Vasiliy Livanov
Biography
Born in Moscow in an acting family. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (11/27/1981). People's Artist of the RSFSR (04/18/1988). His grandfather, Nikolai Livanov (stage name Izvolsky), was an actor at first in provincial, then metropolitan theaters. Father, Boris Nikolaevich Livanov (1904-1972), is an outstanding actor who played about 40 roles in the Art Theater and 30 in the cinema. Frequent guests in the house of the Livanovs were Kachalov, Pasternak, Dovzhenko, Cherkasov, Tarkhanov, Konchalovsky. He studied at the men's school number 170, then, from 1950 to 1954 - at the Moscow secondary art school. After graduating from art school, he entered the B.V.Schukin Theater School. In addition to mastering the intricacies of acting, he tried his hand at directing - he put Yuri Olesha (thesis) on the studio stage of “Three Fat Men” and designed the performance himself. The music for the play was written by Gennady Gladkov, a classmate and schoolmate, and in the future, a wonderful composer, co-author of V. B. Livanov for many works in film, theater and animation.
Filmography
Waterloo
as Percy (uncredited) 1970
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1
as Sherlock Holmes 1981
The Secret of the Third Planet
as Gromozeka (voice) 1981
Letter Never Sent
as Andrey 1960
Gena the Crocodile
as Gena the Crocodile (voice) 1969
Junior and Karlson
as Karlson (voice) 1968
Karlson Returns
as Karlson (voice) 1970
Cheburashka
as Gena the Crocodile (voice) 1971
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers
as Sherlock Holmes 1980
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance
as Sherlock Holmes 1980
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight
as Sherlock Holmes 1980
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra
as Sherlock Holmes 1983
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger
as Sherlock Holmes 1980
Shapoklyak
as Crocodile Gene (voice) 1974
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription
as Sherlock Holmes 1980
Cheburashka Goes to School
as Gena the Crocodile (voice) 1983
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
as Sherlock Holmes 1987