Petr Shelokhonov

Petr Shelokhonov
Petr Shelokhonov
Born	Petr Larionovich Shelokhonov; August 15 1929; Poland
Died	September 15 1999; St. Petersburg Russia
Years active	1942 - 1999
Known for	Severian Ulybin in Dauria; Kapitonich in Anna Karenina; Sam in Photo Finish; Victor Velasko in Barefoot in the Park
Spouse	Ludmilla Dulova (m. 1955⁠–⁠1999)
Children	2

Petr (Peter) Shelokhonov (August 15, 1929 in Poland - September 15 1999, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian film and stage actor and director. He played over 90 roles in movies and on television. He also played over 100 roles on stage. Petr Shelokhonov received the title of Honorable Actor of Russia in 1979.

Biography

Petr Shelokhonov was of Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Belarusian and Polish ancestry. He survived Nazi occupation during World War II. In the war, Petr Shelokhonov was wounded by gunshot in his face, but the scar in the face did not stop him from becoming an actor.

Petr Shelokhonov joined the partisans resistance. He made his own puppet theater in 1943 and performed parodies of Adolf Hitler. In 1945, he became a piano student at the Kiev Conservatory of Music. In the 1950s, he moved to the Siberian city of Irkutsk. There, he graduated from Irkutsk Drama School. Then he worked in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, and also in Odesa and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Petr Shelokhonov was a member of five theatre companies in Russia. He also played roles in international productions on stage, in movies, and on television. His acting career lasted over 50 years and he played over 180 various characters ranging from Shakespearean prince Hamlet to Soviet dictator Lenin.

In 1989 - 1992, he played the leading role (Sam) in Photo Finish, written and directed by Peter Ustinov. In 1993-4, he starred as Victor Velasco in Neil Simon's play Barefoot in the Park.

In 1997, Petr Shelokhonov played a supporting role in Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, starring Sophie Marceau. Sean Bean. Alfred Molina, and James Fox.[1]

Petr Shelokhonov died on 15 September 1999 from cardiac arrest in St. Petersburg, aged 70.^[1]^[2]

Movie works

Actor

1967: "Steps to the Sun" (Шаги в солнце) - as Unknown soldier
1968: "Three years" by Anton Chekhov (Три года) - as Laptev
1968: "Hidden Enemy" (Скрытый враг (фильм, 1968)) - as Spy-Police Officer
1969: Rokirovka v dlinnuyu storonu - as Scientist
1969: Untagling (Развязка) - as Spy Sotnikov
1970: "Franz Liszt. Dreams of love" , (Ференц Лист) - as Glinka, Russian composer
1970: Liubov Yarovaya (Любовь Яровая) - as Commissar Mazukhin
1970: Dawns are quiet here (А зори здесь тихие) - as Sergeant Vaskov
1970: “Far from Moscow” (aka.. Daleko ot Moskvy) (Далеко от Москвы) – as Director Batmanov
1971: Night on the 14-th Parallel (Ночь на 14-й паралели) - as Newspaper Editor
1971: "Dauria" (Даурия) - as Cossack Severian Ulybin
1971: "Are You Joking?" "(Шутите?)" - as Chairman
1971: "Hot - Cold" "(Холодно - горячо)" - as Writer Podorozhny
1972: "Taming of the fire" (Укрощение огня) - as Karelin
1972: "Chess Grandmaster" (Гроссмейстер) - as Stepfather
1972: Such a long, long road (Такая длинная, длинная дорога) - as Military Officer
1973: "Recognition" "(Опознание)" - as Colonel
1974: "Reprisal" (aka...Otvetnaya Mera") (Ответная мера) - as Manager Sergei Peresada
1975: "Obtained in the Battle" (Обретешь в бою) - as Mayor Sergeev
1976: "I Don't Care" (aka... Menya eto ne kasaetsa) (Меня это не касается) - as Detective Pankratov
1976: Trust (Доверие) - as Petrovsky
1976: Vitali Bianki (Виталий Бианки) - as Presenter-narrator
1977: First joy "(Первые радости)" - as Professor Dorogomilov
1978: Three rainy days (Три ненастных дня) - as Detective
1978: A Moment Decides Everything (aka... Vsyo reshayet mgnoveniye) "(Все решает мгновение)" - as Matveev, Director of Sport
1979: Extraordinary summer "(Необыкновенное лето)" - as Professor Dorogomilov
1979: Journey To Another City (aka... Puteshestvie v drugoy gorod) "(Путешествие в другой город)" - as Manager Fedor Ignatevich
1980: Life And Adventures Of Four Friends 1/2 (aka... Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 1/2) (Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей - 1/2) – as Forest ranger
1981: Late rendez-vous (Поздние свидания) - as Lena's father
1981: Life And Adventures Of Four Friends 3/4 (aka... Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 3/4 (Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей 3/4) – as Forest ranger
1981: The Truth Of Lieutenant Klimov (aka... "Pravda Lieutenanta Klimova") "(Правда лейтенанта Климова)" - as Boatsman Chervonenko
1981: 20th Of December "(Двадцатое декабря (фильм))" - as Zarudny
1981: The Girl And The Horse Named Grand" (aka... Devushka i Grand) "(Девушка и Гранд)" - as Coach
1981: Sindikat 2. (Синдикат 2)– as Agent Fomichev
1982: Customs "(Таможня)" - as Chief Customs Officer
1982: The Year Of Active Sun (aka... God aktivnogo solntsa) "(Год активного солнца)" - as School Supervisor
1982: Liszt Ferenc (Ференц Лист ТВ) - as Count Vielgorsky
1982: The Voice (aka... "Golos") (Голос) - as Producer
1983: Magistral "(Магистраль (фильм))" - as Manager Gadalov
1983: Action Place (aka... Mesto deistviya) (Место действия) - as Manager Ryabov
1984: Zaveshchanie professora Douela (Завещание профессора Доуэля)
1984: Two versions of one collision (Две версии одного столкновения) - as Ambassador Pavlov
1985: Sofia Kovalevskaya (Софья Ковалевская) - as Academician Sechenov
1985: "Rivals" (aka... Sopernitsy) (Соперницы) - as Coach Semenich
1986: "Red arrow" (Красная стрела) - as Manager Yusov
1987 Habitat "(Среда обитания)" - as Detective
1987: Lucky man "(Везучий человек)" - as Construction Engineer
1987: Moonzund "(Моонзунд)" - as Captain Andreev
1988: "Bread Is A Proper Noun" (aka... "Khleb - Imya suschestvitelnoe") (Хлеб - имя существительное) - as Blacksmith Akimych
1991: "My best friend, General Vasili, son of Joseph Stalin" "(Мой лучший друг, генерал Василий, сын Иосифа)" - as Colonel Savinykh
1992: Richard II "(Ричард II)" - as Lord Marshal
1997: The Passenger (aka... Passazhirka) "(Пассажирка)" - as Passenger
1997: Anna Karenina, 1997, movie by Bernard Rose starring Sophie Marceau. (Анна Каренина) - as Majordome Kapitonich

Stage works

Actor

1959: Hamlet (Гамлет) - as Prince Hamlet
1960: Irkutsk story (Иркутская история) - as Victor
1960: Poem of bread - as Senya
1961: Golden Boy by Clifford Odets - as Joe, the Golden boy
1962: Dubrovsky (Дубровский) -as Dubrovsky
1962: The night of Moon eclipse - as Dervish Divana
1962: Ocean "(Океан)" - as Captain Chasovnikov
1964: Uncle Vania by Anton Chekhov (Дядя Ваня) - as Uncle Vanya
1965: Ivanov by Anton Chekhov (Иванов) - as Ivanov
1966: "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov "(Чайка)" - as Treplev
1967: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (Три сестры) - as Tuzenbach
1968: Platonov by Anton Chekhov - as Michael Platonov
1970: Dawns are quiet here (А зори здесь тихие) - as Sergeant Vaskov
1970: “Far from Moscow” (aka.. Daleko ot Moskvy) (Далеко от Москвы) – as Director Batmanov
1975: Death of Ivan the Terrible (Смерть Иоанна Грозного) - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev
1976: Tsar Fédor Ivanovitch (Царь Фёдор Иоаннович) - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev
1977: Tsar Boris (Царь Борис) - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev
1978: Gnezdo glukharia (Гнездо глухаря) - as Sudakov
1981: Theme and Variations (Тема с вариациями) - as Dmitri Nikolayevich
1983: "The Fifth Decade" (aka... "Piaty Desiatok") - as Vassili Nikitich
1988: The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham - as Mr. Wikham
1991: "Photofinish" by Peter Ustinov (Фотофиниш) - as Sam
1993: "Antiquariat" by Anneli Pukema - as Johanson
1994: Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon (Босиком по парку) - as Victor Velasco

Director

1964: 104 pages about love (104 страницы про любовь) by Eduard Radzinsky
1966: Lectures of Lenin by M. Shatrov
1968: Platonov (Платонов) by Anton Chekhov
1993: Isabella (Изабелла) by Irving A. Leitner

Honors and Recognition

2009: Book "My friend Petr Shelokhonov" by actor Ivan I. Krasko. SOLO Publishing, St. Petersburg, Russia
1979: Honorable Actor of Russia SFSR (Заслуженный артист РСФСР)
1952: Honorary Letter from the Government of Latvia

Sources

Biography of Petr Shelokhonov by film critic Dmitri Ivaneev (in Russian)
Lenfilm Studios personal file on movie actor Peter Shelokhonov
Petr Shelokhonov on IMDb
Petr Shelokhonov at www.kinopoisk.ru (in Russian)

References

↑ Book "My best friend Petr Shelokhonov" (2009, Russian) by actor Ivan I. Krasko – Saint Petersburg, Russia: SOLO Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-5-904666-09-5 (in Russian)
↑ "Petr Shelokhonov, Honorable Actor of Russia".

[1] Book "My best friend Petr Shelokhonov" (2009, Russian) by actor Ivan I. Krasko – Saint Petersburg, Russia: SOLO Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-5-904666-09-5 (in Russian)

[narod1-2] "Petr Shelokhonov, Honorable Actor of Russia".

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