Ivan Lapikov

Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov (Russian: Иван Герасимович Лапиков; 7 July 1922 – 2 May 1993) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982).

Biography

Lapikov was born in the village of Gorny Balykley, near Tsaritsyn (now – Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast). He spent his childhood in Stalingrad.

In 1939, he enrolled in drama school in Kharkov, where he studied for the following two years. After the World War II began, Ivan started to work in the Gorky Drama Theater (Stalingrad). There he worked until he removed to Moscow in 1963. In Moscow Lapikov joined the Film Actor's Theater-Studio.

His first role in cinema was in the film The Reserve Player (1954). After The Chairman (1964 film) by Alexey Saltykov (1964), where the actor had played the brother of the lead character, Lapikov became famous. Later he created a whole gallery of the Russian characters: Kirill in Andrei Rublev, Lyagavy in The Brothers Karamazov, Pankrat Nazarov in Eternal Call, and many other roles.

Filmography

Awards

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1982)
• USSR State Prize (1979)
• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1979)
• Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR - 1973

Legacy

• The Lapikov Museum, in the village of Gorny Balykley
• Memorial plaque to Ivan Lapikov at the house in Volgograd where he lived

References

External links

• Ivan Lapikov at IMDb
• Ivan Lapikov at Find a Grave

1. Lapikov
2. Andrei Rublev (film)
3. They Fought for Their Country
4. The Chairman (1964 film)
5. Mission (film)
6. Our House (1965 film)
7. Front in the Rear of the Enemy
8. The Steppe (film)
9. Front Beyond the Front Line
10. The Brothers Karamazov (1969 film)
11. Deaths in May 1993
12. List of Soviet films of 1964
13. At the Beginning of Glorious Days
14. List of People's Artists of the USSR
15. Little Tragedies (film)
16. The Youth of Peter the Great
17. Eternal Call
18. John Wilson (Scottish writer)
19. T-34 (film)
20. List of Soviet films of 1966