Andrei Alekseyevich Popov (; 12 April 1918 – 10 June 1983)Памятник на могиле Попова на Введенском кладбище в Москве
/ref> was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue.

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...

(1965).

Biography

His father, Aleksey Popov, was the director of the Red Army Theatre. Young Popov made his film debut in 1930, as a schoolboy in Russian silent film ''Large Nuisance''; that film was eventually lost or destroyed during the turbulent history of the Soviet Union. Between 1935 and 1939, Popov studied acting at the Drama Studio of the Red Army Theatre in Moscow. Until 1974 he was a permanent member of the troupe at the Central Theatre of the Soviet Army (formerly known as the Red Army Theatre). He joined the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...

in 1946. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Popov entertained soldiers at the front-lines. After his father's retirement in 1963, Andrei Popov succeeded him as the artistic director of the Soviet Army Theatre. In 1974, Popov was invited to join the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; , ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in by the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright ...

. There he co-starred in several stage productions together with such partners as Smoktunovsky, Yefremov, Tabakov, and other stars of Russian theater. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1981. Andrei Popov was designated a

and also received the Stalin Prize.Письма деятелей науки и культуры против реабилитации Сталина
/ref> From 1960s to 1982 he taught acting at

Russian Institute of Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) () is the largest and oldest independent drama school, theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the ...

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1950) as

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* '' The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (1951) as Nikolai Neklyudov * '' The Composer Glinka'' (1952) as

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* '' Hostile Whirlwinds'' (1953) as

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* '' The Safety Match'' (1954) as Detective Emil Dyukovsky * ''

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'' (1955) as Professor Sergei Ignatyevich Baytalin * ''

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'' (1955) as

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* '' Gutta-percha Boy'' (1957) as Count Listomirov * ''

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'' (1957) as Vasily Nazansky * '' A Gentle Creature'' (1960) as Pawnbroker * ''

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'' (1960) as Adlai Huntor Scott * '' All Remains to People'' (1963) as father Serafim * ''

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'' (1964) as episode * '' In S. City'' (1966) as

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* '' Day Stars'' (1966) as

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's father * ''

The Seventh Companion ''The Seventh Companion'' () is a 1967 Soviet Union, Soviet drama film set in Petrograd in the years following the Russian Revolution (1917), Russian Revolution. The film marked the directorial debut of Russian director Aleksei Yuryevich German, A ...

'' (1967) as Maj. Gen. Yevgeny Pavlovich Adamov * ''

Dreams of Love – Liszt ''Dreams of Love – Liszt'' (, also known in English as ''The Loves of Liszt'') is a Hungarian-Soviet epic musical/drama produced and directed by Márton Keleti, based on the biography of the Hu ...

'' (1970) as

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's voice (role played by Imre Sinkovits) * '' Taming of the Fire'' (1972) as Nikolai Ivanovich Logunov * '' A Teacher of Singing'' (1972) as Yefrem Nikolayevich Solomatin * ''

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'' (1976) as Captain * '' Wounded Game'' (1976) as Sergei Makarovich's voice (role played by Panteleimon Krymov) * '' How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder'' (1977) as Lukomor Lukomorych * ''

A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov ''Oblomov'' (, Transliteration, translit. ''Neskolko dney iz zhizni I. I. Oblomova'') is a Soviet Union, Soviet historical comedy/drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It was released by Mosfilm in 1980. The film's plot is based on the nov ...

'' (1980) as Zakhar, Oblomov's servant

Awards and honors

* Stalin Prize (1950) *

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1954) *

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achiev ...

(1959) *

(1965) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

(1967) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communis ...

(1978)

References

External links

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