Leonid Bykov
Biography
Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (Russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, Ukrainian: Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, USSR) was a Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer. He received the "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" title in 1965 and the "People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR" title in 1974. Bykov contributed to several Soviet World War II films that portrayed a stereotypical Soviet Ukrainian. Bykov died in a traffic accident in 1979 on the highway from Minsk to Kyiv.[2] In 1994, the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet after him, (4682) Bykov.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Как веревочка ни вьётся
1961
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
as Captain Aleksei “Maestro” Titarenko
1974
The Scouts
as Makarenko
1968
Tiger Girl
as Petya Mokin
1954
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...
as ефрейтор Виктор Святкин
1976
Four Winds of Heaven
as Почтальон
1962
May Stars
as Alyosha
1959
The Volunteers
as Akishin
1958
Who was loved by all
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Little Hare
as Лев Зайчик
1964
Alyosha's Love
as Alyoshka
1960
Maksim Perepelitsa
as Maksim Perepelitsa
1955
Other People's Relatives
as Lev Zakharovich
1956
Be Careful, Grandma!
as Alex Shestakov
1961
My Dear Fellow
as Pasha Bogatyryov
1958
When the Bridges Are Raised
as captain
1963
In the Town of S.
as Carter
1966
Marina's Destiny
1954
The Quarrel in Lukashi
1959
Next to Us
as Nikolay Zhukov
1957
