Yuriy Nikulin
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime. Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed his range in a variety of genres from slapstick comedy to romance and war drama. His most popular film partners were Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov,Natalya Varley, Rolan Bykov, Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeni Evstigneev, Vasili Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Novikov Vladimir Etush, Saveli Kramarov, Nikolai Grinko, and many other notable Russian actors. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperament, slow and unsmiling, and to many in the West his personality was reminiscent of the great silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Rich in mimicry, doleful of expression, Nikulin was hailed as “a brainy clown” outside Russia. Simple in style and gentle with children, his only vestiges of make-up were a reddened nose and black lines around his eyes, much different from the grotesquely painted faces of Western clowns. Nikulin, affectionately called Uncle Yury by Russian children, relied mainly upon his wits to earn his place in history as one of the best clowns of the 20th century.
Known for
Credits
Andrei Rublev (1966)
as Patrikey
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
as «Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
as Balbes
Sovershenno seryozno (1961)
as «Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)
The Diamond Arm (1969)
as Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
The Man from Nowhere (1961)
as (uncredited)
Scarecrow (1983)
as Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
as pvt. Nekrasov
Big "Wick" (1964)
as Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)
Old Men: Robbers (1972)
as Николай Мячиков
Seven Old Men and One Girl (1969)
as грабитель («Балбес»)
No Fear, No Blame (1962)
as clown
A Girl with Guitar (1958)
as Pyromancer Loser
Point, Point, Comma... (1972)
as Alexey's father
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961)
as «Балбес»
Young-Green (1962)
as Nikolai
Strictly Business (1963)
as Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
Bobik Visiting Barbos (1977)
as Bobik (voice)
My Friend, Kolka! (1961)
as Vasya
Голубой огонек - в первый час (1965)
as Self
12 Chairs (1971)
as janitor Tikhon
Captain Krokus (1991)
as introductory and concluding remarks
When the Trees Were Tall (1961)
as Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
Here, Not Far Away (1979)
Actor
The Little Runaway (1966)
Actor
Георгий Вицин. Не надо смеяться (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty Days Without War (1976)
as Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up (1982)
as Kloun
Parad-Alle (1971)
Actor
Come Here, Mukhtar! (1964)
as Glasychev
The Unamenables (1959)
as Vasily Klyachkin
Telegram (1972)
as Fyodor Fyodorovich
Give Me a Complaints Book (1965)
as продавец
New Girl (1969)
Actor
Bootleggers (1961)
as «Балбес»
Clowns and Children (1977)
Actor
The Adventures of Travka (1976)
Actor
Deniska's Stories (1970)
as сосед Дениски из похожего дома
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life (1976)
as Himself
The Taming of the Shrew (1961)
as Boys' Choir Master
Fantasizing (1965)
Actor
Сказки русского леса (1967)
as Balbes