Petr Shelokhonov

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.
Movie works
Actor
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 Supervisor
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 Fedor 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
Sources
Biography of Petr Shelokhonov by film critic Dmitri Ivaneev
Lenfilm Studios personal file on movie actor Peter Shelokhonov
Petr Shelokhonov at www.kinopoisk.ru
References
1929 births
1999 deaths
Deaths from cardiac arrest
Actors from Saint Petersburg
Soviet actors
Russian movie actors
Russian television actors
Russian stage actors