Nicholas Soussanin

born: 03 January 1889 [?]
Yalta, Taurida Governorate,
Russian Empire
died: 27 April 1974 [?]
New York City, New York,
United States of America
(cardiac arrest, age 76)

Russian-born actor. Records show he was born in Russia in 1889, but his 1923 Naturalisation Paper says "February 03, Kieff" (height 6'2") and his 1942 Draft Card says January 16 in Yalta, Russia and a height of 6'0". The Social Security Death Index says he died in "Apr 1975" as opposed to 1974. His headstone is not depicted at findagrave.com.
Real name: Nikolai Simkoff-Soussanin
Height: 6'1"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1939
Captain Fury
Settler

MISCELLANEOUS
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Acknowledgements:
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1193/records/4153098 (appl cit 1923/29 signature, b diff date)
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60541/records/182567089 (grave; diff day of birth Apr 16; death 1975)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-7G99-KX?view=index&cc=1861144&lang=en&groupId=M9SC-XLH (WWII Draft Card ht 6'0")
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1002/records/13705290 (FS WWII Draft born JAN 16, 1889
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TXG-G1ZH?lang=en (1923 Appl; b Feb 03 Kiev Russia; 6'2")
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBTG-166?lang=en (SSDI d."Apr 1975"; b.Jan 16
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/GTQ6-WRT (FamilySearch 9 sources)
Jim Jarvis (research)

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