Leonid Kuravlyov
Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow.
In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin.
The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975).
In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others.
During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”.
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Acted in
All That Jam
2016
as father Leonty
The Book of Masters
2009
as Barin
The Heirs
2008
as глава администрации
The Turkish Gambit
2006
as Artillery major
The Turkish Gambit
2005
as major
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004
as Dobrynya
Railway Romance
2003
as Petrovich
Evropejskij Konvoj
2003
as генерал
Brigada
2002
as Петр Чуйков
Esli Nevesta Vedma
2002
The Love Arrow
2002
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Von Bork
Ultimatum
1999
as Leonid
The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Vakhmistr Bukin
Streets of Broken Lights
1998
as Андрей Петрович Ершов, "Дед"
The Stringer
1998
Old Songs about the Main Thing 3
1998
as Жорж Милославский
New Year's Story
1997
as Ded Moroz
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
The Night Before Christmas
1997
A Man for a Young Girl
1996
What a Mess!
1995
as USA ambassador
Lady Into Lassie
1995
as Grigoriy Muromskiy
Russian Account
1994
as Иван Сидоров, майор
Simple - Minded
1994
The Master and Margarita
1994
as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
Шоу для одинокого мужчины
1994
Russian miracle
1994
as Сеня
Sentence
1994
as Лео Харман
The Ghost of My House
1994
The Codex of Disgrace
1993
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993
as Mikhail Gorbachev
Queen's Personal Life
1993
The Devil's Puppets
1993
Provincial Benefit
1993
Destroy the Thirtieth!
1992
In Search of the Golden Phallus
1992
as руководитель круиза
Gangsters in the Ocean
1992
as Sobakin
Detonator
1992
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
1991
Traces of Rain
1991
Made in USSR
1991
as Ivan Moiseyevich
Across Red Nights
1991
Meet Me in Tahiti
1991
as Шнайдер
How Is It Going, Crucians?
1991
as высокий начальник
Несрочная весна
1990
as хозяин
Pretty Face
1990
Entrance to Labyrinth
1990
as Oleg Khlebnikov
Entrance to the Maze
1990
as Oleg Khlebnikov - doktor neyrofiziolog
The Charming Traveller
1990
as Priest
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
1990
as Игорь Иванович Степанов
The Suicide
1990
as заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
The Stairway
1989
as дядя Миша
It
1989
as Vasilisk Borodavkin
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
1989
as Editor
Presumption of Innocence
1988
as Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
Hope
1988
as Stepan
Энергичные люди
1988
as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
Life of Don Quixote and Sancho
1988
as Nicolas
Three on the Red Carpet
1988
as Михаил Иванович Сошкин
May I die, Lord
1988
Karpusha
1988
as Karpusha (voice)
Enclosure
1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 2
1988
as Von Bork
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches
1988
as Von Bork
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
1988
as von Bork
Blackmailer
1988
as Федор Семенович
Restricted Area
1988
Holy Moly!
1988
First Encounter - Last Encounter
1987
as Count
Defeat
1987
One Time Deal
1987
as Fedor Romanov
Martinko
1987
Sitting on the Golden Porch
1986
as Kороль Амфибрахий
The Left-Hander
1986
as император Александр Павлович
Snake Catcher
1986
as Konstantin
The Most Charming and Attractive
1985
as Pasha Dyatlov
Five Minutes of Fear
1985
as Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
Sincerely Yours...
1985
as Emtsov
Dangerous for Your Life!
1985
as Spartak Molodtsov
The Invisible Man
1985
as Marvel
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
1984
as Андрей Андреевич Зотов, инженер-корабел
Copper Angel
1984
as Ларсен
Before We Part
1984
as Badarin
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
1984
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches
1983
as Arkady
Demidovy
1983
as Menshikov
We're from Jazz
1983
as Samsonov
Не было печали
1983
as Vadim Petrovich Potapov
The Trust That Has Burst
1983
as Ezra Plunkett
Свадебный подарок
1983
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
1983
as Ivan Shponka
Look for a Woman
1982
as Henri Granden
It's Just Awful!
1982
as Ruslan Ivanovich
Take Care of the Men!
1982
as Vladimir Rodionov
Crazy Money
1981
as Vasiliy
Facts of the Past Day
1981
as Grinin
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
1981
as Sanya
We, the Undersigned
1981
as Lyonya Shindin
For the Matches
1980
as Peasant
Don't Leave Your Lovers
1980
as Валера
Little Tragedies
1980
as Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
Little Tragedies
1980
as Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980
as Von Bork
Глубокие родственники
1980
as Толик
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979
as "Smoked"
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979
as «Копчёный» (вор-чердачник Валентин Бисяев)
Fuss of the Fusses
1979
as Volodya
Pena
1979
as Валерий Солома, аферист
Tailcoat for an Idler
1979
You to Me, Me to You
1979
as Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
Unanswered Love
1979
as Pavlov
Incognito from St.Petersburg
1978
as Shpekin
While the Dream is Mad
1978
Live in Joy
1978
as Митяй Пряжкин (Дмитрий Петрович)
Счет человеческий
1978
as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
Dozhd'
1978
as Trenka, journeyman (voice)
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
1978
as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
1978
Funny People!
1977
as Денис Григорьев
The Most Beautiful Horse
1977
Mimino
1977
as Professor Khachikyan
Timur and His Team
1977
Fun for Old People
1977
as Yefremov
Эти невероятные музыканты, или Новые сновидения Шурика
1977
The Last Sacrifice
1976
as Lavr Mironych
The Adventures of Travka
1976
Ау-у! (Киноальманах)
1976
as Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
Circus in the Circus
1976
as Grisha
Without Father
1976
Afonya
1976
as Борщов Афанасий Николаевич (Афоня)
Escape of Mr. McKinley
1975
as мистер Дроот
It Can't Be!
1975
as Vladimir Zavitushkin
Repeated Wedding
1975
as Михайлов
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
1974
as князь Ветренский
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
1974
as папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
Северная рапсодия
1974
Homeboy
1974
as Fedor
My Friends
1974
To Dream and to Live
1974
as Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
This Merry Planet
1973
as Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
Nylon 100%
1973
as работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973
as Жорж Милославский / князь Милославский
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
1973
as Robinson
Seventeen Moments of Spring
1973
as Kurt Eismann - SS Obersturmbannfuehrer
Пётр Рябинкин
1973
The Twelve Months
1973
as Old soldier
Aibolit and Barmaley
1973
as Толстый
Boys
1972
as Viktor Viktorovich
White Queen's Move
1972
as Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
Seventh Skies
1972
Liberation: The Last Assault
1971
as Chuikov's signaler
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
1971
as Priest
Young People
1971
as new settler
Late Child
1971
The Roundabout
1971
as Nikolai Timofeyevich
The Beginning
1970
as Arkadiy
О друзьях-товарищах
1970
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
1970
A Day and the Whole Life
1970
Two Days of Wonders
1970
as зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
I Am His Bride
1969
Not Under the Jurisdiction
1969
as Sorokin
Любовь Серафима Фролова
1969
as Serafim Frolov
Shine, Shine, My Star
1969
as Red comissar
Crash
1969
as Сыроежкин
Men's Talk
1969
as Alexey
The Golden Calf
1968
as Shura Balaganov
Literature Lesson
1968
as Савелий Сидоров
Viy
1967
as Khoma Brutus
Such a Big Boy
1967
as Vasiliy
Elder Sister
1967
as Volodya
Без свидетелей
1966
as Валька Бурмакин
Your Son and Brother
1966
as Stepan
There Is Such a Lad
1966
as Pashka
Time, Forward!
1965
as Korneyev
Everything for You
1965
Непридуманная история
1964
as Kostya Remizov
Third Time
1963
as Lyonya Fokin
Крыса на подносе
1963
Fuse
1962
When the Trees Were Tall
1961
as Lenka
Lyubushka
1961
Водил поезда машинист
1961
as Yasha
Midshipman Panin
1960
as Pyotr Kamushkin
Из Лебяжьего сообщают
1960
as Сеня Громов
There Will Be No Leave Today
1959
as Morozov