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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Waterloo (1970) — Percy (uncredited)
2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1 (1981) — Sherlock Holmes
3. Letter Never Sent (1960) — Andrey
4. The Secret of the Third Planet (1981) — Gromozeka (voice)
5. Gena the Crocodile (1969) — Gena the Crocodile (voice)
6. Junior and Karlson (1968) — Karlson (voice)
7. Karlson Returns (1970) — Karlson (voice)
8. Cheburashka (1971) — Gena the Crocodile (voice)
9. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980) — Sherlock Holmes
10. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight (1980) — Sherlock Holmes
11. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra (1983) — Sherlock Holmes
12. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance (1980) — Sherlock Holmes
13. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger (1980) — Sherlock Holmes
14. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) — Sherlock Holmes
15. Shapoklyak (1974) — Crocodile Gene (voice)
16. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription (1980) — Sherlock Holmes
17. Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century (1987) — Sherlock Holmes
18. Cheburashka Goes to School (1983) — Gena the Crocodile (voice)
19. The Dog in Boots (1981) — The Dog-detective (voice) / пёс-сыщик (Шерлок Холмс)
20. 38 Parrots (1976) — Boa (voice)
21. Puss in Boots (1968) — Miller's Son (voice)
22. The Pass (1988) — Staryy (voice)
23. The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975) — Император Николай I
24. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2 (1988) — Sherlock Holmes
25. I Was Nineteen (1968) — Wadim
26. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2 (1981) — Sherlock Holmes
27. Law of Corruption (2005) — Shuvalov
28. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1 (1988) — Sherlock Holmes
29. Khalif the Stork (1981) — Warlock (voice) / злой колдун
30. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 1 (1983) — Sherlock Holmes
31. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) — Sherlock Holmes
32. Moon Rainbow (1983) — Galbreit
33. Friend (1988) — пёс Друг, озвучка
34. A Kitten Named Woof (1976) — Black Cat (voice)
35. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra - Part 2 (1983) — Sherlock Holmes
36. A Kitten Named Woof: The Third Story (1979) — Black Cat (voice)
37. A Kitten Named Woof: The Fourth Story (1980) — Black Cat (voice)
38. Uncle Au (1979) — Uncle Ow (voice) / Дядюшка Ау
39. A Kitten Named Woof: The Second Story (1977) — Black Cat (voice)
40. A Kitten Named Woof: The Fifth Story (1982) — Black Cat (voice)

Directed

1. On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians (1973) — Director
2. Phaethon - The Son of the Sun (1972) — Director
3. The Bremen Town Musicians (1969) — Director
4. The Blue Bird (1970) — Director
5. The Most, the Most, the Most (1966) — Director
6. Don Quixote Returns (1997) — Director
7. The Bronze Horseman Of Russia (2019) — Director