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Vasiliy Livanov

Acting Born Jul 19, 1935 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia] 24 credits

Biography

Born in Moscow in an acting family. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (11/27/1981). People's Artist of the RSFSR (04/18/1988). His grandfather, Nikolai Livanov (stage name Izvolsky), was an actor at first in provincial, then metropolitan theaters. Father, Boris Nikolaevich Livanov (1904-1972), is an outstanding actor who played about 40 roles in the Art Theater and 30 in the cinema. Frequent guests in the house of the Livanovs were Kachalov, Pasternak, Dovzhenko, Cherkasov, Tarkhanov, Konchalovsky. He studied at the men's school number 170, then, from 1950 to 1954 - at the Moscow secondary art school. After graduating from art school, he entered the B.V.Schukin Theater School. In addition to mastering the intricacies of acting, he tried his hand at directing - he put Yuri Olesha (thesis) on the studio stage of “Three Fat Men” and designed the performance himself. The music for the play was written by Gennady Gladkov, a classmate and schoolmate, and in the future, a wonderful composer, co-author of V. B. Livanov for many works in film, theater and animation.

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Full filmography

  • Fort Boyard Russia (1998) as Fouras the Pirate
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) as Sherlock Holmes
  • Memories of Sherlock Holmes (2000) as Sherlock Holmes
  • Waterloo (1970) as Percy (uncredited)
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins (1988) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) as Sherlock Holmes
  • Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra (1983) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Secret of the Third Planet (1981) as Gromozeka (voice)
  • Junior and Karlson (1968) as Karlson (voice)
  • A Kitten Named Woof (1976) as Чёрный кот
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1 (1981) as Sherlock Holmes
  • 38 Parrots (1976) as Удав
  • Cheburashka (1971) as Gena the Crocodile (voice)
  • Junior and Karlson (1968) as Карлсон
  • Resurrection (1960) as Kryltsov
  • Law of Corruption (2005) as Shuvalov
  • The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975) as Император Николай I
  • Letter Never Sent (1960) as Andrey
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2 (1981) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger (1980) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2 (1988) as Sherlock Holmes