Leonid Kuravlyov
Acting
Born: October 8, 1936 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Died: January 30, 2022 (aged 85)
Highest Rated
Biography
Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow. In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin. The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975). In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others. During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973
Viy
1967
Afonya
1975
The Barber of Siberia
1998
Mimino
1977
Brigada
2002
The Turkish Gambit
2005
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979
Seventeen Moments of Spring
1973
It Can't Be!
1975
The Most Charming and Attractive
1985
What a Mess!
1995
Photos (3)
Movies (178)
Viy
Khoma Brut
Fuss of the Fusses
Volodya
Queen's Personal Life
1993
Not Under the Jurisdiction
Sorokin
Third Time
Lyonya Fokin
Incognito from St.Petersburg
Shpekin
Men's Talk
Alexey
One Time Deal
Fedor Romanov
Hope
Stepan
The Barber of Siberia
Vakhmistr Bukin
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Sincerely Yours...
Emtsov
Restricted Area
1988
Счёт человеческий
Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
Von Bork
Mimino
Professor Khachikyan
Ono
Vasilisk Borodavkin
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
1971
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
Von Bork
Afonya
Afonya
Young People
new settler
Facts of the Past Day
Grinin
Defeat
1987
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
Sanya
The Master and Margarita
Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
Circus in the Circus
Grisha
Five Minutes of Fear
Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
"Smoked"
The Turkish Gambit
major
For the Matches
Peasant
In Search of the Golden Phallus
руководитель круиза
Shadows
1991
The Night Before Christmas
1997
What a Mess!
USA ambassador
To Dream and to Live
Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
Liberation - Part 5 : The Last Assault
Signaler Sent to Hitler's Bunker
The Golden Calf
Shura Balaganov
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
Робинзон
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Dobrynya
We, the Undersigned
Lyonya Shindin
Nylon 100%
работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
We're from Jazz
Samsonov
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Mikhail Gorbachev
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
Жорж Милославский
There Is Such a Lad
Пашка Колокольников, шофёр
The Heirs
глава администрации
Au-u!
Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
The Book of Masters
Barin
It Can't Be!
Vladimir Zavitushkin
The Enchanted Wanderer
Priest
Lady Into Lassie
Grigoriy Muromskiy
This Merry Planet
Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
The Beginning
Arkadiy
Funny People!
Денис Григорьев
Simple - Minded
1994
Your Son and Brother
Степан Воеводин, средний сын
An Unrealistic Story
Kostya Remizov
There Will Be No Leave Today
Morozov
The Most Charming and Attractive
Dyatlov
Across Red Nights
1991
Foam
Валерий Солома, аферист
Elder Sister
Volodya
Literature Lesson
Савелий Сидоров
Presumption of Innocence
Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
Lyubushka
1961
Timur and His Team
1977
The Last Sacrifice
Lavr Mironych
The Stringer
1998
There Was No Sorrow
Vadim Petrovich Potapov
Little Tragedies
Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
Entrance to Labyrinth
Oleg Khlebnikov
Pyotr Ryabinkin
1973
The Stairway
дядя Миша
First Encounter - Last Encounter
Count
The Flight of Mr. McKinley
мистер Дроот
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
1991
A Man for a Young Girl
1996
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
Priest
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
Time, Forward!
Korneyev
Crazy Money
Vasiliy
About Friends and Comrades
1970
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
Editor
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
Made in USSR
Ivan Moiseyevich
Take Care of the Men!
Vladimir Rodionov
Heirloom
1981
You to Me, Me to You
Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
Before We Part
Badarin
Fun for Old People
Yefremov
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
Ivan Shponka
Midshipman Panin
Пётр Камушкин
Traces of Rain
1991
When the Trees Were Tall
Lenka
Homeboy
Fedor
Look for a Woman
Henri Granden
Snake Catcher
Konstantin
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches
Arkady
Such a Big Boy
Vasiliy
A Show for a Single Man
1994
Dangerous for Your Life!
Spartak Molodtsov
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
Игорь Иванович Степанов
Destroy the Thirtieth!
1992
Railway Romance
Petrovich
Tailcoat for an Idler
1979
I Am His Bride
1969
The Left-Hander
император Александр Павлович
Pretty Face
1990
Holy Moly!
1988
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
1978
The Suicide
заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
Meet Me in Tahiti
Шнайдер
Without Father
Kesha
My Friends
1974
The Rain
Trenka, apprentice (voice)
Aibolit and Barmaley
Толстый
Two Days of Wonders
зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
Russian Miracle
Сеня
Don't Leave Your Lovers
Валера
Copper Angel
Ларсен
Enclosure
1988
Shine, Shine, My Star
Red comissar
Northern Rhapsody
1974
The Devil's Puppets
1993
Russian Account
Иван Сидоров, майор
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
1970
Sitting on the Golden Porch
Kороль Амфибрахий
Blackmailer
Федор Семенович
Take Your Time
1972
The Twelve Months
Old soldier
Gangsters in the Ocean
Sobakin
A Day and the Whole Life
1970
Late Child
1971
How Is It Going, Crucians?
высокий начальник
Seventh Skies
1972
These Incredible Musicians, or Shurik's New Dreams
1977
Nesrochnaya vesna
хозяин
Live in Joy
Митяй Пряжкин
White Queen's Move
Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
Provincial Benefit
1993
Detonator
1992
While the Dream is Mad
1978
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
Sentence
Лео Харман
The Invisible Man
Marvel
The Ghost of My House
1994
Esli Nevesta Vedma
2002
Machinist Drove the Trains
Yasha
May I Die, Lord...
1988
The Adventures of Travka
1976
Reports from Lebyazhye
Сеня Громов
The Love Arrow
2002
All That Jam
father Leonty
Crash
Сыроежкин
Chuffyk
(voice)
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
1984
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
князь Ветренский
Demidovy
Menshikov
The Wedding Gift
1983
The Trust That Has Burst
Ezra Plunkett
Love of Serafim Frolov
Serafim Frolov
Unanswered Love
Pavlov
Next of Kin
Толик
Martinko
Martinko (voice)
New Year's Story
Ded Moroz
The Most Beautiful Horse
1977
Through All the Years
1985
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
Everything for You
1965
It's Just Awful!
Ruslan Ivanovich
Boys
Viktor Viktorovich
The Codex of Disgrace
1993
Karpusha
Karpusha (voice)
The Roundabout
Nikolai Timofeyevich
Repeated Wedding
Михайлов
Ultimatum
Leonid
Three on the Red Carpet
Михаил Иванович Сошкин
Energetic People
Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
TV Shows (22)
Fuse
2 eps
Streets of Broken Lights
Ершов - «Дед» · 78 eps
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
Иван Малахов - кладовщик · 1 eps
Brigada
Петр Чуйков · 15 eps
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Kurt Eismann - SS Obersturmbannfuehrer · 5 eps
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Von Bork · 1 eps
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
Nicolás · 9 eps
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
Von Bork · 13 eps
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
Андрей Андреевич Зотов, инженер-корабел · 10 eps
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
«Копчёный» (вор-чердачник Валентин Бисяев) · 5 eps
Little Tragedies
3 eps
Old Songs about the Main Thing
рабочий-плотник · 1 eps
Old Songs about the Main Thing
Жорж Милославский · 1 eps
Look for a Woman
Henri Granden · 2 eps
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
von Bork · 1 eps
Entrance to the Maze
Oleg Khlebnikov - doktor neyrofiziolog · 2 eps
Мастер и Маргарита
Никанор Иванович Босой · 4 eps
The Twelve Months
Старый солдат · 2 eps
We Are Your Children
Виктор Павлович Демидов, отец Ивана · 2 eps
The Trust That Has Burst
3 eps
The Turkish Gambit
Artillery major · 4 eps
Evropeyskiy konvoy
General · 4 eps
