Erast Garin
Erast Pavlovich Garin (Russian: Эра́ст Па́влович Га́рин; 10 November [O.S. 28 October] 1902 – 4 September 1980) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter. He was, together with Igor Ilyinsky and Sergey Martinson, one of the leading comic actors of Vsevolod Meyerhold's company and of the Soviet cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1977.
Garin was born in Ryazan as Erast Gerasimov. He started his acting career in 1919 in an amateur theatre of the Ryazan military district. In 1926 he finished his education in the experimental theatrical workshops of the People's Commissariat for Education. He always looked up upon Meyerhold and Michael Chekhov as his mentors, rejecting naturalistic acting techniques propagated by Konstantin Stanislavski and paying utmost importance to voice and gesture.
Garin worked with Meyerhold in his theatre until its dissolution in 1936. Among his triumphs was the part of Khlestakov in the 1926 production of The Government Inspector. The trance-like quality of his "grotesquely anxious" performances in Meyerhold's productions could be attributed to an expressionistic acting style.
Nikolay Akimov's Theatre of Comedy was the next theatre he worked in. In 1946 he gave up stage performances and concentrated on film acting. In 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize for the role of Tarakanov in the film Musical Story. Half-blindness prevented him from playing any major roles in the 1960s and 1970s.
Together with his wife Khesya Lokshina he was director of several films, for which he also contributed scripts. They adapted Mikhail Zoshchenko's novel Respected Comrade in 1930. Garin's memoirs, entitled With Meyerhold, appeared in 1974.
Acted in
Profession: Film Actor
1980
Робинзон Кузя
1978
as (voice)
Пошехонская старина
1977
Change a Dog for a Train
1975
Nylon 100%
1973
as укротитель, старый артист
Much Ado About Nothing
1973
as Verges
In the World of the Fables
1973
as Voice Acting
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day
1972
as Eeyore (Voice)
If You Are a Man
1972
as Ulyanych
Gentlemen of Fortune
1971
as профессор-археолог Николай Георгиевич Мальцев
Two Days of Wonders
1970
as профессор-экзаменатор
Winnie-the-Pooh
1969
as Иа-Иа
The Return from Olympus
1969
as (voice)
Half A Hour For Miracles
1968
as His Majesty
Слонёнок
1967
as питон, озвучка
Rasplyuev's Days of Fun
1966
as Кандид Тарелкин
Where have I seen him?
1965
as Petrushka (voice)
Frog the Traveller
1965
as Drake (voice) / селезень-вожак
Ordinary Wonder
1964
as король
Thumbelina
1964
as (voice)
The Post
1964
The Brave Tailor
1964
as The King (voice)
A Little Frog is Looking For His Father
1964
as Crawfish (voice) / Рак-отшельник
The Fisher Cat
1964
as Wolf (voice)
Cain the XVIII-th
1963
as King Kain XVIII
An Optimistic Tragedy
1963
as Vozhachok
Unusual Town
1963
Daughter of the Sun
1963
as (voice)
The Piggy Bank
1963
as слон
The Coin
1962
as претендент на монету
The Wild Swans
1962
as The Bishop (voice)
Alyonka
1962
Водяной
1962
as Prokhor Vasilievich Lykov
Valuable Kopeck
1961
as Penny (voice)
Cipollino
1961
as uncle Grapes / shoemaker (voice)
Russkiy Suvenir
1960
as John Peebles
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man
1960
as учитель (в титрах не указан)
The Legend of the Moor's Inheritance
1959
as Judge (voice)
Шли солдаты
1959
as Jakob Hoffmann - nemetskiy soldat
The Witch
1959
Beloved Beauty
1959
as Tsar (voice)
The Secret of the Far Away Island
1958
as The Professor (voice) / Профессор
Girl without an Address
1958
as granddad
Wishes Come True
1957
as the King (voice) / король Мушамиель (голос)
Girl in the Jungle
1956
A Magic Saving Stick
1956
as Старик
The Twelve Months
1956
as Professor (voice)
Unfinished Story
1955
as Koloskov
Nesterka
1955
Stepan the Sailor
1955
as Toy clown / radio voice (voice)
The Enchanted Boy
1955
as Martin (voice)
Brothers Liu
1953
as mandarin
The Magic Treasure
1950
as judge
Meeting on the Elbe
1949
as Tommy, a captain
Pencil on Ice
1948
as clown Karandash(voice)
Cinderella
1947
as King
Wedding
1944
as Эпаминонд Максимович Апломбов (жених)
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor
1944
as Tikhon Spiridonovich
Швейк готовится к бою
1942
Musical Story
1940
as Cabbie Tarahkanov
Soviet Border
1938
Женитьба
1936
as Podkolesin
Lieutenant Kizhe
1934
as Adjutant