City in Darkness - Mechanic Balalaika - The House of the Seven Gables - Ex-Convict Reading Tribune Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me - Small Thief Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe - Professor Karm The Mummy's Hand - Bazaar OwnerCity for Conquest - Tonbstone Painter Arise, My Love - Joe - Botzelberg's Asst. The Son of Monte Cristo - ArchbishopComrade X - Goronoff - the Bellhop Mr. Celebrity - Gas Station AttendantThe Ghost of Frankenstein - Councillor Men of San Quentin - Mike, Convict in RavineRoad to Morocco - Pottery Vendor Casablanca - Vendor Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon - George Mission to Moscow - Timid Man Hitler's Madman - Czech Laborer in Pain Background to Danger - Hotel Night Clerk None Shall Escape - Old Man The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Traveler to Lima [House of Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein (1944 film)|House of Frankenstein] - Frederick StraussThe Great Flamarion - NightwatchmanCrime, Inc. - Lutz, Cafe Waiter Back to Bataan - Señor O'Bordo Jealousy - Shop OwnerCornered - Elevator Operator The Fighting Guardsman - Poor Farmer Joe Palooka, Champ - Herman PalookaGentleman Joe Palooka - Pop Palooka Northwest Outpost - Small Convict The Trespasser - Collector The Pretender - Mike - JanitorJoe Palooka in the Knockout - Pop Palooka The Exile - Drunk Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad - Pop PalookaDevil's Cargo - Salvation Army CaptainLetter from an Unknown Woman - Café Customer The Vicious Circle - Gustav HorneyAppointment with Murder - 2nd Baggage ClerkSearch for Danger - Mr. PerryFollow Me Quietly - Mr. Mark, Apartment Manager This Side of the Law - Vagrant Once a Thief - MiltonMask of the Avenger - Townsman The People Against O'Hara - Workman Quo Vadis - Fisherman Chained for Life - Man in Audience Mutiny - Cuban Fisherman Desert Passage - Pop BurleyThe Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima - Monsignor Formigão The Merry Widow - Chestnut Vendor Salome - Old Farmer The Juggler - Old Man Showing Photo of His Son Phantom from Space - WatchmanThe Silver Chalice - Audience Member The Big Combo - Fred - Hotel ClerkSon of Sinbad - Caravan Merchant Rock Around the Clock - Mr. Gilflavin - Chaperone Edge of Hell The Ten Commandments - Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Old Man Who Blesses Moses Death of a Scoundrel - Mike - Elevator Operator Rumble on the Docks - Dormeyer Lizzie - Bartender Silk Stockings - Mr. Volotoff Jet Pilot - Russian General The Book of Acts Series - Member of the SanhedrinThe Brothers Karamazov - Juror Too Much, Too Soon - Patterson Attack of the Puppet People - EmilCity of Fear - Restaurant Proprietor The Wasp Woman - Eric ZinthropReturn of the Fly - Gaston The Big Fisherman - InnkeeperA Guide for the Married Man - Shoeshine Man Funny Girl - Halvah Peddler Hello, Dolly! Pushcart Man