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Vasili Livanov |
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19th July 1935 |
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Moscow, Russia |
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Vasily Borisovich Livanov is a Russian actor best known for playing Sherlock Holmes.
Livanov was born in Moscow, Russia in 1935. He played Sherlock Holmes in 12 films between 1979 and 1986. Vitali Solomin (1941-2002) played Doctor Watson. Rina Zelyonaya (1902-1991) played Mrs. Hudson. Borislav Brondukov (1938-2004) played Inspector Lestrade. Igor Maslennikov (b. 1931) was the director.
These were the stories and novels that were filmed in this Russian series (1979-1986):
1. The Speckled Band
2. A Study In the Scarlet
3. Hound of the Baskervilles
4. Charles Augustus Milverton (part of plot borrowed from The Dancing Men)
5. Final Problem
6. Empty House
7. A Sign of the Four
8. Scandal In Bohemia
9. Engineer's Thumb
10. The Second Stain
11. The Bruce-Partington Plans
12. His Last Bow
Cast:
Sherlock Holmes - Basil Livanov
Doctor Watson - Vitali Solomin
Mrs. Hudson - Rina Zelyonaya
Inspector Lestrade - Borislav Brondukov
Inspector Gregson - Igor Dmitriev
Mycroft Holmes - Boris Kluyev
Helen Stoner - Maria Solomina ("The Speckled Band", 1979)
Jefferson Hope - Nikolay Karachentsov ("A Study In the Scarlet", 1980)
Sir Henry Baskerville - Nikita Mikhalkov ("Hound of the Baskervilles", 1981)
Stapleton - Oleg Yankovsky ("Hound of the Baskervilles", 1981)
Beryl Stapleton - Irina Kupchenko ("Hound of the Baskervilles", 1981)
Butler Barrymore - Alexander Adabashyan ("Hound of the Baskervilles", 1981)
Moriarty - Victor Evgrafov and Oleg Dal' ("Charles Augustus Milverton", "Final Problem", "Empty House", 1981)
Mary Morstan - Irina Mazurkevich ("Sign of the Four", 1983)
Lady Hilda Trewlaney Hope - Elena Safonova ("The Second Stain", 1986)
Prime Minister - Innokenty Smoktunovsky ("The Second Stain", 1986)
Von Bork - Leonid Kuravlyov ("His Last Bow", 1986)
SUMMARIES OF RUSSIAN SHERLOCK HOLMES FILMS:
1. "The Speckled Band" (1979)
2. A Study In the Scarlet
3. Hound of the Baskervilles
4. Charles Augustus Milverton (part of plot borrowed from The Dancing Men)
5. Final Problem
6. Empty House
7. A Sign of the Four
8. Scandal In Bohemia
9. Engineer's Thumb
10. The Second Stain
11. The Bruce-Partington Plans
12. His Last Bow
MORE ABOUT VASILI LIVANOV:
Besides Sherlock Holmes, Livanov played founder of Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky, played Tsar Nicholas I, Don Quixote, Crocodile Gena, Karlsson, and others. Livanov has a notably hoarse voice. Recenlty, he celebrated his 70th birthday. Him and director Maslennikov are the only surviving members of the genenral cast of Russian Sherlock Holmes. Doctor Watson Vitali Solomin and Lestrade Brondukov both died several years ago at a relatively young age. Sherlock Holmes series was the last films where famous actress Rina Zelyonaya played. Mrs. Hudson was her last role.
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