Title: Petr Shelokhonov Content: 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. Petr Shelokhonov died on 15 September 1999 from cardiac arrest in St. Petersburg, aged 70.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 == Movie works == === Actor === thumb|250px|right|Petr Shelokhonov as Count Vielgorsky while filming "Liszt Ferenc" (Hungarian TV, 1982) * 1967: "Steps to the Sun"  - as Unknown soldier * 1968: "Three years" by Anton Chekhov  - as Laptev * 1968: "Hidden Enemy"  - as Spy-Police Officer * 1969: Rokirovka v dlinnuyu storonu - as Scientist * 1969: Untagling  - as Spy Sotnikov * 1970: "Franz Liszt. Dreams of love" ,  - as Glinka, Russian composer * 1970: Liubov Yarovaya  - as Commissar Mazukhin * 1970: Dawns are quiet here  - as Sergeant Vaskov * 1970: “Far from Moscow” (aka.. Daleko ot Moskvy)  – as Director Batmanov * 1971: Night on the 14-th Parallel  - as Newspaper Editor * 1971: "Dauria"  - as Cossack Severian Ulybin * 1971: "Are You Joking?" "(" - as Chairman * 1971: "Hot - Cold" "" - as Writer Podorozhny * 1972: "Taming of the fire"  - as Karelin * 1972: "Chess Grandmaster"  - as Stepfather * 1972: Such a long, long road  - as Military Officer * 1973: "Recognition" "(" - as Colonel * 1974: "Reprisal" (aka...Otvetnaya Mera")  - as Manager Sergei Peresada * 1975: "Obtained in the Battle"  - as Mayor Sergeev * 1976: "I Don't Care" (aka... Menya eto ne kasaetsa)  - as Detective Pankratov * 1976: Trust  - as Petrovsky * 1976: Vitali Bianki  - as Presenter-narrator * 1977: First joy "(" - as Professor Dorogomilov * 1978: Three rainy days  - as Detective * 1978: A Moment Decides Everything (aka... Vsyo reshayet mgnoveniye) "(" - as Matveev, Director of Sport * 1979: Extraordinary summer "(" - as Professor Dorogomilov * 1979: Journey To Another City (aka... Puteshestvie v drugoy gorod) "(" - as Manager Fedor Ignatevich * 1980: Life And Adventures Of Four Friends 1/2 (aka... Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 1/2)  – as Forest ranger * 1981: Late rendez-vous  - as Lena's father * 1981: Life And Adventures Of Four Friends 3/4 (aka... Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 3/4  – as Forest ranger * 1981: The Truth Of Lieutenant Klimov (aka... "Pravda Lieutenanta Klimova") "" - as Boatsman Chervonenko * 1981: 20th Of December "" - as Zarudny * 1981: The Girl And The Horse Named Grand" (aka... Devushka i Grand) "(" - as Coach * 1981: Sindikat 2. – as Agent Fomichev * 1982: Customs "(" - as Chief Customs Officer * 1982: The Year Of Active Sun (aka... God aktivnogo solntsa) "" - as School Superviser * 1982: Liszt Ferenc  - as Count Vielgorsky * 1982: The Voice (aka... "Golos")  - as Producer * 1983: Magistral "" - as Manager Gadalov * 1983: Action Place (aka... Mesto deistviya)  - as Manager Ryabov * 1984: Zaveshchanie professora Douela  * 1984: Two versions of one collision  - as Ambassador Pavlov * 1985: Sofia Kovalevskaya  - as Academician Sechenov * 1985: "Rivals" (aka... Sopernitsy)  - as Coach Semenich * 1986: "Red arrow"  - as Manager Yusov * 1987 Habitat "(" - as Detective * 1987: Lucky man "(" - as Construction Engineer * 1987: Moonzund "(" - as Captain Andreev * 1988: "Bread Is A Proper Noun" (aka... "Khleb - Imya suschestvitelnoe")  - as Blacksmith Akimych * 1991: "My best friend, General Vasili, son of Joseph Stalin" "" - as Colonel Savinykh * 1992: Richard II "(" - as Lord Marshal * 1997: The Passenger (aka... Passazhirka) "(" - as Passenger * 1997: Anna Karenina, 1997, movie by Bernard Rose starring Sophie Marceau.  - as Majordome Kapitonich ==Stage works== ===Actor=== * 1959: Hamlet  - as Prince Hamlet * 1960: Irkutsk story  - as Victor * 1960: Poem of bread - as Senya * 1961: Golden Boy by Clifford Odets - as Joe, the Golden boy * 1962: Dubrovsky  -as Dubrovsky * 1962: The night of Moon eclipse - as Dervish Divana * 1962: Ocean "(" - as Captain Chasovnikov * 1964: Uncle Vania by Anton Chekhov  - as Uncle Vanya * 1965: Ivanov by Anton Chekhov  - as Ivanov * 1966: "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov "(" - as Treplev * 1967: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov  - as Tuzenbach * 1968: Platonov by Anton Chekhov - as Michael Platonov * 1970: Dawns are quiet here ( - as Sergeant Vaskov * 1970: “Far from Moscow” (aka.. Daleko ot Moskvy)  – as Director Batmanov * 1975: Death of Ivan the Terrible  - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev * 1976: Tsar Fédor Ivanovitch  - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev * 1977: Tsar Boris  - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev * 1978: Gnezdo glukharia ( - as Sudakov * 1981: Theme and Variations  - 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  - as Sam * 1993: "Antiquariat" by Anneli Pukema - as Johanson * 1994: Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon  - as Victor Velasco ===Director=== * 1964: 104 pages about love  by Eduard Radzinsky * 1966: Lectures of Lenin by M. Shatrov * 1968: Platonov  by Anton Chekhov * 1993: Isabella  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  * 1952: Honorary Letter from the Government of Latvia