Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff (born April 20, 1897 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , † December 14, 1960 in Solothurn , Switzerland ) was an American actor , film director and producer .

Life

Ratoff was born the son of Russian Jews and moved to the United States in 1922. There he began his career as an actor on Broadway , but was later seen in supporting roles in Hollywood productions - thanks to his accent mainly as a foreigner. In 1939 he directed the film Intermezzo for David O. Selznick , Ingrid Bergman's first film in Hollywood.

In 1944 he produced the pro-Soviet propaganda film Song of Russia . He took on his most famous role as an actor in 1950 in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's successful production Alles über Eva . Ratoff was one of the first producers to purchase the rights to James Bond from Ian Fleming for $ 6,000 , and who first released James Bond on American television on October 21, 1954.

In 1923 he married the actress Eugenie Leontovich , from whom he divorced in 1949.

In 1960 Ratoff was honored with a star on the Walk of Fame .

Filmography (selection)

As a performer

• 1921: Dubrowsky, the robber ataman
• 1932: N in the Death Trap ( Under-Cover Man )
• 1932: What Price Hollywood?
• 1932: Symphony of Six Million
• 1933: I'm No Angel ( I'm No Angel )
• 1933: New York by night ( Broadway Through a Keyhole )
• 1933: 1st prize: Paris ( Girl Without a Room )
• 1934: Scandals 1935 ( George White's Scandals )
• 1935: what happened yesterday? ( Remember Last Night? )
• 1936: Sing, Baby, Sing
• 1936: Pirates on board ( Here Comes Trouble )
• 1936: Under Two Flags ( Under Two Flags )
• 1937: In the seventh heaven ( Seventh Heaven )
• 1936: We march at midnight! ( The Road to Glory )
• 1939: Intermezzo ( Intermezzo, a Love Story )
• 1950: Demon Uran ( My Daughter Joy )
• 1950: All About Eve ( All About Eve )
• 1952: Five Pearls ( O. Henry's Full House )
• 1953: Clouds Are Everywhere ( The Moon Is Blue )
• 1953: The maiden on the roof
• 1954: Sabrina
• 1955: A Kingdom for a Woman ( Abdulla the Great )
• 1957: Between Madrid and Paris ( The Sun Also Rises )
• 1960: That Old Feeling ( Once More, with Feeling! )
• 1960: Exodus
• 1961: The Great venture ( The Big Gamble )

As a director

• 1936: Sins of Man
• 1939: Rose of Washington Square
• 1939: Intermezzo ( Intermezzo: A Love Story )
• 1941: Adam had four sons ( Adam Had Four Sons )
• 1941: Blood revenge ( The Corsican Brothers )
• 1941: Novel of a Dancer ( The Men in Her Life )
• 1943: Something to Shout About
• 1944: Irish Eyes Are Smiling
• 1945: Paris Underground
• 1947: Carnival in Costa Rica ( Carnival in Costa Rica )
• 1949: Women of Dangerous Age ( That Dangerous Age )
• 1949: Black Magic / Count Cagliostro ( Black Magic )
• 1950: Demon Uran ( My Daughter Joy )
• 1955: A Kingdom for a Woman ( Abdulla the Great )
• 1960: Oscar Wilde

As a producer

• 1935: 18 Minutes / King of the Circus / This Woman Is Mine
• 1941: Novel of a Dancer ( The Men in Her Life )
• 1943: Something to Shout About
• 1949: Women of Dangerous Age ( That Dangerous Age )
• 1949: Black Magic / Count Cagliostro ( Black Magic )
• 1950: Demon Uran ( My Daughter Joy )
• 1955: A Kingdom for a Woman ( Abdulla the Great )

Web links

• Gregory Ratoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gregory Ratoff in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Gregory Ratoff in the database of Find a Grave (English)