Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Biography
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination. One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973). Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
A Night for Reflection
1972
Teens in the Universe
as И. О. О.
1975
Moscow-Cassiopeia
as И. О. О.
1974
Trust
as Nikolai Bobrikov
1976
The Winter of Our Discontent
as Ethan Allen Hawley
1963
Big Boy
1982
Born by the Storm
as Staryy graf
1981
How He Lied to Her Husband
1956
Dark Eyes
as Il Governarore di Sisoiev
1987
Enchanted
1994
On the Road of Immortality
as Юлиус Фучик
1957
Beware of the Car!
as Юрий Деточкин
1966
Soldiers
as Farber
1956
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
as self
1980
Crime and Punishment
as Porfiry Petrovitch
1970
Hamlet
as Hamlet
1964
Murder on Dante Street
as Molodoy fashist
1956
First Encounter - Last Encounter
as Member of counter-intelligence
1987
Daughters-Mothers
as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev
1975
The Queen of Spades
as Chekalinsky
1982
TV Appearances
Naval Cadets, Charge!
as kardinal Fleri
1988
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
as Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger
2000
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1980
Dead Souls
as Плюшкин
1984
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
as Lord Thomas Bellinger - Prime Minister
1988
Dandelion Wine
1998
Little Tragedies
1980
Legends of Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2016
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1977
Children of the Sun
1985