Yevgeny Leonov

Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as Gentlemen of Fortune, Mimino and Striped Trip. Called "one of Russia's best-loved actors", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Vinny Pukh (Winnie-the-Pooh).

Early life While growing up in a typical Moscow family, he dreamed of becoming a warplane pilot, which was a very common desire of many boys of the World War II period. This is also often attributed to the fact that his father worked in an airplane factory. During the Great Patriotic War he and his whole family worked in a weapon manufacturing and aviation factory. Like all of Leonov's movies, they are frequently rerun on television. Reportedly, "Leonov was to Russians what Fernandel was to the French." ), when touring in Germany, he suffered a massive heart attack, which put him into a coma for 10 days (or 16 days

Leonov died on 29 January 1994 on his way to the Lenkom Theatre to perform in The Prayer for the Dead (A Memorial Prayer

A monument to Leonov as starring in Gentlemen of Fortune was installed in Moscow at the Mosfilmovskaya Street in 2001. In 2015 it was stolen for scrap metal and destroyed. A copy was installed in 2016.

Filmography Actor

Happy Flight (Счастливый рейс) (1949) as Firefighter (uncredited) Sporting Honour (Спортивная честь) (1951) as Waiter (uncredited) Submarine chaser (Морской охотник) (1954) as cook Road (Дорога) (1955) as driver Pasha Yeskov Criminal Case of Rumyantsev (Дело Румянцева) (1956) as driver Mikhail Snegiryov A Unique Spring (Неповторимая весна) (1957) as Alexey Koshelev The street is full of surprises (Улица полна неожиданностей) (1958) as Yevgeniy Pavlovich Serdyukov Difficult happiness (Трудное счастье) (1958) as Agathon Tale of newlyweds (Повесть о молодожёнах) (1959) as Fedor Ne imey 100 rubley... (Не имей сто рублей...) (1959) as Ivan S. Mukhin Povest o molodozhyonakh (1960) as Fedya Artwork (Произведение искусства) (196, Short) as Sasha Smirnov Snow tale (Снежная сказка) (1959) as Old Year Striped Trip (Полосатый рейс) (1961) as Gleb Shuleykin Cherry Town (Черёмушки) (1962) as Barabashkin Serf actress (Крепостная актриса) (1963) as Count Ivan P. Kutaisov Short humoresques (Короткие истории) (1963, TV Movie) as client Don Tale (Донская повесть) (1964) as Yakov Shibalok Thirty Three (Тридцать три) (1965) as Ivan S. Travkin Nad nami Yuzhnyy Krest (1965) as Disabled-seller in the market The Snow Queen (Снежная королева) (1967) as King Erik XXIX Parviyat kurier (1968) as Kritski Illusionist (Фокусник) (1968) as Stepan Nikolaevich Rossomakhin Do not be sad (Не горюй!) (1968) as soldier Yegor Zaletayev Zigzag udachi (Зигзаг удачи) (1968) as photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov Literature lesson (Урок литературы) (1968) as Pavel Vronsky, Nina's father Virineya (Виринея) (1969) as Michael Carrousel (Карусель) (1969, TV Series) as Ivan I. Nyukhin (voice) Tchaikovsky (Чайковский) (1970) as Alyosha Shine, shine, my star (Гори, гори, моя звезда) (1970) as Pasha, the master illusion Between high spikes (Меж высоких хлебов) (1970) as Pavlo Struchok Belorussian Station (Белорусский вокзал) (1971) as Ivan Prikhodko Gentlemen of Fortune (Джентльмены удачи) (1971) as Yevgeny Ivanovich Troshkin / Dotsent As Ilf and Petrov rode a tram (Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров) (1972) as Vitaly Kapitulov Big School-Break (Большая перемена) (1972, TV Mini-Series) as Lednyov Racers (Гонщики) (1973) as Ivan M. Kukushkin Hopelessly Lost (Совсем пропащий) (1973) as rogue nicknamed "The King" Under a stone sky (Под каменным небом) (1974) as Senior lieutenant Kravtsov Bonus (Премия) (1974) as Vasily T. Potapov Afonya (Афоня) (1975) as Kolya Circus in the Circus (Соло для слона с оркестром) (1975) as circus director Ivanov Step towards (Шаг навстречу) (1976) as Serafim Nikitich The Elder Son (Старший сын) (1976, TV Movie) as Andrei Grigorievich Sarafanov Legend about Till Eulenspiegel (Легенда о Тиле) (1977) as Lamme Goedzak Long criminal case (Длинное, длинное дело) (1977) as Mikhail P. Luzhin Mimino (Мимино) (1977) as Volokhov Funny people! (Смешные люди!) (1977) as chorister Aleksei Alekseyevich Marriage (Женитьба) (1978) as Baltazar Baltazarovich Zhevakin Chaperon (Дуэнья) (1978, TV Movie) as Don Izokelyo Mendoso An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо) (1978, TV Movie) as King And it's all about him (И это всё о нём) (1978) as Police Captain Aleksandr M. Prokhorov Autumn Marathon (Осенний марафон) (1979) as Vasily Ignatyevich Kharitonov, sosed Buzykina Faithfully (Верой и правдой) (1979) as Evgeny S. Bannikov Holidays in September (Отпуск в сентябре) (1979, TV Movie) as Vladimir Andreevich Kushak Borrowing Matchsticks (За спичками) (1980) as Antti Ihalainen Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (О бедном гусаре замолвите слово) (1981, TV Movie) as provincial actor Afanasy P. Bubentsov The House that Swift Built (Дом, который построил Свифт) (1982, TV Movie) as giant Glyum Tears Were Falling (Слёзы капали) (1983) as Pavel Ivanovich Vasin Unique (Уникум) (1983) as director Time and the Conways (Время и семья Конвей) (1984) as Alan Conway, twenty years later Kin-dza-dza! (Кин-дза-дза!) (1986) as Wef the Chatlanian, a wandering singer To Kill a Dragon (Убить Дракона) (1988) as burgomaster Passport (Паспорт) (1990) as official of Soviet Embassy in Austria Detective bureau "Felix" (Детективное агентство "Феликс") (1993) as uncle Vanya Amerikanskiy dedushka (Американский дедушка) (1993) as Gogolev Nastya (Настя) (1993) as Yakov Alekseyevich

Voice actor Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day Vasilisa the Beautiful The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin Welcome Laughter and Grief by the White Sea