Biography
Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин; July 13, 1923, Rameshki, Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast — July 25, 2008, Moscow) (aged 85) 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), Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (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.Pugovkin died on July 25, 2008, in his house in Moscow. He was buried on July 29 at Vagankovo Cemetery.
Filmography
all 94
Movies 90
TV Shows 4
Director 3
Старые песни о главном 3 (1998)
The Actors (1992)
Swamp Street, or the Cure Against Sex (1991)
Под куполом цирка (1989)
Visit to the Minotaur (1987)
Visiting the Minotaur (1987)
Sitting on the Golden Porch (1986)
The Man With the Accordion (1985)
Pernicious Sunday (1985)
Egorka (1984)
Prikazano Vzyat Zhivym (1983)
Silver Revue (1983)
Without Special Risk (1983)
SportLotto - 82 (1982)
Married Bachelor (1982)
The Sixth (1982)
Sailors Have No Questions (1981)
Лес (1980)
For the Matches (1980)
Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville... (1979)
The Adventures of Prince Florisel (1979)
The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel (1978)
There's an Idea! (1978)
The Little Mermaid (1976)
It Can't Be! (1975)
A Star of the Screen (1974)
Незнакомый наследник (1974)
Nylon 100% (1973)
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
After the Fair (1973)
Golden Horns (1973)
Факир на час (1972)
Shelmenko the Orderly (1971)
12 Chairs (1971)
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)
Если есть паруса (1970)
In Difficult Times (1968)
Until the Thunder Breaks (1968)
We Called Him Robert (1967)
Wedding in Malinovka (1967)
A Traveller with Luggage (1966)
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Give Me a Complaints Book (1964)
Суд идёт (1963)
Penalty Kick (1963)
Summer Is Over (1963)
Чудак-человек (1962)
Cherry Town (1962)
Happy Birthday (1962)
Knight Move (1962)
Fuse (1962)
Fuse (cinema journal) (1962)
The Girls (1962)
Fortress on Wheels (1960)
They Were Nineteen Years Old (1960)
Special Approach (1959)
May Stars (1959)
Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm (1959)
The Variegateds Case (1958)
Brothers (1957)
Land and People (1956)
Soldier Ivan Brovkin (1955)
Good Morning (1955)
Attack from the Sea (1953)
Admiral Ushakov (1953)
1812 (1943)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-06-13
Deathday2008-07-25 (85 years old)
Birth NameМихаил Иванович Пуговкин
Birth PlaceRameshki, RSFSR, USSR
CitizenshipsRussia, Soviet Union
Also Known AsМихаил Пуговкин, M. Pugovkin, Michail Iwanowitsch Pugowkin, Michail Pugowkin
AwardsPeople's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Wound stripe, Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands", Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, Order of Honour, Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Zhukov Medal, Order of the Badge of Honour, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", People's Artist of the USSR
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