Leonid Kuravlyov
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1936
- Died
- January 30, 2022 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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
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Filmography
Hello, Andrey!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
All That Jam
Movie · as father Leonty
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
Movie · as Self
The Master and Margarita
Movie · as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
The Book of Masters
Movie · as Barin
The Heirs
Movie · as глава администрации
The Turkish Gambit
TV · as Artillery major · 4 eps
Мастер и Маргарита
TV · as Никанор Иванович Босой · 4 eps
The Turkish Gambit
Movie · as major
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Movie
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Movie · as Dobrynya
Railway Romance
Movie · as Petrovich
Evropeyskiy konvoy
TV · as General · 4 eps
Esli Nevesta Vedma
Movie
The Love Arrow
Movie
Brigada
TV · as Петр Чуйков · 15 eps
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Von Bork · 13 eps
Ultimatum
Movie · as Leonid
The Barber of Siberia
Movie · as Vakhmistr Bukin
The Stringer
Movie
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
Movie · as Жорж Милославский
Streets of Broken Lights
TV · as Ершов - «Дед» · 78 eps
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
Movie
The Night Before Christmas
Movie
New Year's Story
Movie · as Ded Moroz
A Man for a Young Girl
Movie
What a Mess!
Movie · as USA ambassador
Lady Into Lassie
Movie · as Grigoriy Muromskiy
Old Songs about the Main Thing
TV · as рабочий-плотник, Жорж Милославский · 1 ep
A Show for a Single Man
Movie
Simple - Minded
Movie
Russian Account
Movie · as Иван Сидоров, майор
Russian Miracle
Movie · as Сеня
Sentence
Movie · as Лео Харман
The Ghost of My House
Movie
The Codex of Disgrace
Movie
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Movie · as Mikhail Gorbachev
Queen's Personal Life
Movie
The Devil's Puppets
Movie
Provincial Benefit
Movie
Chuffyk
Movie · as (voice)
Territory
Movie
Scandal in our Kloshgorod
Movie
Destroy the Thirtieth!
Movie
Gangsters in the Ocean
Movie · as Sobakin
Detonator
Movie
In Search of the Golden Phallus
Movie · as руководитель круиза
Why Would an Honest Man Need an Alibi?
Movie
Meet Me in Tahiti
Movie · as Шнайдер
Made in USSR
Movie · as Ivan Moiseyevich
Traces of Rain
Movie
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
Movie
How Is It Going, Crucians?
Movie · as High-Ranking Official
Across Red Nights
Movie
Shadows
Movie
Entrance to Labyrinth
Movie · as Oleg Khlebnikov
The Enchanted Wanderer
Movie · as Priest
The Suicide
Movie · as заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
Movie · as Игорь Иванович Степанов
Nesrochnaya vesna
Movie · as хозяин
Pretty Face
Movie
Entrance to the Maze
TV · as Oleg Khlebnikov - doktor neyrofiziolog · 2 eps
The Stairway
Movie · as дядя Миша
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
Movie · as Editor
Ono
Movie · as Vasilisk Borodavkin
Enclosure
Movie
Restricted Area
Movie
Holy Moly!
Movie
Three on the Red Carpet
Movie · as Михаил Иванович Сошкин
Hope
Movie · as Stepan
Blackmailer
Movie · as Федор Семенович
Presumption of Innocence
Movie · as Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
May I Die, Lord...
Movie
Energetic People
Movie · as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
Movie · as Von Bork
Karpusha
Movie · as Karpusha (voice)
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
TV · as Nicolás · 9 eps
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
TV · as von Bork · 1 ep
We Are Your Children
TV · as Виктор Павлович Демидов, отец Ивана · 2 eps
First Encounter - Last Encounter
Movie · as Count
One Time Deal
Movie · as Fedor Romanov
Martinko
Movie · as Martinko (voice)
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
Movie · as Von Bork
Defeat
TV · 4 eps
Snake Catcher
Movie · as Konstantin
Sitting on the Golden Porch
Movie · as Kороль Амфибрахий
Five Minutes of Fear
Movie · as Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
The Left-Hander
Movie · as император Александр Павлович
The Most Charming and Attractive
Movie · as Dyatlov
Dangerous for Your Life!
Movie · as Spartak Molodtsov
The Invisible Man
Movie · as Marvel
Sincerely Yours...
Movie · as Emtsov
Through All the Years
Movie
Before We Part
Movie · as Badarin
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
Movie
Copper Angel
Movie · as Ларсен
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
TV · as Андрей Андреевич Зотов, инженер-корабел · 10 eps
The Trust That Has Burst
Movie · as Ezra Plunkett
We're from Jazz
Movie · as Samsonov
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
Movie · as Ivan Shponka
Demidovy
Movie · as Menshikov
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches
Movie · as Arkady
There Was No Sorrow
Movie · as Vadim Petrovich Potapov
The Wedding Gift
Movie
Take Care of the Men!
Movie · as Vladimir Rodionov
Look for a Woman
TV · as Henri Granden · 2 eps
The Trust That Has Burst
TV · 3 eps
Look for a Woman
Movie · as Henri Granden
It's Just Awful!
Movie · as Ruslan Ivanovich
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
Movie · as Sanya
We, the Undersigned
Movie · as Lyonya Shindin
Crazy Money
Movie · as Vasiliy
Facts of the Past Day
Movie · as Grinin
Heirloom
Movie
Мы, нижеподписавшиеся
TV · as Лёня Шиндин, главный диспетчер СМУ · 2 eps
Don't Leave Your Lovers
Movie · as Валера
Next of Kin
Movie · as Толик
For the Matches
Movie · as Peasant
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
TV · as Von Bork · 1 ep
Little Tragedies
TV · as Adrian Prokhorov, Leporello · 1 ep
Fuss of the Fusses
Movie · as Volodya
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
Movie · as "Smoked"
Live in Joy
Movie · as Митяй Пряжкин
Tailcoat for an Idler
Movie
Foam
Movie · as Валерий Солома, аферист
Unanswered Love
Movie · as Pavlov
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
TV · as «Копчёный» (вор-чердачник Валентин Бисяев) · 5 eps
Incognito from St.Petersburg
Movie · as Shpekin
Funny People!
Movie · as Denis Grigoriev
Счёт человеческий
Movie · as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
Movie
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
Movie · as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
While the Dream is Mad
Movie
The Rain
Movie · as Trenka, apprentice (voice)
The Most Beautiful Horse
Movie
Mimino
Movie · as Professor Khachikyan
You to Me, Me to You
Movie · as Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
Timur and His Team
Movie
These Incredible Musicians, or Shurik's New Dreams
Movie
Without Father
Movie · as Kesha
Fun for Old People
Movie · as Yefremov
The Adventures of Travka
Movie
Solo for Elephant With Orchestra
Movie · as Grisha
Au-u!
Movie · as Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
The Last Sacrifice
Movie · as Lavr Mironych
Afonya
Movie · as Afonya
It Can't Be!
Movie · as Vladimir Zavitushkin
To Dream and to Live
Movie · as Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
Repeated Wedding
Movie · as Михайлов
The Flight of Mr. Mc.Kinley
Movie
Northern Rhapsody
Movie
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
Movie · as князь Ветренский
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
Movie · as папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
My Friends
Movie
Homeboy
Movie · as Fedor
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Movie · as Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Pyotr Ryabinkin
Movie
This Merry Planet
Movie · as Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
Movie · as Робинзон
The Twelve Months
Movie · as Old soldier
Aibolit and Barmaley
Movie · as Толстый
Nylon 100%
Movie · as работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
Black Gloves
Movie
Seventeen Moments of Spring
TV · as Kurt Eismann - SS Obersturmbannfuehrer · 5 eps
The Twelve Months
TV · as Старый солдат · 2 eps
White Queen's Move
Movie · as Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
Seventh Skies
Movie
Boys
Movie · as Viktor Viktorovich
Take Your Time
Movie
The Roundabout
Movie · as Nikolai Timofeyevich
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
Movie · as Priest
Late Child
Movie
Young People
Movie · as new settler
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
Movie
Liberation - Part 5 : The Last Assault
Movie · as Signaler Sent to Hitler's Bunker
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV · as Иван Малахов - кладовщик · 1 ep
The Beginning
Movie · as Arkadiy
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
Movie
Two Days of Wonders
Movie · as зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
A Day and the Whole Life
Movie
About Friends and Comrades
Movie
I Am His Bride
Movie
Shine, Shine, My Star
Movie · as Red comissar
Not Under the Jurisdiction
Movie · as Sorokin
Men's Talk
Movie · as Alexey
Crash
Movie · as Сыроежкин
Love of Serafim Frolov
Movie · as Serafim Frolov
The Golden Calf
Movie · as Shura Balaganov
Literature Lesson
Movie · as Савелий Сидоров
Elder Sister
Movie · as Volodya
Viy
Movie · as Khoma Brut
Such a Big Boy
Movie · as Vasiliy
Without Witnesses
Movie · as Burmakin
Your Son and Brother
Movie · as Степан Воеводин, средний сын
Everything for You
Movie
Time, Forward!
Movie · as Korneev
There Is Such a Lad
Movie · as Пашка Колокольников, шофёр
An Unrealistic Story
Movie · as Kostya Remizov
Крыса на подносе
Movie
Third Time
Movie · as Lyonya Fokin
Fuse
TV · 2 eps
When the Trees Were High
Movie · as Lenka
Lyubushka
Movie
Machinist Drove the Trains
Movie · as Yasha
Midshipman Panin
Movie · as Kamushkin
Reports from Lebyazhye
Movie · as Сеня Громов
There Will Be No Leave Today
Movie · as Morozov