Gregory Ratoff
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gregory Ratoff (20 April 1897 — 14 December 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. His most famous role as an actor was as producer Max Fabian who feuds with star Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve (1950). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregory Ratoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 19, 1897
Place of Birth: Samara, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Known For
18 Minutes
A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall submit without question to his will - is applied with unseeing kindness to an orphan girl whom the lion tamer adopts.
All About Eve
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Sabrina
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
Sitting Pretty
Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.
Let's Fall in Love
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
Café Metropole
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
Once in a Lifetime
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
Under Your Spell
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.
O. Henry's Full House
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
Filmography
as actor 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Kaltenberg
as Lakavitch
as Maxwell Archer
as Count Mippipopolous
as Man with David Larrabee (uncredited)
as Taxi driver
as Taxi Driver
as Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
as Max Fabian
as Marcos
as Boris Mefoofsky
as Prince Michael Boris Alexis
as Man at Racetrack
as Alex Zorka
as Paul
as J.J. Stone
as Boul the Cab Driver
as Petroff
as Pipe-smoking whistling sgt
as Nicholas K. Alexander
as Ivan
as Ivan Petroff
as Kolpolpeck
as Faronea
as Nikita
as Nicholas Mitwoch
as New York Film Executive
as The General / Grand Duke Serge Alexovich
as Tannenbaum
as Max Mafoofski
as Benny Pinkowitz
as Gottlieb
as Ipswich
as Abe Ullman
as Han Moloff
as Martoff
as Herman Glogauer
as Mr. Vinmont
as Julius Saxe
as Meyer
as Salesman