Nikolay Rybnikov

Nikolai Nikolayevich Rybnikov (; 13 December 1930 – 22 October 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Biography Early life and education Nikolai Nikolayevich Rybnikov was born on 13 December 1930 in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast. His father Nikolai Nikolayevich, was a factory fitter and his mother, Klavdiya Aleksandrovna, a housewife. He also had a brother, Vyacheslav.

Nikolai Rybnikov became a favorite of audiences in the late 1950s and early 1960s, performing romantic characters of cheerful young men, with integrity and purity revealed through sharp and dramatic relationships with others.

In the following years, Rybnikov acted a lot in film, including in He Submits to the Sky, War and Peace, where he played the role of Vasily Denisov, Liberation, The Hockey Players. The picture The Seventh Heaven (1972) was a great success, in it Nikolai Rybnikov starred with his wife, Alla Larionova.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, the actor was invited to appear less often and only in episodic roles. The most vivid role of Rybnikov of this period is pensioner-squabbler Kondraty Petrovich in the film Marry a Captain (1985), for which he received the Soviet Screen Award in 1986 in the category of best actor in an episode role.

While studying in VGIK, Rybnikov also fell in love with his classmate Klara Rumyanova. However, she didn't like him and never accepted any presents he tried to give her. When Rybnikov tried to give her a very expensive golden watch, Rumyanova slapped him and ordered to stay away from her. After that Rybnikov threw the watch out of the window in fury. Two years before Rybnikov's death, Rumyanova visited him in the hospital, where she apologized for all her rejections and said that Rybnikov was the man she needed.

Selected filmography Source:

1954: Mysterious Discovery as Sailor 1954: The Team from our Street as Drozdov 1954: Substitute Player as Petrov 1955: Anxious Youth as Kotka Grigorenko 1956: Other People's Relatives as Fyodor Gavrilovich Soloveikov 1956: Spring on Zarechnaya Street as Sasha Savchenko 1957: The Height as Nikolai Pasechnik 1958: The Girl Without an Address as Pasha Gusarov 1960: Normandie-Niémen as Captain Tarasenko 1962: The Girls as Ilya Kovrigin 1963: They Conquer the Skies as Alexei Kolchin, test pilot 1965: The Hockey Players as Vasily Lashkov 1966: War and Peace I: Andrei Bolkonsky as Denisov 1966: War and Peace II: Natasha Rostova as Denisov 1966: Uncle's Dream as Pavel Alexandrovich Mozglyakov 1967: War and Peace III: The Year 1812 as Denisov 1967: War and Peace IV: Pierre Bezukhov as Denisov 1968: Wake Up Mukhin as Benkendorf / Titus Valerius / Inquisitor 1969: Kierunek Berlin as Polyak 1969: Old Friend as Anokhin 1970: Liberation I: The Fire Bulge as Major-General Panov 1970: Liberation II: Breakthrough as Major-General Panov 1971: Liberation III: Direction of the Main Blow as Major-General Panov 1972: The Circle as Viktor Vasiltsev 1972: Marble House as Mamochko 1974: Because I Love as Roman Ignatyevich Belyy 1975: Ivanov's Family as Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov 1976: Fun for Oldies as Nepeivoda, accordionist 1977: A Second Attempt of Victor Krokhin as Fyodor Ivanovich 1977: I Have an Idea! as Prince Potyomkin 1981: Bless You, Dear as Nikolai Yerofeyev 1985: Marry a Captain as Kondraty Petrovich 1987: Night Crew as Nikitin 1989: Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation as MP candidate 1990: Get Thee Out as Innkeeper Nikifor 1991: Izydi! as Nikifor (final film role)

Awards Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981) Soviet Screen Award (1986) — best actor in an episode role