Gleb Plaksin

Gleb Vasilyevich Plaksin (16 August 192521 November 2008) was a French-born Soviet and Russian film actor and musician.

Biography Gleb Plaksin was born in Lyon, France where his Russian family settled down following the Russian Civil War. His father Vasily Stepanovich Plaksin was a Russian nobleman from Nizhny Novgorod who served as an officer in the hussar regiment of the Imperial Russian Army. His mother Nadezhda Damianovna Plaksina (née Snitko, 1899—1949) (ru) was a Sister of Charity from Saint Petersburg. Her elder brother Ivan Snitko (1896—1981) (ru) would become a decorated Soviet counter admiral. Both of his parents took part in the World War I during which Nadezhda Snitko was awarded the Order of St. George of three classes.

Gleb studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and became a professional piano player. After the Nazi invasion of France he became a member of the French Resistance. After the war he continued his musical career.

In 1955 Gleb and his father immigrated to the Soviet Union. He worked as a pianist in Leningrad and then — as a radio presenter at the international department of Gosteleradio in Moscow. He also became known for his various roles in the Soviet cinema. He also took part in dubbing (over 200 foreign movies).

He was decorated as a Resistance member, soldier, and actor by the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, the United States, and France; his recognition included the Croix de Guerre, the French decoration awarded for military heroism.

Selected filmography The Secret Agent's Blunder (1968) — chief of the foreign intelligence agency The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969) — French general The Red Tent (1969) — reporter The Secret Agent's Fate (1970) — chief of the foreign intelligence agency The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (1971) — restaurant visitor Monologue (1972) — foreign attendant at a congress Countermeasure (1974) - radio news announcement Story of an Unknown Man (1980) Charodei (1982) — member of the academic council Mother (1990) — judge Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991) — Hammer's Assistant Quiet Flows the Don (1992-2006) — foreigner The Russian Singer (1993) — general Pannyukov Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats (1995) — Mr. Stoker (as Eduard Plaxin) Hellfire (1995) — Henri Secrets of Palace coup d'etat (2003) — Khrizologus White Gold (2003) — academician