Mikhail Pugovkin Explained

Native Name:Михаил Пуговкин
Birth Date:13 July 1923
Birth Place:Kostroma Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Resting Place:Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality:Russian
Native Name Lang:ru
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1939-2004

Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин;[1] 13 July 1923 — 25 July 2008) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.

He studied in the Moscow Art Theatre school under Ivan Moskvin, took part in World War II and, following demobilisation, was featured in the 1944 all-star cast adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Wedding. Another step to stardom was the 1967 comedy Wedding in Malinovka.

Pugovkin went on to appear in more than 100 films. His roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965), Twelve Chairs (1971), (1973) and Borrowing Matchsticks (1980) made him one of the most popular comedians of the former Soviet Union.

Pugovkin lived in Yalta, Crimea before moving to Moscow in 1999. A statue of Father Fyodor from The Twelve Chairs portrayed by Pugovkin was unveiled in Kharkiv, Ukraine in 2001.[2]

Pugovkin died on July 25, 2008, in his house in Moscow. He was buried on July 29 at Vagankovo Cemetery.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1940Yakov Sverdlovworker
1941The Artamonov BusinessStepasha Barsky
1942Concert to the FrontSoldieruncredited
1944KutuzovFedya
1944The Weddingwedding guest
1944Six P.M.Artilleryman
1946A Noisy HouseholdSoldier Pugovkin
1947The First GloveThe Driver
1953MaksimkaRussian sailor
1953Attack from the SeaPiroshkov
1953Admiral UshakovPirozhkov
1953Attack from the SeaPirozhkov
1954True Friendsclub entertainer
1954School of CourageShmakov
1954Did We Meet Somewhere Beforeguard policeman
1955Good Morningseller
1955The Crash of the EmirateYasny
1955Private IvanZakhar Silich
1956Earth and PeopleGrishka Khvat
1956Once, On A Wonderful DayPanas Chushko
1956Ilya MurometsRazumey
1957TruthVasily Bozhenko
1958The Variegateds CaseSafron Lozhkin, thief
1958Oleko Dundichsoldier
1958A Girl with GuitarPenkin
1958BrothersVanya KomarovKorean: 잊지말라 파주블!
1959Ivan Brovkin on the State FarmZakhar Silich Peryoshkin
1959May StarsStarsina
1959A Special ApproachDepartment Head
1960A Snow Fairy TaleChauffeur
1960They Were NineteenBaba
1961Fortress on WheelsVozhzhov
1961Heart Doesn't ForgiveKonykov
1961The GirlsCommandant
1962Happy Birthday!policeman
1962Freak ManMaksim Danilovich Mezha
1962Knight's MoveKhariton Erofeevich Pomerantsev
1963CheryomushkiKovalyov
1963Free KickPavel Kukushkin
1964Big Wicktrain passenger'
1964The First Day of FreedomGrigory, Colonel Davydov's adjutantPolish: Pierwszy dzien wolnosci
1964Summer Is OverChief forwarder
1964A Bag Full of HeartsKirill
1965Operation Y and Other Shurik's AdventuresPavel Stepanovich, Construction Works Manager(Segment "Workmate")
1965Give Me a Book of Complaintsneighbour
1965Above us is the Southern Crosspoliceman
1965Unconquered Battalioncolonel Kolpakov
1965Sleeping Lionpolice sergeant
1966Traveler with LuggageTaxi driver
1967Wedding in MalinovkaYashka the Gunner
1967His Name Was RobertKnopkin
1968Suitable for Non-combatantKachura
1968Fire, Water, and Brass PipesTsar
1969If There Are SailsDudka, boatswain
1970Barbara the Fair with the Silken HairTsar Yeremei
1971The Twelve ChairsFather Fyodor
1971Shelmenko-batmanShelmenko
1973The Golden HornsRobber Chief Irod
1973film director Yakin
1973Neylon 100%Misha
1974Screen StarBoris Dudkin
1975It Can't Be!Gorbushkin
1975Finist, the brave FalconVoyevoda
1975After the FairPrantsys Pustorevich
1976Unknown HeirAleksey Kuznetsov
1976The Little Mermaiddrunk satellite / thick-lipped
1977I Have an Idea!Vladimir Nikolaevich, state farm director
1978The New Adventures of Captain WrongelCaptain Wrongel
1980Borrowing Matchstickschief of Police
1980ForestVosymibratov
1981The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled PersonRabum's gardener
1981Sailors Have No QuestionsUncle Misha
1981The SixthMironych
1982Sportloto-82San Sanych Murashko
1982Silver Revueice keeper
1983Married BachelorVasiliy Petrovich Bulavin
1983Without Much RiskSergey Sergeevich
1984Ordered to Take AliveBorder Guard Outpost's Starshina
1984Egorkaboatswain Toporshchuk
1985Man with an Accordionuncle Kolya
1986Malicious SundayMiron Sergeevich
1987Sitting on the Golden PorchTsar Fedot
1987Visit to MinotaurStepan MelnikTV Mini-Series
1991Bolotnaya Street, or a Remedy for SexFyodor Ivanovich
1992Shot in the Coffincolonel / Butylkin
1992Gentlemen Artistsprovincial official
2001Town Musicians of BremenKing

Honours and awards

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.echo.msk.ru/guests/529706-echo Его фамилия Пуговкин и его родители тоже были Пуговкиными и никогда свою фамилию не меняли. Супруга Михаила Ивановича безуспешно боролась с этим вымыслом
  2. http://korrespondent.net/world/25313-otec-fedor-iz-dvenadcati-stulev-poyavilsya-v-harkove Отец Федор из «Двенадцати стульев» появился в Харькове
  3. http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=010354 Указ Президента РФ от 14 января 2002 г. № 35
  4. http://bazazakonov.ru/doc/index.php?ID=1888094 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 сентября 2003 г. № 1019
  5. http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1252%2F99 Нагороджений Указом Президента України від 30 вересня 1999 року № 1252