Pyotr Glebov

A postal card issued to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Pyotr Glebov.

Pyotr Petrovich Glebov (14 April 191517 April 2000), was a Russian film actor from the Russian noble .

In 1940, Glebov graduated from the Stanislavsky School where his teachers included Mikhail Kedrov. When World War II broke out, the young actor volunteered to fight for the Red Army. He took part in the Battle of Moscow as an anti-aircraft gunner.

Glebov is best known for portraying the major protagonist, Grigory Melekhov, in the 1958 epic And Quiet Flows the Don, a trilogy directed by Sergei Gerasimov.

In 1981, Glebov was awarded the honorary title People's Artist of the USSR and was awarded the Order of Lenin. He is buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery.

Partial filmography

The Beloved (1940) - Spectator in the stands (uncredited) Mechta (1943) The Train Goes East (1948) - Military on the station in Moscow (uncredited) And Quiet Flows the Don (1957-1958, part 2, 3) - Virgin Soil Upturned (1960, part 1, 2) - Aleksandr Polovtsev Baltic Skies (1961, part 1, 2) - Lunin Mozart and Salieri (1962) - Salieri (1963) - Eon-Hakkia The Tsar's Bride (1965) - Tsar Ivan (1965) - Pyotr Storozhev (1967) - Illarion Groza (1968) - Korablyov Retribution (1969) Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969) - Pyotr Samoylov Liberation (1970, part 1, 3) - Pavel Rotmistrov (1970) - Yakov Ivanovich Arkhipov (1971) - Petr Zhtzhinkin (1972) - Vlas (1973) - Ivan Kupriyanovich Dawn Over the Drava (1974) (1975) - Ivan Davidenko At the World's Limit (1975) - uncle Vasya (1976) - Predsedatel gubkoma Pugachev (1979) - Stepan Fedulov The Youth of Peter the Great (1980) (1981) - Katil-Badtscha Muzhiki! (1981) - father of Pavel Formula sveta (1982) (1983) Uragan prikhodit neozhidanno (1984) (1984) Idushchiy sledom (1984) (1986) - General Arhipov Skakal kazak cherez dolinu (1986) - Lukich- militsioner (1986) - Aleksey Nikiforovich Bez sroka davnosti (1987) Dedushka khoroshiy, no... ne govorit, kuda spryatal den'gi (1993) Bravye parni (1993) - Maj. Konstantin Cherednichenko (final film role)