Boris Kuzmich Novikov (; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk,

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, RSFSR — 25 July 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema.

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Biography

Boris Kuzmich Novikov was born on 13 July 1925 in a family of laborers at the station Ryazhsk-1,

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. In school years he participated in amateur performances, and later fought at the front. He graduated from the School-Studio of

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in 1948. Since 1948 he worked as an actor of the

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, in 1963-1972 was the actor of the

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. In 1972, due to diabetic illness, he stopped playing in theatre and only worked in film. He played in over 150 films and also voiced animated films. Novikov is well known as an actor of episodic roles, and was dubbed as the "King of the Episode". Novikov had leading roles in the film adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's ''Shot'', in the comedy '' Seven Old Men and a Girl'', historical film ''The Shadows Fade at Noon'', drama ''Father and Son'', comedy ''The Talking Monkey''. The last picture in which Boris Novikov starred was the adventure film ''The Return of the Battleship'', released in the year of his death. He died of complications from diabetes on 25 July 1997 in Moscow. The actor was buried at the Danilovsky Cemetery in Moscow.

Personal life

His wife was Nadezhda Antonovna Klimovich (died in 2008), an actress of the Moscow Youth Theater. They had a son Sergei, born in 1949.

Selected filmography

* 1955: Behind the Shop Window as bully (uncredited) * 1957:

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as Mitka Korshunov * 1958: A Girl with a Guitar as Tsyplakov * 1961:

Chronicle of Flaming Years ''Chronicle of Flaming Years'' (, translit. Povest plamennykh let) is a 1961 Soviet World War II film directed by Yuliya Solntseva. Solntseva won the award for Best Director at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot In 1941, as the Great Pa ...

as Mandryka * 1961: The Cossacks as Nazarka * 1961: Scarlet Sails as painter * 1961: My Friend, Kolka! as Kuzma * 1966: A Pistol Shot as Kuzka * 1968: Seven Old Men and a Girl as Stepan Bubnov * 1969: The Adjutant of His Excellency as Isaac Liberson, the Kiev jeweler * 1981:

The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person ''The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person'' () is a 1981 Soviet three-part television adventure film directed by Yevgeny Tatarsky. It is based on two series of novels by Robert Louis Stevenson's — '' The Suicide Club'' and '' The ...

as General Wendeler * 1983:

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as The artillerist * 1983:

Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov () is a 1983 Soviet comedy feature film, directed by Nikolai Lyrchikov, loosely based on the play ''Canvas Bag'' and the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko. The film was produced by the Gorky Film Studio and commissioned ...

as stoker * 1983: White Dew as Timofei

Honours and awards

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a World War II civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on June 6, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognise the valian ...

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" The Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" () was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on September 20, 1947 and bestowed to prominent Sovie ...

References

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Борис Новиков
{{DEFAULTSORT:Novikov, Boris 1925 births 1997 deaths People from Ryazan Oblast People from Ryazhsky Uyezd Soviet male film actors Russian male film actors Soviet male voice actors Russian male voice actors Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of Russia Deaths from diabetes in Russia Burials at Danilovsky Cemetery