Stepan Shagaida

Stepan Vasilievich Shagaida (, real name Stepan Shagardin; 9 January 1896 – 12 January 1938) was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor.

Biography He served in the Red Army from 1920 until 1922. His stage career began during the years of the Russian Civil War in the regimental Drama Theatre of the 45th Infantry Division.

In 1922, he studied at the Drama Studio theater Berezil (now Kharkiv Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Academic Drama Theatre). He began acting in films in 1924. In 1928, he became an actor of the Odessa and Kiev studios.

Selected filmography 1924 – Vendetta as Deacon Gordiy Svyatoptitsyn 1926 – Vasya reformer as Mitya Kutsy 1931 – Karmelyuk as Karmelyuk 1932 – Ivan as Ivan's father 1935 – Aerograd as Stepan Glushak 1937 – Rich Bride as hairdresser Sidor Vasilyevich Balaba