Evgeniy Samoylov
Biography
Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Looking for Happiness
1940
Tom Sawyer
1936
Our Cinema
as (archive footage)
1940
Waterloo
as Cambronne
1970
Novelly
1941
The Unforgettable Year 1919
as Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
1951
Admiral Nakhimov
as Lt. Burunov
1947
The Alive and the Dead
as commander of the communist battalion
1964
Adventure in Odessa
as Gleb's Father
1953
Unripe Raspberries
as Адольф
1985
Boris Godunov
as Pimen
1986
Aleksa Dundic
as Bodrov
1958
Unfinished Story
as Aleksandr Aganin
1955
Taras Shevchenko
as Nikolay Speshnev
1951
Shchors
as Nikolay Shchors
1939
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
as Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
1944
The Shining Path
as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
1940
To the Black Sea
1958
Accidental Meeting
as Grigoriy Rybin
1936
Sinegoriya
as Amalgama
1946
