Ilarion Ciobanu

Ilarion Ciobanu (; 28 October 1931 – 7 September 2008) was a Romanian actor. He has been described as "a legend" in the press and the last true Romanian comic.

Biography Ciobanu was born in Ciucur, Tighina County, Kingdom of Romania (now Moldova), in a family with six brothers. When he was 8, his father, Vlase, a longshoreman in the Port of Constanța, died in an accident. His mother, Olga, moved to Constanța, where she had to work as a cook at a hospital to support her children, two of whom would die due to illness. From age 12, Ciobanu held a variety of jobs: he worked as a longshoreman, farmer, tractor driver, miner, digger, carpenter, sailor, and fisherman. He distinguished himself as a volunteer at the building of the Bumbești–Livezeni railroad; as a dump truck driver, he transported stone from Ovidiu for the construction of the Danube–Black Sea Canal. and his ashes were thrown into the Black Sea.

Selected filmography

Thirst (1961) – Mitru Moț (1962) (1962) – Popescu Lupeni 29 (1963) – Danet (1964) – Gheorghe II Răscoala (1965) – Petre Petre Golgota (1966) (1966) Dacii (1966) – Gerula (1968) — Redea The Column (1968) – Gerula, a Dacian Captain (1969) – shephard Nichifor Lipan (1969) – Pavel Costan (1970) – Ghinda Michael the Brave (1971) – Stroe Buzescu (1971) (1971) – Gavrilă Drăgan (1971) – Ilarion (1971) – Pintea (1972) – Pavel Cu mâinile curate (1972) – Mihai Roman (1972) Ultimul cartuș (1973) – Mihai Roman (1973) – Mihai Roman (1973) (1973) – Mihai Roman (1973) – Johannes Pierre Fripp (1974) - Commissioner Mihai Roman Nemuritorii (1974) – Vasile (1975) – Johannes Pierre Fripp (1975) – Dan Cernega No Trespassing (1975) – Ilarie Toate pînzele sus (1976-1978, TV Series) – Gherasim Sotir (1977) – Captain Moise Grozea (1977) The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians (1978) – Traian Brad (1978) – Teodosie Lazăr (1978) – Hăisan The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians (1978) – Traian Brad (1978) (1978) – officer Percea (1978) – Tudose Volintiru Mihail, câine de circ (1979) – Captain Duncan (1979) – Vasile Mutu (1979) (1980) – colonel Cristescu (1980) (1980) – Vârlan The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians (1981) – Traian Brad de la Poplaca (1981) – Dăneț (1981) (1983) – Tudor (1984) – Ion Barbu Acasă (1985) – Moș Culai (1986) – sergeant Oancea (1986) – Octavian Borcea (1987) – father Ionel (1988) – Baciul Iuga (1994) – Fane (1995) — nea Parfenie (2003) – Părintele Petrian (2006) – Oana's father (2006) – Romeo Protopopescu (2007) – Rodia's father