Pavel Massalsky

Pavel Vladimirovich Massalsky (; September 4, 1904 – December 15, 1979) was a Soviet theater and film actor and one of the leading teachers at the Moscow Art Theater School. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1963 and a laureate of the Stalin Prize, first degree, in 1952.

His students were Tatyana Doronina, Oleg Basilashvili, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Oleg Efremov, Mikhail Kozakov, Vladimir Vysotsky, Boris Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Baluev.

Selected filmography Circus (1936) as Franz von Kneisсhitz, corrupt theatrical agent Gavroche (1937) as Montparnasse, thief Lermontov (1943) as Nikolai Martynov Ivan the Terrible (1945) as Sigismund II Augustus Guilty Without Guilt (1945) as Petya Milovzorov The Battle of Stalingrad (1949) as American journalist The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951) as Colonel Vadbolsky Resurrection (1960) as Presiding Judge Scarlet Sails (1961) as Arthur's father The Garnet Bracelet (1964) as Your Excellency Older Sister (1966) as Pavel Vladimirovich