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.

Petr Shelokhonov
Born	Petr Larionovich Shelokhonov August 15 1929 Poland
Died	September 15 1999 St. Petersburg Russia
Years active	1942 - 1999
Known for	Severian Ulybin in Dauria Kapitonich in Anna Karenina Sam in Photo Finish Victor Velasko in Barefoot in the Park
Spouse	Ludmilla Dulova ​ ​ (m. 1955⁠–⁠1999)​
Children	2

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 was awarded Honorable Actor of Russia in 1979

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.[1]

Petr Shelokhonov died on 15 September 1999 from cardiac arrest in St. Petersburg, aged 70.

Movie works

Actor

Petr Shelokhonov as Count Vielgorsky while filming "Liszt Ferenc" (Hungarian TV, 1982)

• 1967: "Steps to the Sun" (Шаги в солнце) - as Unknown soldier
• 1968: "Three years" by Anton Chekhov (Три года) - as Laptev
• 1968: "Hidden Enemy" (Скрытый враг (фильм, 1968)) - as Spy-Police Officer
• 1969: Rokirovka v dlinnuyu storonu - as Scientist
• 1969: Untagling (Развязка) - as Spy Sotnikov
• 1970: "Franz Liszt. Dreams of love" , (Ференц Лист) - as Glinka, Russian composer
• 1970: Liubov Yarovaya (Любовь Яровая) - as Commissar Mazukhin
• 1970: Dawns are quiet here (А зори здесь тихие) - as Sergeant Vaskov
• 1970: “Far from Moscow” (aka.. Daleko ot Moskvy) (Далеко от Москвы) – as Director Batmanov
• 1971: Night on the 14-th Parallel (Ночь на 14-й паралели) - as Newspaper Editor
• 1971: "Dauria" (Даурия) - as Cossack Severian Ulybin
• 1971: "Are You Joking?" "(Шутите?)" - as Chairman
• 1971: "Hot - Cold" "(Холодно - горячо)" - as Writer Podorozhny
• 1972: "Taming of the fire" (Укрощение огня) - as Karelin
• 1972: "Chess Grandmaster" (Гроссмейстер) - as Stepfather
• 1972: Such a long, long road (Такая длинная, длинная дорога) - as Military Officer
• 1973: "Recognition" "(Опознание)" - as Colonel
• 1974: "Reprisal" (aka...Otvetnaya Mera") (Ответная мера) - as Manager Sergei Peresada
• 1975: "Obtained in the Battle" (Обретешь в бою) - as Mayor Sergeev
• 1976: "I Don't Care" (aka... Menya eto ne kasaetsa) (Меня это не касается) - as Detective Pankratov
• 1976: Trust (Доверие) - as Petrovsky
• 1976: Vitali Bianki (Виталий Бианки) - as Presenter-narrator
• 1977: First joy "(Первые радости)" - as Professor Dorogomilov
• 1978: Three rainy days (Три ненастных дня) - as Detective
• 1978: A Moment Decides Everything (aka... Vsyo reshayet mgnoveniye) "(Все решает мгновение)" - as Matveev, Director of Sport
• 1979: Extraordinary summer "(Необыкновенное лето)" - as Professor Dorogomilov
• 1979: Journey To Another City (aka... Puteshestvie v drugoy gorod) "(Путешествие в другой город)" - as Manager Fedor Ignatevich
• 1980: Life And Adventures Of Four Friends 1/2 (aka... Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 1/2) (Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей - 1/2) – as Forest ranger
• 1981: Late rendez-vous (Поздние свидания) - as Lena's father
• 1981: Life And Adventures Of Four Friends 3/4 (aka... Zhizn i priklyucheniya chetyrekh druzei 3/4 (Жизнь и приключения четырех друзей 3/4) – as Forest ranger
• 1981: The Truth Of Lieutenant Klimov (aka... "Pravda Lieutenanta Klimova") "(Правда лейтенанта Климова)" - as Boatsman Chervonenko
• 1981: 20th Of December "(Двадцатое декабря (фильм))" - as Zarudny
• 1981: The Girl And The Horse Named Grand" (aka... Devushka i Grand) "(Девушка и Гранд)" - as Coach
• 1981: Sindikat 2. (Синдикат 2)– as Agent Fomichev
• 1982: Customs "(Таможня)" - as Chief Customs Officer
• 1982: The Year Of Active Sun (aka... God aktivnogo solntsa) "(Год активного солнца)" - as School Supervisor
• 1982: Liszt Ferenc (Ференц Лист ТВ) - as Count Vielgorsky
• 1982: The Voice (aka... "Golos") (Голос) - as Producer
• 1983: Magistral "(Магистраль (фильм))" - as Manager Gadalov
• 1983: Action Place (aka... Mesto deistviya) (Место действия) - as Manager Ryabov
• 1984: Zaveshchanie professora Douela (Завещание профессора Доуэля)
• 1984: Two versions of one collision (Две версии одного столкновения) - as Ambassador Pavlov
• 1985: Sofia Kovalevskaya (Софья Ковалевская) - as Academician Sechenov
• 1985: "Rivals" (aka... Sopernitsy) (Соперницы) - as Coach Semenich
• 1986: "Red arrow" (Красная стрела) - as Manager Yusov
• 1987 Habitat "(Среда обитания)" - as Detective
• 1987: Lucky man "(Везучий человек)" - as Construction Engineer
• 1987: Moonzund "(Моонзунд)" - as Captain Andreev
• 1988: "Bread Is A Proper Noun" (aka... "Khleb - Imya suschestvitelnoe") (Хлеб - имя существительное) - as Blacksmith Akimych
• 1991: "My best friend, General Vasili, son of Joseph Stalin" "(Мой лучший друг, генерал Василий, сын Иосифа)" - as Colonel Savinykh
• 1992: Richard II "(Ричард II)" - as Lord Marshal
• 1997: The Passenger (aka... Passazhirka) "(Пассажирка)" - as Passenger
• 1997: Anna Karenina, 1997, movie by Bernard Rose starring Sophie Marceau. (Анна Каренина) - as Majordome Kapitonich

Stage works

Actor

• 1959: Hamlet (Гамлет) - as Prince Hamlet
• 1960: Irkutsk story (Иркутская история) - as Victor
• 1960: Poem of bread - as Senya
• 1961: Golden Boy by Clifford Odets - as Joe, the Golden boy
• 1962: Dubrovsky (Дубровский) -as Dubrovsky
• 1962: The night of Moon eclipse - as Dervish Divana
• 1962: Ocean "(Океан)" - as Captain Chasovnikov
• 1964: Uncle Vania by Anton Chekhov (Дядя Ваня) - as Uncle Vanya
• 1965: Ivanov by Anton Chekhov (Иванов) - as Ivanov
• 1966: "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov "(Чайка)" - as Treplev
• 1967: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (Три сестры) - as Tuzenbach
• 1968: Platonov by Anton Chekhov - as Michael Platonov
• 1970: Dawns are quiet here (А зори здесь тихие) - as Sergeant Vaskov
• 1970: “Far from Moscow” (aka.. Daleko ot Moskvy) (Далеко от Москвы) – as Director Batmanov
• 1975: Death of Ivan the Terrible (Смерть Иоанна Грозного) - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev
• 1976: Tsar Fédor Ivanovitch (Царь Фёдор Иоаннович) - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev
• 1977: Tsar Boris (Царь Борис) - as Prince Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin Yuriev
• 1978: Gnezdo glukharia (Гнездо глухаря) - as Sudakov
• 1981: Theme and Variations (Тема с вариациями) - 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 (Фотофиниш) - as Sam
• 1993: "Antiquariat" by Anneli Pukema - as Johanson
• 1994: Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon (Босиком по парку) - as Victor Velasco

Director

• 1964: 104 pages about love (104 страницы про любовь) by Eduard Radzinsky
• 1966: Lectures of Lenin by M. Shatrov
• 1968: Platonov (Платонов) by Anton Chekhov
• 1993: Isabella (Изабелла) 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 (Заслуженный артист РСФСР)
• 1952: Honorary Letter from the Government of Latvia

Sources

• Biography of Petr Shelokhonov by film critic Dmitri Ivaneev (in Russian)
• Lenfilm Studios personal file on movie actor Peter Shelokhonov
• Petr Shelokhonov on IMDb
• Petr Shelokhonov at www.kinopoisk.ru (in Russian)