Evgeniy Samoylov
Acting
Born April 15, 1912, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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.
Filmography
- 1991The Night of the Iguana
- 1991The Siege of Venice — Priest
- 1987Boris Godunov — Pimen
- 1986Boris Godunov — Pimen
- 1985Unripe Raspberries — Адольф
- Shore of his life — Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy
- 1981Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich — князь Иван Петрович Шуйский
- 1980Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa — герцог Дориа
- 1975They Fought for Their Motherland — Colonel Marchenko
- 1972A Long Path on a Short Day — Mikhail Petrovich
- Past and Thoughts — консул
- 1971The Fall of the Empire — Savva Abramovich Petrushin
- 1971The Stars Don't Fade — Chicherin
- 1970The Old House
- 1970Waterloo — Cambronne
- 1964The Alive and the Dead — commander of the communist battalion
- 1964The Enchanted Desna — Writer
- 1962Rings of Fame
- 1960A Sleepless Night — Pavel's Father
- 1960Toward the Dawn — Savych
- 1958Aleksa Dundic — Bodrov
- 1958To the Black Sea
- 1956Three Hundred Years Ago... — Bohun, colonel
- 1955Heroes of Shipka — Gen. Skobolov
- 1955The Crash of the Emirate
- 1955Unfinished Story — Aleksandr Aganin
- 1953Adventure in Odessa — Gleb's Father
- 1951Taras Shevchenko — Nikolay Speshnev
- 1951The Unforgettable Year 1919 — Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
- 1949Court of Honor
- 1947Admiral Nakhimov — Lt. Burunov
- 1947Boy From the Outskirts
- 1947New Home — сaptain Ivan Veshnyak
- 1946Sinegoriya — Amalgama
- 1944David Bek — Kasyanov
- 1944Four Hearts — Пётр Колчин
- 1944Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War — Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
- 1943He Will Come Back Again
- 1943The Elusive Jan
- 1941Novelly
- 1940Looking for Happiness
- 1940Our Cinema — (archive footage)
- 1940The Shining Path — Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
- 1939Shchors — Nikolay Shchors
- 1936Accidental Meeting — Grigoriy Rybin
- 1936Tom Sawyer