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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Actor
Died August 3, 1994 (69 years)
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination.
One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973).
Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973).
Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Known For
Filmography
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet · as Hamlet (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | Memories of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger |
| 1997 | Вино из одуванчиков (TV Series) · as Colonel Freeleigh |
| 1996 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Geniy · as Гиля - Главарь Мафии «принц» |
| 1990 | A Trap for Lonely Man · as Wandering Artist Paul Brisarr Nicknamed Papa Merlush |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Naval Cadets, Charge! · as Kardinal Fleri |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (TV Series) · as Kardinal Fleri |
| 1988 | Pervaya vstrecha - poslednyaya vstrecha · as Member Of Counter-Intelligence |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Dark Eyes · as Il Governarore Di Sisoiev |
| 1987 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 1 · as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister |
| 1987 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches · as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Rus iznachalnaya · as Emperor Justinian |
| 1984 | Dead Souls · as Plushkin |
| 1984 | Dead Souls (TV Series) · as Плюшкин |
| 1984 | Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka · as Тиль |
| 1984 | Unikum · as Сан Саныч (врач-Психиатр, Взяточник) |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Pikovaya dama · as Chekalinsky |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Khalif-aist · as Khalif / Халиф |
| 1980 | Little Tragedies (TV Series) · as Сальери/барон |
| 1980 | Little Tragedies · as Сальери \ Старый Барон |
| 1980 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (TV Series) · as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister |
| 1979 | The Barrier · as Antoni Manev |
| 1979 | Barkhatnyy sezon · as Police Commissioner |
| 1979 | About Puppy · as The Puppy (voice) |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | V chetverg i bolshe nikogda · as Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's Stepfather |
| 1977 | Legenda o Tile · as Charles V |
| 1977 | The Princess and the Pea · as King |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Trust · as Nikolai Bobrikov |
| 1975 | Vybor tseli · as Roosevelt |
| 1975 | Anna i komandor · as Dramatist |
| 1975 | Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya · as Tsejdler |
| 1975 | They Fought for Their Country · as Surgeon |
| 1975 | Mothers and Daughters · as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev |
| 1975 | Teens in the Universe · as И. О. О. |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | Romans o vlyublyonnykh · as Trumpeter |
| 1974 | Moscow: Cassiopea · as И. О. О. |
| 1974 | The Heron and the Crane · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1972 | Ekhali v tramvaye Ilf i Petrov · as Passazhir Tramvaya |
| 1972 | Ukroshcheniye ognya · as Tsiolkovski |
| 1970 | Uncle Vanya · as Ivan 'uncle Vanya' Voinitsky |
| 1970 | Crime and Punishment · as Porfiry Petrovitch |
| 1970 | Tchaikovsky · as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (chaikovsky) |
| 1969 | The Living Corpse · as Ivan Petrovich The Genius |
| 1969 | Stepen riska · as Саша |
| 1966 | The Little Prince · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1966 | Watch Out for the Automobile · as Yury Detochkin |
| 1964 | Hamlet · as Hamlet |
| 1962 | A Requiem for Mozart · as Mozart |
| 1962 | Nine Days of One Year · as Ilya Kulikov |
| 1962 | Visokosnyy god · as Gennadiy Kupriyanov |
| 1960 | Rebyata s kanonerskogo · as Михаил (voice) |
| 1960 | Letter Never Sent · as Konstantin Sabinin |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | Soldaty · as Farber |
| 1956 | Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante · as Molodoy Fashist |