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Robert Wall was born on 22 August 1939 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Enter the Dragon (1973), The Way of the Dragon (1972) and Game of Death (1978). He was married to Lillian Prescott. He died on 30 January 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Leonid Kuravlyov made his first appearance in a movie while he was still a student. In 1959 he played in the film There Will Be No Leave Today (1959) by his classmate Andrei Tarkovsky. In 1960, he played the role of a sailor Kamushkin in a historical movie Michman Panin (1960) directed by Mikhail Shvejtser. Simultaneously, Kuravlyov acted in Vasiliy Shukshin's degree work Iz Lebyazhego soobshchayut (1960). That same year, Kuravlyov graduated from VGIK and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. From that moment on, Leonid Kuravlyov played a few leading parts and incidental characters in a few movies. In 1961, Kuravlyov starred in a famous Soviet melodrama When the Trees Were Tall (1962) with Yuriy Nikulin playing the leading part. Actor and film director Vasiliy Shukshin is considered to have been the one to widely introduce Leonid Kuravlyov to the general public. In 1964, he shot two films - Zhivyot takoy paren (1964) and Vash syn i brat (1966) - both starring Leonid Kuravlyov. Vasiliy Shukshin liked Kuravlyov's acting in these two movies so much that he would constantly offer him different roles in many of his projects. Kuravlyov, however, turned down each one of them because he did not wish to play clichéd characters.
The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Shvejtser's comedy The Golden Calf (1968) based on Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov's eponymous book was the next step in Leonid Kuravlyov's acting career, in which he managed to create an unforgettable sparkling image of a naive petty thief. Kuravlyov's other notable films of this period include one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967) adaptation of Nikolay Gogol's novell directed by Georgiy Kropachyov, where he played young seminarist Khoma Brutus, and a psychological melodrama Nepodsuden (1969) directed by Vladimir Krasnopolskiy and Valeriy Uskov, where he played the negative character Sorokin.
In the early 1970s, Leonid Kuravlyov would star in three to four films a year. He managed to play completely opposite characters like Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin's Robinson Crusoe (1973), Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973), and Lavr Mironych in Pyotr Todorovskiy's Poslednyaya zhertva (1976).
Even though Kuravlyov is very good at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known and mostly loved for his comic appearances in movies like Leonid Gaidai's Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973), where Kuravlyov played a thief named George Miloslavsky, who accidentally got teleported to the times of Ivan the Terrible. Interestingly enough, Andrey Mironov also tried out for this role, but Leonid Gaidai decided in Kuravlyov's favor.
In 1975, Leonid Kuravlyov starred in one his most famous comedies Afonya (1975), directed by Georgiy Daneliya. Kuravlyov played a very atypical character - a plumber named Afonya Borshchyov, who takes bribes, often gets into trouble, abuses alcohol, quarrels with his superiors at work, and doesn't really know what to do with his life. And then suddenly, one of his neighborhood "female clients" falls in love with him... About 62,2 mln. people went to see Afonya during its first year on cinema screens, making it an unconditional Soviet box-office leader of 1975.
In 1979, Leonid Kuravlyov played a very short role of a thief named Kopchyoniy in Stanislav Govorukhin's cult series The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979). The actor masterfully created an accomplished and amazingly credible image of an experienced criminal in just a matter of minutes.
During the 1980s, Leonid Kuravlyov starred in a number of memorable movies, such as Damy priglashayut kavalerov (1981), Ishchite zhenshchinu (1983), Demidovy (1983), TASS upolnomochen zayavit... (1984), Samaya obayatelnaya i privlekatelnaya (1985), Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (1987) and many others.
The 1990s were not the best times for the Russian cinema in general and most of the released movies were mediocre and low-grade. During this period, many actors were forced to star in low-quality films just to make ends meet, and Leonid Kuravlyov was not an exception. Perhaps, his role in a movie called Lady Into Lassie (1995) is the only one worth mentioning.
In 2002 he starred in Russian mini-TV series Law of the Lawless (2002) as an MVD general. In 2009 he played the Nobleman in Disney's first Russian-only release, Kniga masterov (2009). - Actress
- Additional Crew
Cheslie Kryst was born on 28 April 1991 in Jackson, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Colin in Black & White (2021), Extra (1994) and Nashville Squares (2019). She died on 30 January 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Viktor Merezhko was born on 28 July 1937 in Olgenfeld, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union [now Yuzhny, Russia]. He was a writer and director, known for Khutoryanin (2013), Zdravstvuy i proshchay (1973) and Zhuravl v nebe (1978). He was married to Tamara Vadimovna Merezhko. He died on 30 January 2022 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Pierino Gamba was born on 16 September 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Family Man (2000) and La grande aurora (1947). He died on 30 January 2022 in New York City, New York, USA.- Zvonimir Separovic was born on 14 September 1928 in Blato na Korculi, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He died on 30 January 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Dostana Nikolic was born on 26 August 2000 in Belgrade. She was an actress, known for Grupa (2019), Pansion Evropa (2017) and Emergency Center (2014). She died on 30 January 2022.
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
James Good was born in 1956 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Empire of the Sun (1987) and Sleepover (1995). He died on 30 January 2022 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA.- Fulvio Carrara was born on 5 March 1931 in Rome, Italy. He was an actor, known for Hercules (1958), Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963) and Hercules Unchained (1959). He died on 30 January 2022 in Rome, Italy.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Norma Waterson was born on 15 August 1939 in Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Gift Band (2011), The Waterson Family Live at Hull Truck (2011) and Folk Britannia (2006). She was married to Martin Carthy and Eddie Anderson. She died on 30 January 2022 in the UK.- Jeff Innis was married to Kelly McNee. He died on 30 January 2022 in Dawsonville, Georgia, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jon Appleton was born on 4 January 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Jon was a composer, known for Great Performances: Dance in America (1976), The Sons of Tennessee Williams (2010) and Rassias in China (1992). Jon died on 30 January 2022 in the USA.- Hargus 'Pig' Robbins was born on 18 January 1938 in Spring City, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Vicki. He died on 30 January 2022 in the USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Francis Apestéguy was born in 1952 in Suresnes, France. He is known for Doc Martin (2011), Reporters (1981) and Un jour, un destin (2007). He died on 30 January 2022 in Orgeval, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.- Ayse Gencer was born on 11 January 1956 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was married to Imer Demirer. She died on 30 January 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Animation Department
- Director
Mayya Buzinova was born on 23 August 1929 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR. Mayya was a director, known for Swineherd (1980), Nightingale (1991) and The White Heron (1987). Mayya died on 30 January 2022.- Hermann Rappe was born on 20 September 1929 in Münden, Province of Hanover, Prussia [now Hannoversch Münden, Lower Saxony], Germany. He died on 30 January 2022 in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Additional Crew
Geoffrey Ashe was born on 29 March 1923 in London, England, UK. He is known for In Search of... (1977), Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994) and History's Mysteries (1998). He was married to Dorothy Irene Train. He died on 30 January 2022 in Glastonbury, England.