Leonid Kuravlyov
Known for Acting · 208 credits
- Born
- 1936-10-08
- Died
- 2022-01-30
- Place of birth
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
- Also known as
- Leonid Kuravlev · Леонид Куравлев · Куравлёв Леонид Вячеславович · L. Kuravlev · L. Kuravlyov · Leonid Kouravliov
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (23)
Fuse
1962
Streets of Broken Lights
1998
as Ершов - «Дед»
Hello, Andrey!
2017
as Self
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971
as Иван Малахов - кладовщик
Old Songs about the Main Thing
1995
as рабочий-плотник / Жорж Милославский
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980
as Von Bork
Brigada
2002
as Петр Чуйков
Seventeen Moments of Spring
1973
as Kurt Eismann - SS Obersturmbannfuehrer
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
1988
as Nicolás
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Von Bork
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
1988
as von Bork
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
1984
as Андрей Андреевич Зотов, инженер-корабел
The Turkish Gambit
2006
as Artillery major
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979
as «Копчёный» (вор-чердачник Валентин Бисяев)
Entrance to the Maze
1990
as Oleg Khlebnikov - doktor neyrofiziolog
The Twelve Months
1973
as Старый солдат
Мастер и Маргарита
2006
as Никанор Иванович Босой
The Trust That Has Burst
1983
Evropeyskiy konvoy
2003
as General
Мы, нижеподписавшиеся
1981
as Лёня Шиндин, главный диспетчер СМУ
Little Tragedies
1980
Look for a Woman
1983
as Henri Granden
We Are Your Children
1988
as Виктор Павлович Демидов, отец Ивана
Movies (185)
Ono
1989
as Vasilisk Borodavkin
Not Under the Jurisdiction
1969
as Sorokin
Sincerely Yours...
1985
as Emtsov
Счёт человеческий
1978
as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
Incognito from St.Petersburg
1978
as Shpekin
Queen's Personal Life
1993
Men's Talk
1969
as Alexey
Third Time
1963
as Lyonya Fokin
Viy
1967
as Khoma Brut
Fuss of the Fusses
1979
as Volodya
Young People
1971
as new settler
One Time Deal
1987
as Fedor Romanov
To Dream and to Live
1974
as Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
1971
Five Minutes of Fear
1986
as Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
Shadows
1991
Defeat
1987
For the Matches
1980
as Peasant
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973
as Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
1973
as Робинзон
Why Would an Honest Man Need an Alibi?
1992
Hope
1988
as Stepan
Mimino
1977
as Professor Khachikyan
Scandal in our Kloshgorod
1993
Territory
1993
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
2015
as Self
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
1987
as Von Bork
In Search of the Golden Phallus
1992
as руководитель круиза
The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Vakhmistr Bukin
Time, Forward!
1965
as Korneyev
What a Mess!
1995
as USA ambassador
The Trust That Has Burst
1983
as Ezra Plunkett
Au-u!
1976
as Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
Live in Joy
1979
as Митяй Пряжкин
Entrance to Labyrinth
1990
as Oleg Khlebnikov
The Most Beautiful Horse
1977
Sitting on the Golden Porch
1986
as Kороль Амфибрахий
Across Red Nights
1991
The Master and Margarita
2011
as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
Afonya
1975
as Afonya
The Stringer
1998
When the Trees Were Tall
1961
as Lenka
The Suicide
1990
as заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
The Turkish Gambit
2005
as major
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
1978
Shine, Shine, My Star
1969
as Red comissar
Timur and His Team
1977
Pretty Face
1990
The Most Charming and Attractive
1985
as Dyatlov
The Invisible Man
1985
as Marvel
Liberation - Part 5 : The Last Assault
1971
as Signaler Sent to Hitler's Bunker
Dangerous for Your Life!
1985
as Spartak Molodtsov
Energetic People
1988
as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
1981
as Sanya
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979
as "Smoked"
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004
as Dobrynya
Lady Into Lassie
1995
as Grigoriy Muromskiy
Copper Angel
1984
as Ларсен
You to Me, Me to You
1977
as Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
Demidovy
1983
as Menshikov
Midshipman Panin
1960
as Пётр Камушкин
Northern Rhapsody
1974
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993
as Mikhail Gorbachev
The Enchanted Wanderer
1990
as Priest
The Roundabout
1971
as Nikolai Timofeyevich
Funny People!
1978
as Денис Григорьев
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
1990
as Игорь Иванович Степанов
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
1970
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
1971
as Priest
Three on the Red Carpet
1988
as Михаил Иванович Сошкин
Literature Lesson
1968
as Савелий Сидоров
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
1988
as Von Bork
It Can't Be!
1975
as Vladimir Zavitushkin
The Ghost of My House
1994
Look for a Woman
1982
as Henri Granden
The Stairway
1989
as дядя Миша
The Codex of Disgrace
1993
Railway Romance
2003
as Petrovich
Crash
1969
as Сыроежкин
Repeated Wedding
1975
as Михайлов
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
Detonator
1992
An Unrealistic Story
1964
as Kostya Remizov
Boys
1972
as Viktor Viktorovich
There Will Be No Leave Today
1959
as Morozov
Karpusha
1988
as Karpusha (voice)
Russian Miracle
1994
as Сеня
Take Care of the Men!
1983
as Vladimir Rodionov
The Book of Masters
2009
as Barin
Holy Moly!
1988
Your Son and Brother
1966
as Степан Воеводин, средний сын
Simple - Minded
1994
These Incredible Musicians, or Shurik's New Dreams
1977
Foam
1979
as Валерий Солома, аферист
All That Jam
2016
as father Leonty
Circus in the Circus
1976
as Grisha
This Merry Planet
1973
as Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
1974
as папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
1989
as Editor
Little Tragedies
1980
as Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
Don't Leave Your Lovers
1980
as Валера
Facts of the Past Day
1981
as Grinin
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
1998
as Жорж Милославский
Without Witnesses
1966
as Burmakin
Machinist Drove the Trains
1961
as Yasha
Heirloom
1981
The Flight of Mr. McKinley
1975
as мистер Дроот
Meet Me in Tahiti
1991
as Шнайдер
The Golden Calf
1968
as Shura Balaganov
The Beginning
1970
as Arkadiy
Crazy Money
1981
as Vasiliy
Fun for Old People
1977
as Yefremov
Snake Catcher
1986
as Konstantin
Aibolit and Barmaley
1973
as Толстый
Nesrochnaya vesna
1990
as хозяин
Two Days of Wonders
1970
as зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
I Am His Bride
1969
Provincial Benefit
1993
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
1991
Made in USSR
1991
as Ivan Moiseyevich
About 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 e… With 208 credits spanning from 1959 to 2017, Leonid Kuravlyov has appeared in 185 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Leonid Kuravlyov Movies
- Ono (1989) — as Vasilisk Borodavkin
- Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969) — as Sorokin
- Sincerely Yours... (1985) — as Emtsov
- Счёт человеческий (1978) — as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
- Incognito from St.Petersburg (1978) — as Shpekin
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