Boris Kuzmich Novikov (russian: Бори́с Кузьми́ч Но́виков; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk,

Ryazan Governorate Ryazan Governorate (russian: link=no, Рязанская губерния, ''Ryazanskaya guberniya'', Government of Ryazan) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, w ...

, 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,

Ryazan Oblast Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city. Geo ...

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

Yuri Zavadsky Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky (russian: Юрий Александрович Завадский; 12 July 1894, Moscow — 5 April 1977, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater director, actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1948) and H ...

in 1948. Since 1948 he worked as an actor of the Mossovet Theater, in 1963-1972 was the actor of the

Moscow Satire Theatre The Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire (russian: Московский академический театр сатиры) is a dramatic theatre in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country sp ...

. 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:

And Quiet Flows the Don ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (''Quiet Flows the Don'' or ''The Silent Don'', russian: Тихий Дон, literally ''The Quiet Don'') is a novel in four volumes by Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov. The first three volumes were written from 192 ...

as Mitka Korshunov * 1958: A Girl with a Guitar as Tsyplakov * 1961: Chronicle of Flaming Years 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 ''The Adjutant of His Excellency'' (russian: Адъютант его превосходительства, Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) is a Soviet television mini-series which was produced in 1969 and is set during the Russian civil war. The ...

as Isaac Liberson, the Kiev jeweler * 1981: The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person as General Wendeler * 1983:

The Trust That Went Bust ''The Trust That Went Bust'' (russian: Трест, который лопнул; ''Trest, kotoryy lopnul'') is a Soviet 1983 musical TV miniseries (total runtime 196 min) based on short stories by O. Henry: "The Octopus Marooned", "Jeff Peters as a ...

as The artillerist * 1983:

Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (russian: Безумный день инженера Баркасова, Bezumnyy den inzhenera Barkasova) is a 1983 Soviet comedy feature film, directed by Nikolai Lyrchikov, loosely based on the play ''Canvas Bag'' ...

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" (russian: медаль «За доблестный труд в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») was a World War II civilian labour awar ...

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" The Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (russian: Медаль «В память 800-летия Москвы») was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Sov ...

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