Nikolai Cherkasov
An outstanding Soviet theater and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1937). People's Artist of the RSFSR (03/11/1939). People's Artist of the USSR (02.26.1947). He graduated from the Institute of Performing Arts (1926). Since 1919 - a mimic artist of the Petrograd Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater, the Bolshoi Drama Theater and other theaters. In the years 1926-1929 - actor of the Leningrad Youth Theater. In 1929-1931 - artist of the Leningrad and Moscow music halls. In the years 1931-1933 - artist of the Leningrad Mobile Theater "Comedy". In 1933-1965 - artist of the Leningrad Academic Drama Theater named after Pushkin. Nikolai Cherkasov is the only actor whose face is imprinted on the order. Stalin personally chose and approved the portrait of Cherkasov for one of the highest state awards - the Soviet Order of Alexander Nevsky. Member of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR 1-2 convocations. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 3-4 convocations (1950-1958). Chairman of the Leningrad branch of the WTO (since 1948). Member of the Soviet Peace Committee (since 1949). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1940. September 14, Nikolai Konstantinovich died at the 64th year of life. When the great actor passed away, one of his students said that he died not from heart failure, but from insufficient heartiness... The actor was buried in the Necropolis of Artists of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Leningrad. July 27, 1970 the name of Cherkasov was assigned to one of the streets in Leningrad.
Filmography
Little Tragedies
Little Tragedies
Nights of Farewell
as Gedeonov
Nights of Farewell
as Gedeonov
All Remains to People
as scientist Fyodor Dronov
All Remains to People
as scientist Fyodor Dronov
Актёр Николай Черкасов
as Himself
Актёр Николай Черкасов
as Himself
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
as Czar Ivan IV
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
as Czar Ivan IV
Don Quixote
as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano
Don Quixote
as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano
They Knew Mayakovsky
They Knew Mayakovsky
Rimsky-Korsakov
as Stasov
Rimsky-Korsakov
as Stasov
Mussorgsky
as Vladimir Stasov
Mussorgsky
as Vladimir Stasov
The Battle of Stalingrad
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Battle of Stalingrad
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happy Sailing
as kapitan Levashov
Happy Sailing
as kapitan Levashov
Alexander Popov
as Aleksandr Popov
Alexander Popov
as Aleksandr Popov
Ivan Pavlov
as Maxim Gorky
Ivan Pavlov
as Maxim Gorky
Pirogov
as Lyadov
Pirogov
as Lyadov
New Home
as Mikhail Andreevich Kostousov
New Home
as Mikhail Andreevich Kostousov
Spring
as Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov
Spring
as Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov
In the Name of Life
as Lukich
In the Name of Life
as Lukich
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
as Czar Ivan IV
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
as Czar Ivan IV
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
as Alexander Nevsky
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
as Alexander Nevsky
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator
as baron von Ungern-Sternberg
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator
as baron von Ungern-Sternberg
Defense of Tsaritsyn
Defense of Tsaritsyn
60 Days
60 Days
Concert on the Screen
Concert on the Screen
Lenin in 1918
as Maksim Gorky
Lenin in 1918
as Maksim Gorky
Friends
as осетин Бета
Friends
as осетин Бета
Peter the First, Part II
as Prince Alexei
Peter the First, Part II
as Prince Alexei
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
For the Soviet Motherland
For the Soviet Motherland
Baltic Deputy
Baltic Deputy
Capt. Grant's Family
as Jacques Paganel
Capt. Grant's Family
as Jacques Paganel
Frontier
Frontier
Hectic Days
Hectic Days
Crown Prince of the Republic
as Waiter (uncredited)
Crown Prince of the Republic
as Waiter (uncredited)
Moon on the Left
as Kalugin
Moon on the Left
as Kalugin
Brother
Brother
His Excellency
as Tall Clown
His Excellency
as Tall Clown
My Son
as Pat
My Son
as Pat