Oleg Dahl

Oleg Ivanovich Dal (; 25 May 1941 – 3 March 1981) was a Soviet Russian stage and film actor.

He acted in films, from classics of drama to fairy tales and adventures. His most popular works included Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha (1967), Chronicles of a Dive Bomber (1967), An Old, Old Tale (1970), King Lear (1971), On Thursday and Never Again (1977), September Vacation (1979). Dal played his last cinema role in Uninvited Friend by Leonid Maryagin in 1981.

He worked in the Sovremennik Theatre (1963–1971, 1973–1975) and in the Malaia Bronnaia Theatre (1975–1978).

Early life and education Oleg Dal was born on 25 May 1941 in Lyublino, Moscow Oblast (presently Lyublino District, Moscow). His father, Ivan Zinovyevich Zherko (Иван Зиновьевич Жерко), was an engineer, and mother, Praskovya Petrovna, was a teacher.

Acting career Theatre After graduation, he was invited to the Sovremennik Theatre, where he worked on and off until 1976. He was buried in Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.

Filmography My Younger Brother (1962) as Alik Kramer The First Trolleybus (1963) as Senya The Bridge Is Built (1966) as Yulian Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha (1967) as Zhenya Kolyshkin Chronicles of a Dive Bomber (1968) as Yevgeni Sobolevski An Old, Old Tale (1968) as Soldat i kukolnik King Lear (1970–1971) as jester of the king Lear Shadow (1971) as Scientist / His Shadow The Land of Sannikov (1973) as Yevgeny Krestovsky The Bad Good Man (1973) as Layevski Variant "Omega" (1975, TV Mini-Series) as Sergey Nikolayevich Skorin It Can't Be! (1975) as Anatoly (Anatole) Barygin-Amurskiy The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975) as nachalnik karaula v Petropavlovskoy kreposti Town People (1976) as passenger How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder (1977) as Ivanushka, durachok Golden Mine (1978) as Kosov On Thursday and Never Again (1978) as Sergey September Vacation (1979) as Zilov The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person (1979, TV Movie) as Prince Florisel We Looked in the Death's Face (1980) as Boris Korbut Uninvited Friend (1981) as Viktor Sviridov (final film role)