Osip Abdulov

Osip Naumovich Abdulov (; – 14 June 1953) — Soviet stage and film actor, director; People’s Artist of the RSFSR, and recipient of the Stalin Prize, second class (1951).

Biography Osip Naumovich Abdulov was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire) in 1900. He briefly studied at Moscow University (now Moscow State University) in 1917 before turning his interest to acting.

Abdulov began working at the Shalyapin studio in 1918, where he had first performing role in 1919. He worked at various theaters in Moscow during the 1920s and 1930s and joined the company of the Theater of the Mossovet in 1943.

From 1929, he was engaged in teaching at the studio theatre of Yury Zavadsky, and later at GITIS. A close friend of Abdulov was Solomon Mikhoels, an actor and director of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre.

Abdulov additionally worked for Soviet radio broadcasting (first as an announcer and actor, then as a director) in 1924. He was involved in radio plays based on the dramatic works of Romain Rolland, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Dickens, Nikolay Gogol, and Maxim Gorky and took part in organizing artistic broadcasting for children. Abdulov worked as a news reader on Soviet radio during World War II.

Abdulov began to appear in films in 1933.

He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1944. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1949 and a Stalin State Prize (second degree) in 1951.

Osip Abdulov's son Vsevolod Osipovich Abdulov (1942 - 2002) also became a notable actor. Both were interred at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Notable roles

Theater roles Year Title Playwright(s) Role 1928 Enough Stupidity for Every Wise Man Alexander Ostrovsky Krupitsky 1933 The Devil's Disciple George Bernard Shaw General Burgoyne 1933 Wolves and Sheep Alexander Ostrovsky Lynyayev 1933 The School for Taxpayers Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr Fromanteel 1940 Without a Dowry Alexander Ostrovsky Knurov 1945 The Seagull Anton Chekhov Sorin 1945 The Cabinet Minister's Wife Branislav Nušić Uncle Vas 1950 Dawn Over Moscow Anatoly Surov Academician Ryzhov 1953 The Story of Turkey Nâzım Hikmet Old ashik

Film roles Year Title Director(s) Role 1936 The Last Night Yuly Rayzman and Dmitri Ivanovich Vasilyev Colonel 1936 The Dawn of Paris Grigory Roshal Vasse Jr. 1938 Treasure Island Vladimir Vaynshtok Long John Silver 1938 The Oppenheim Family Grigory Roshal Jacques Lavendel 1938 Honor Yevgeny Chervyakov Engineer 1945 The Man in a Case Isidor Annensky Tarantulov1940 Tanya Grigori Aleksandrov Feodor Karpovich Dorokhov 1941 They Met in Moscow Ivan Pyryev Levon Mikhaylovich 1941 How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich Andrey Kustov and Anisim Mazur Town governor 1941 The Sea Hawk Vladimir Braun Ivan Akimovich 1944 The Wedding Isidor Annensky Dymba the Greek 1944 The Duel Vladimir Legoshin Gestapo Colonel Krauschke 1949 Alexander Popov Herbert Rappaport and Viktor Eysymont Isaacs 1953 Silvery Dust Pavel Armand and Abram Room Sheriff Smiles