Ivan Lapikov

Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov (7 July 19222 May 1993) was a Soviet and Russian actor and People's Artist of the USSR for the year 1982.

Biography Lapikov was born in the village of Gorny Balykley, near Tsaritsyn (now – Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast). He spent his childhood in Stalingrad.

In 1939, he enrolled in drama school in Kharkov, where he studied for the following two years. After the beginning of World War II, Ivan started to work in the Gorky Drama Theater (Stalingrad). There, he worked until he moved to Moscow in 1963. In Moscow, Lapikov joined the Film Actor's Theater-Studio.

His first role in cinema was in the film The Reserve Player (1954). After The Chairman by Alexey Saltykov (1964), where the actor had played the brother of the lead character, Lapikov became famous. Later he created a whole gallery of the Russian characters: playing Kirill in Andrei Rublev, Lyagavy in The Brothers Karamazov, Pankrat Nazarov in Eternal Call, and many other roles.

Filmography

Year Title Role Co-actors Director Producer Notes 1954 The Reserve player Seer-off Georgy Vitsin, Nikolai Rybnikov Semyon A. Timoshenko Lenfilm 1956 The Soldiers Zabavnikov Innokenty Smoktunovsky Aleksandr G. Ivanov Lenfilm 1961 A Business Trip Tatyanych Oleg Yefremov, Vasily Shukshin, Yevgeny Vesnik Yuri P. Yegorov Gorky Film Studio 1963 If You Are Right... Yefim Golubev, Chairman of the Collective Farm Stanislav Lyubshin Yuri P. Yegorov Gorky Film Studio 1964 The Wagtail's Army Wounded ManGunārs Cilinskis, Ivan Kuznetsov Riga Film Studio 1964 The Chairman The chairman's brother, Semyon Trubnikov Mikhail Ulyanov, Nonna Mordyukova, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Vitaly Solomin Mosfilm 1964 Uncalled Love Gavrila Yuriy Nazarov Vladimir V. Monakhov Mosfilm 1965 Our House Uncle Kolya Anatoli Papanov, Nina Sazonova Vasily M. Pronin Mosfilm 1966 Andrei Rublev Kirill Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Burlyayev, Irma Raush Andrei Tarkovsky Mosfilm 1966 Horseman Over the City The Ayna's Grandfather Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev Igor V. Shatrov Gorky Film Studio 1967 The House and the Owner Yegor Baynev Budimir A. Metalnikov Mosfilm 1967 The Journalist Pustovoytov Galina Polskikh, Lyusyena Ovchinnikova, Vasily Shukshin, Annie Girardot, Mireille Mathieu, Yuri Vasilyev Sergei Gerasimov Gorki Film Studio 1968 The Serafim Frolov's Love cameo Leonid Kuravlyov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Gennadi Yukhtin Semyon I. Tumanov Mosfilm 1968 Through the Rus Father Ioannes Fyodor Filippov Mosfilm 1969 The Brothers Karamazov Lyagavy Andrey Myagkov, Kirill Lavrov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Tamara Nosova Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev, Mikhail Ulyanov Mosfilm 1970 Merry-Go-Round Portrait of Iona Vladimir Basov, Yevgeny Leonov, Vyacheslav Tikhonov Mikhail Schweitzer Mosfilm 1970 About the Comrades Uncle Fedya, an Old Chekist Valeri Zolotukhin, Pyotr Glebov, Nina Agapova, Igor Starygin Vladimir Nazarov Mosfilm Composer – Karen Khachaturian 1970 Forfeit Personnel Director Oleg Yankovsky, Victoria Fyodorova, Lyubov Sokolova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Fyodor Filippov Mosfilm 1970 The Silver Trumpets Peasant Andrey Myagkov, Irina Alfyorova, Mikhail Yanshin Eduard Bocharov Gorky Film Studio 1970 The Firekeepers Danila Makarovich Yevgeny Matveyev, Tamara Syomina Yevgeny Karelov Mosfilm 1971 Yegor Bulychyov and Others Fool-for-Christ Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Rimma Markova, Nina Ruslanova, Georgi Burkov, Lev Durov Sergei Solovyov Mosfilm 1971 Moment of Silence Soldier Boris Krayushkin Yuri Kuzmenkov, Yuri Katin-Yartsev, Nikolai Volkov (Jr.) Igor Shatrov Gorky Film Studio 1973-1983 The Eternal Call Pankrat Nazarov Pyotr Velyaminov, Oleg Basilashvili, Yefim Kopelyan, Ada Rogovtseva, Vadim Spiridonov Valeri Uskov, Vladimir Krasnopolski Mosfilm TV series 1973 Comrade General Executive Officer Igor Ledogorov, Vladimir Kashpur, Leonid Kulagin, Olga Gobzeva Teodor Y. Vulfovich Mosfilm 1974 Front without Flanks Yerofeich Ivan Pereverzev, Vladimir Ivashov, Vladimir Zamansky Igor Gostev Mosfilm The first part of the Gostev's war trilogy 1975 They Fought for Their Country Poprischenko Vasily Shukshin, Yuri Nikulin, Sergei Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Nikolai Gubenko, Yevgeni Samoylov, Nonna Mordyukova Sergei Bondarchuk Mosfilm Written by Mikhail Sholokhov 1977 The Stepp Panteley the Pilgrim Vladimir Sedov, Nikolay Trofimov, Igor Kvasha Sergei Bondarchuk Mosfilm 1977 Front behind the Front-line Yerofeich Yuri Tolubeyev, Nina Menshikova, Tatyana Bozhok, Marina Dyuzheva, Afanasy Kochetkov Igor Gostev Mosfilm The second part of the Gostev's war trilogy 1978 Father Sergius The Old Man on the Ferry Valentina Titova, Nikolai Gritsenko, Lyudmila Maksakova Igor Talankin Mosfilm 1979 Little Tragedies Priest Georgi Taratorkin, Sergei Yursky, Natalya Belokhvostikova, Ivars Kalniņš, Larisa Udovichenko Mikhail Schweitzer Studio Ekran 1979 Poem about the Wings Yesaul Nikolay Annenkov, Georgi Yepifantsev, Aleksandr Galibin Daniil Khrabrovitsky Mosfilm, ICAIC (Cuba), DEFA (East Germany), Gaumont 1980 The Youth of Peter the Great Blacksmith Zhemov Tamara Makarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Oleg Strizhenov, Boris Khmelnitsky Sergei Gerasimov Gorky Film Studio The first part of the Gerasimov's historical film 1980 At the Beginning of the Glorious Deeds Blacksmith Zhemov Dmitri Zolotukhin, Aleksey Mironov, Ulrike Mai Sergei Gerasimov Gorky Film Studio The second part of the Gerasimov's historical film 1981-1982 The Young Russia The Bishop of Kholmogory, Afanasy Aleksandr Fatyushin, Nikolay Olyalin, Aleksandra Yakovleva, Oleg Borisov Ilya Gurin Gorky Film Studio 1981 Front in the Enemy's Rear Yerofeich Valeriya Zaklunna, Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Mikhail Kokshenov, Yevgeny Leonov-Gladyshev Igor Gostev Mosfilm, Barrandov Studios The third part of the Gostev's war trilogy 1984 Before We Part Uncle Pasha Natalya Fateyeva, Nikolai Karachentsov, Klara Luchko, Yuri Antonov, Igor Kostolevsky Aleksandr Kosarev Mosfilm 1985 Budulay's Return Old Man, Vasily Mihai Volontir, Klara Luchko, Nina Ruslanova, Ivan Ryzhov Aleksandr Blank Studio Ekran 1986 Boris Godunov Blind Man Sergei Bondarchuk, Roman Filippov, Yelena Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Olgierd Łukaszewicz Sergei Bondarchuk Mosfilm, Barrandov Studios 1988 Itinerant Folk Buturlin Aleksandr Filippenko, Boris Nevzorov, Andrey Martynov Ilya Gurin Gorky Film Studio 1988 Lord, Let Me Die... Ivan Ivanovich, Film Director Galina Polskikh, Sergei Filippov, Vladimir Grammatikov Boris Grigoryev Gorky Film Studio 1989 Souvenir for the Prosecutor The Chief Regional Prosecutor Galina Belyayeva, Svetlana Toma, Aleksander Serov Aleksandr Kosarev Sverdlovsk Film Studio 1993 Black Devil Old Man Mikhail Gluzsky, Natalya Gundareva, Oleg Stefanko Aleksandr Kosarev Mosfilm 1994 House on the Rock Juozas Budraitis, Irina Kupchenko, Svetlana Svetlichnaya Aleksandr Khryakov Valir-Film 1994 Quiet Flows the Don Old Cossack Rupert Everett, F. Murray Abraham, Natalya Andreychenko, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Boris Shcherbakov Sergei Bondarchuk Madison Motion Pictures Based on the M. Sholokhov's masterpiece

Awards Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974) People's Artist of the USSR (1982) USSR State Prize (1979) Lenin Komsomol Prize (1979) Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR - 1973

Legacy The Lapikov Museum, in the village of Gorny Balykley Memorial plaque to Ivan Lapikov at the house in Volgograd where he lived