Dick Cherney
Date of birth: 1914-11-06
Place of birth: Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Ysaÿe (Isaac) Richard Cherniavsky (6 November 1914–21 October 2017) Cherney was a prolific background actor who, from approximately 1936 to 1976, made over 250 uncredited film and television appearances.
Movie Credits
Bachelor in Paradise
1961-11-01
A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unoffic
Cimarron
1960-12-01
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
Torn Curtain
1966-07-15
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and
Critic's Choice
1963-02-24
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be ver
Topaz
1969-12-17
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French int
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967-03-09
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of
The Street with No Name
1948-07-14
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released o
Bannerline
1951-10-12
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
The Last Tycoon
1976-11-18
Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the whi
Watch the Birdie
1950-12-11
A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.
The Band Wagon
1953-08-07
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Young Man with a Horn
1950-03-01
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jaz
Warlock
1959-05-15
A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff h
Al Capone
1959-03-25
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Proh
Written on the Wind
1956-10-04
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, J
The Apartment
1960-06-21
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $
Seven Days in May
1964-02-01
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Warning Shot
1967-01-18
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
Clash by Night
1952-05-30
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
The FBI Story
1959-10-01
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist s
Topper
1937-07-16
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to
Family Plot
1976-04-09
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while
The Way We Were
1973-10-17
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hu
Party Girl
1958-10-28
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he mee
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968-01-17
Wealthy playboy David Sloane wrongly believes good girl Carol Corman is his best friend's mistress.
Twilight of Honor
1963-11-13
A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his m
Roustabout
1964-11-11
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his
Blazing Saddles
1974-02-07
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab
Sweet Smell of Success
1957-07-04
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his B
Please Murder Me
1956-03-01
A lawyer tries to exact justice on a woman he defended in court -- a woman whom he found out was gui
Strange Bedfellows
1965-02-09
After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seve
Gypsy
1962-11-01
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge b
The Best Man
1964-04-05
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a ma
At Long Last Love
1975-03-01
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the ra
36 Hours
1964-11-26
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can
Point Blank
1967-08-30
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to
Valley of the Dolls
1967-12-27
Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show busin
An American in Paris
1951-09-26
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter
The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a yo
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966-11-02
During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962-04-13
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a sma
Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939-06-16
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murde
It's Always Fair Weather
1955-08-30
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. The
Angel Face
1953-01-02
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayn
Cult of the Cobra
1955-03-30
While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of wom
The Square Jungle
1955-12-30
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through l
Fitzwilly
1967-12-20
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she i
Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the wor
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961-12-18
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal
A Place in the Sun
1951-06-12
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy s
The Death of Me Yet
1971-10-27
The editor of a small-town newspaper has his past unexpectedly catch up with him: he finds out that
Invisible Invaders
1959-05-15
Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thou
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940-07-05
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His h
My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy miss
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960-02-03
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961-06-11
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950-10-06
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels t
Pretty Baby
1950-09-16
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on t
The War of the Worlds
1953-08-13
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they disco
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960-01-21
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where h
Fate Is the Hunter
1964-10-16
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and pe
It Should Happen to You
1954-01-15
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a docum
Horizons West
1952-10-11
Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling a
The Love God?
1969-08-01
Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who
The Rack
1956-11-02
Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In
Kiss Me Kate
1953-11-26
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of
Two on a Guillotine
1965-01-13
The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a gui
The Black Arrow
1948-03-18
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his fathe
Sunrise at Campobello
1960-09-28
The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especial
Banning
1967-12-13
A playboy golf pro, kicked off the circuit for alleged cheating, is forced to hustle for a living.
The Buster Keaton Story
1957-05-01
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952-03-14
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Désirée
1954-11-16
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napol
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972-07-12
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of
Forever, Darling
1956-02-09
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So int
The Racket
1951-10-25
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanl