Michael Mark (born Morris Schulman; 15 March 1886 – 3 February 1975) 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 (now Belarus), he immigrated to 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 (1931) with Boris Karloff. Michael Mark died in Los Angeles, California, aged 88, in 1975.
Selected filmography
Four Sons (1928) - Von Stomm's Orderly (uncredited) Tempest (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited) The Woman Disputed (1928) - Russian Soldier (uncredited) Napoleon's Barber (1928, Short) - Peasant City Girl (1930) - Man Standing at Cafe (uncredited) Remote Control (1930) - Thug (uncredited) Resurrection (1931) - Simon Kartinkin, innkeeper The Yellow Ticket (1931) - Baron's Secretary (uncredited) The Guardsman (1931) - The Actor's Valet (uncredited) Ambassador Bill (1931) - Republican Revolutionary Sniper (uncredited) Frankenstein (1931) - Ludwig (uncredited) The World and the Flesh (1932) - Revolutionary (uncredited) Roar of the Dragon (1932) - Wounded Informant (uncredited) Six Hours to Live (1932) - Townsman in Window (uncredited) Rasputin and the Empress (1932) - Revolutionary Soldier (uncredited) Laughter in Hell (1933) - Convict (uncredited) Tonight Is Ours (1933) - Member of People's Delegation (uncredited) She Done Him Wrong (1933) - Janitor (uncredited) Luxury Liner (1933) - Ship Passenger (uncredited) The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) Notorious but Nice (1933) - Henchman Bill Night Flight (1933) - Airport Office Employee (uncredited) The Way to Love (1933) - Window Washer (uncredited) Cradle Song (1933) - Toymaker (uncredited) Roman Scandals (1933) - Assistant Cook (uncredited) I Am Suzanne! (1933) - Puppeteer (uncredited) Wharf Angel (1934) - Saloon Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) The Black Cat (1934) - Cultist Binding Joan (uncredited) Stamboul Quest (1934) - Headwaiter (uncredited) One Night of Love (1934) - Flower Store Man (uncredited) British Agent (1934) - Soviet Committeeman (uncredited) Marie Galante (1934) - Babu (uncredited) The Night Is Young (1935) - Messenger from Restaurant (uncredited) All the King's Horses (1935) - Clerk (uncredited) Black Fury (1935) - Miner (uncredited) Paris in Spring (1935) - Bartender (uncredited) The Glass Key (1935) - Swartz - Hood (uncredited) Mad Love (1935) - Execution Official (uncredited) The Black Room (1935) - Peasant (uncredited) Woman Wanted (1935) - Smiley's Henchman (uncredited) The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) - Pompeii Nobleman (uncredited) Crime and Punishment (1935) - Painter / prisoner (uncredited) The Dark Hour (1936) - Arthur Bell The King Steps Out (1936) - Waiter (uncredited) Sons o' Guns (1936) - Carl Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Vagrant (uncredited) Anthony Adverse (1936) - Stage-Door Man (uncredited) The Garden of Allah (1936) - Coachman (uncredited) That Girl from Paris (1936) - Drunk Fortune-Teller (uncredited) The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) - Stage Doorman (uncredited) Confession (1937) - Russian Interpreter (uncredited) Missing Witnesses (1937) - Hartman Prescription for Romance (1937) - Cab Driver (uncredited) Swiss Miss (1938) - Astonished Swiss Villager (uncredited) Ride a Crooked Mile (1938) - Foma (uncredited) Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Ewald Neumüller Paris Honeymoon (1939) - Julieska Partisan (uncredited) Society Smugglers (1939) - Rug Merchant Lady of the Tropics (1939) - Mr. Robert (uncredited) Tower of London (1939) - Henry VI's Servant (uncredited) Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939) - Mechanic (uncredited) Balalaika (1939) - (uncredited) The House of the Seven Gables (1940) - Ex-Convict Reading Tribune (uncredited) Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940) - Small Thief (uncredited) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940, Serial) - Professor Karm [Chs. 5-10] The Mummy's Hand (1940) - Bazaar Owner City for Conquest (1940) - Tonbstone Painter (uncredited) Arise, My Love (1940) - Joe - Botzelberg's Asst. (uncredited) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) - Archbishop Comrade X (1940) - Goronoff - the Bellhop (uncredited) Mr.