# Stefan Danailov

Stefan Lambov Danailov (Bulgarian: Стефан Ламбов Данаилов; 9 December 1942 – 27 November 2019) was a Bulgarian actor who served as Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009).
The first film Danailov took part in was The Traces Remain (Следите остават) when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (the Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work was as Major Deyanov in the series На всеки километър (At Each Kilometer). He participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot of prizes. For 20 years he was a professor at the Theatre Academy in Sofia, teaching there since 1988.
On 2 December 2019, The Bulgarian National Theater organized the biggest memorial service in Stefan Danailov's name.

## Selected filmography

* The Traces Remain (Следите остават) (1956) - Veselin
* The Inspector and the Night (Инспекторът и нощта) (1963) - Tom
* Quiet Paths (Мълчаливите пътеки) (1967)
* The Sea (Морето) (1967) - Toni
* Taste of Almonds (С дъх на бадеми) (1967) - Belokozhev
* The First Courier (Първият куриер) (1968) - Zagubanski
* At Each Kilometer (На всеки километър) (1969, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov
* The Prince (Князът) (1970) - Knyaz Svetoslav
* The Black Angels (Черните ангели) (1970) - Panter
* There is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather (Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време) (1971) - Lyubo
* At Each Kilometer-II (На всеки километър – II) (1971, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov
* Affection (Обич) (1972) - Nikolay
* Nona (Нона) (1973) - Poruchik Galchev
* Ivan Kondarev (Иван Кондарев) (1974) - Kostadin Dzhupunov
* Houses Without Fences (Къщи без огради) (1974) - Kerkeneza
* Glow over Drava (Зарево над Драва) (1974) - Poruchik Bozhev
* Life or Death (На живот и смърт) (1974, TV Movie) - D-r Milev
* The Weddings of King Ioan Assen (Сватбите на Йоан Асен) (1975) - Burgundetza
* Tozi istinski mazh (1975) - Sasho
* Nachaloto na denya (1975) - Andrey Stoychev
* Guilt (Вината) (1976) - Zhivko Georgiev
* Samodivsko horo (1976)
* Vinata (1976) - Zhivko Topalov
* Dopalnenie kam zakona za zashtita na darzhavata (1976) - Kapitanat provokator
* Godina ot ponedelnitzi (1977) - Inzhener Halachev
* RMS Five (Петимата от РМС) (1977, TV Series)
* Yuliya Vrevskaya (1978) - Karabelov
* Dying in the worst case ("Умирай само в краен случай) (1978) - Dzho Rayt
* Oncomming Traffic (Насрещно движение) (1978, TV Movie) - Chavdar Bonev
* Toplo (1978) - Workman / Gyp
* Migove v kibritena kutiyka (1979) - Kvartirantat
* Something Out of Nothing (От нищо нещо) (1979) - Pancho
* Voynata na taralezhite (1979)
* Ladies' Choice (Дами канят) (1980) - Vasil Gramatikov
* Blood Remains (Кръвта остава) (1980) - Yakim (the driving instructor)
* The Queen of Tarnovo (Търновската царица) (1981) - D-r Stariradev
* Autumn Sun (Есенно слънце) (1982) - Kiril Dechev
* Crystals (Кристали) (1982) - Cholakov
* Twenty-four Hours Raining (24 часа дъжд) (1982) - Kapitan Vasil Altunov
* Edna odiseya v Deliormana (1983) - Ofitzer Ivanov
* Ravnovesie (1983) - Aktyora
* Aris (1983)
* Tazi krav tryabvashe da se prolee (1985) - Yuvigi han
* The Conversion to Christianity & Discourse of Letters (Борис I) (1985) - Boris I
* Maneuvers On the Fifth Floor (Маневри на петия етаж) (1985) - Danton Tahov
* Coasts in the Mist (1986) - Sokrat
* Transport of Death (Ешелоните) (1986) - Mitropolit Kiril
* Three Marias and Ivan (Три Марии и Иван) (1986) - Ivan
* Poema (1986) - Anton Cholakov
* Dreamers (Мечтатели) (1987) - Nachalnikat na politziyata
* Nebe za vsichki (1987) - Velikov-Slantzeto
* Ne se motay v krakata mi (1987)
* Levakat (1987) - Kapitan Hristo Pashov
* Zashtitete drebnite zhivotni (1988)
* Monday Morning (Понеделник сутрин) (1988) - Krastyo
* Big Game (Большая игра) (1988, TV Mini-Series)
* Zapadnya (1988)
* The Carnival (Карнавалът) (1990) - Konstantinov
* Live Dangerously (Живей опасно) (1990)
* Iskam Amerika (1991) - Rezhisyorat Paskalev
* The Berlin Conspiracy (1992) - Actor
* Crisis in the Kremlin (1992) - Anton Ambrazis
* Don Quixote is Coming Back (Дон Кихот возвращается) (1997) - Duke
* Ispanska muha (1998) - Uycho
* Sled kraja na sveta (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto)
* A Spanish Fly (Испанска муха) (1998)
* After the End of World (След края на света) (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto)
* Druids (2001)
* Forgive Us (Прости нам) (2003, TV Movie) - Chicho Petyo
* La Masseria Delle Allodole (2007) - Presidente Tribunale
* St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009) - Minta Ciganin
* Staklenata reka (2010)
* Incognita (2012) - Director of the Foundation
* Reunion (2019) - Grandfather (final film role)