Vasiliy Livanov profile
Actor profile

Vasiliy Livanov

19th July 1935 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia] Acting

Born in Moscow in an acting family. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (11/27/1981). People's Artist of the RSFSR (04/18/1988). His grandfather, Nikolai Livanov (stage name Izvolsky), was an actor at first in provincial, then metropolitan theaters. Father, Boris Nikolaevich Livanov (1904-1972), is an outstanding actor who played about 40 roles in the Art Theater and 30 in the cinema. Frequent guests in the house of the Livanovs were Kachalov, Pasternak, Dovzhenko, Cherkasov, Tarkhanov, Konchalovsky. He studied at the men's school number 170, then, from 1950 to 1954 - at the Moscow secondary art school. After graduating from art school, he entered the B.V.Schukin Theater School. In addition to mastering the intricacies of acting, he tried his hand at directing - he put Yuri Olesha (thesis) on the studio stage of “Three Fat Men” and designed the performance himself. The music for the play was written by Gennady Gladkov, a classmate and schoolmate, and in the future, a wonderful composer, co-author of V. B. Livanov for many works in film, theater and animation.

114 Movies 11 TV Shows 127 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Pass poster
The Pass 1st September 1988 as Staryy (voice)
Friend poster
Friend 1st May 1988 as пёс Друг, озвучка
The Dog in Boots poster
The Dog in Boots 3rd October 1981 as The Dog-detective (voice) / пёс-сыщик (Шерлок Холмс)
Uncle Au poster
Uncle Au 17th November 1979 as Uncle Ow (voice) / Дядюшка Ау
Shapoklyak poster
Shapoklyak 10th November 1974 as Crocodile Gene (voice)
Thank You poster
Thank You 24th April 1973 as Factory worker (voice, uncredited)
Waterloo poster
Waterloo 26th October 1970 as Percy (uncredited)
Two Lives poster
Two Lives 16th October 1961 as Companion in the cafe