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.

Mikhail Pugovkin
Михаил Пуговкин
Pugovkin in 1973
Born(1923-07-13)13 July 1923
Died25 July 2008(2008-07-25) (aged 85)
Resting placeVagankovo Cemetery, Moscow
NationalityRussian
OccupationActor
Years active1939-2004
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (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.[2]

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

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1940 Yakov Sverdlov worker
1941 The Artamonov Business Stepasha Barsky
1942 Concert to the Front Soldier uncredited
1944 Kutuzov Fedya
1944 The Wedding wedding guest
1944 Six P.M. Artilleryman
1946 A Noisy Household Soldier Pugovkin
1947 The First Glove The Driver
1953 Maksimka Russian sailor
1953 Attack from the Sea Piroshkov
1953 Admiral Ushakov Pirozhkov
1953 Attack from the Sea Pirozhkov
1954 True Friends club entertainer
1954 School of Courage Shmakov
1954 Did We Meet Somewhere Before guard policeman
1955 Good Morning seller
1955 The Crash of the Emirate Yasny
1955 Private Ivan Zakhar Silich
1956 Earth and People Grishka Khvat
1956 Once, On A Wonderful Day Panas Chushko
1956 Ilya Muromets Razumey
1957 Truth Vasily Bozhenko
1958 The Variegateds Case Safron Lozhkin, thief
1958 Oleko Dundich soldier
1958 A Girl with Guitar Penkin
1958 Brothers Vanya Komarov Korean: 잊지말라 파주블!
1959 Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm Zakhar Silich Peryoshkin
1959 May Stars Starsina
1959 A Special Approach Department Head
1960 A Snow Fairy Tale Chauffeur
1960 They Were Nineteen Baba
1961 Fortress on Wheels Vozhzhov
1961 Heart Doesn't Forgive Konykov
1961 The Girls Commandant
1962 Happy Birthday! policeman
1962 Freak Man Maksim Danilovich Mezha
1962 Knight's Move Khariton Erofeevich Pomerantsev
1963 Cheryomushki Kovalyov
1963 Free Kick Pavel Kukushkin
1964 Big Wick train passenger'
1964 The First Day of Freedom Grigory, Colonel Davydov's adjutant Polish: Pierwszy dzien wolnosci
1964 Summer Is Over Chief forwarder
1964 A Bag Full of Hearts Kirill
1965 Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures Pavel Stepanovich, Construction Works Manager (Segment "Workmate")
1965 Give Me a Book of Complaints neighbour
1965 Above us is the Southern Cross policeman
1965 Unconquered Battalion colonel Kolpakov
1965 Sleeping Lion police sergeant
1966 Traveler with Luggage Taxi driver
1967 Wedding in Malinovka Yashka the Gunner
1967 His Name Was Robert Knopkin
1968 Suitable for Non-combatant Kachura
1968 Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes Tsar
1969 If There Are Sails Dudka, boatswain
1970 Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair Tsar Yeremei
1971 The Twelve Chairs Father Fyodor
1971 Shelmenko-batman Shelmenko
1973 The Golden Horns Robber Chief Irod
1973 Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future film director Yakin
1973 Neylon 100% Misha
1974 Screen Star Boris Dudkin
1975 It Can't Be! Gorbushkin
1975 Finist, the brave Falcon Voyevoda
1975 After the Fair Prantsys Pustorevich
1976 Unknown Heir Aleksey Kuznetsov
1976 The Little Mermaid drunk satellite / thick-lipped
1977 I Have an Idea! Vladimir Nikolaevich, state farm director
1978 The New Adventures of Captain Wrongel Captain Wrongel
1980 Borrowing Matchsticks chief of Police
1980 Forest Vosymibratov
1981 The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person Rabum's gardener
1981 Sailors Have No Questions Uncle Misha
1981 The Sixth Mironych
1982 Sportloto-82 San Sanych Murashko
1982 Silver Revue ice keeper
1983 Married Bachelor Vasiliy Petrovich Bulavin
1983 Without Much Risk Sergey Sergeevich
1984 Ordered to Take Alive Border Guard Outpost's Starshina
1984 Egorka boatswain Toporshchuk
1985 Man with an Accordion uncle Kolya
1986 Malicious Sunday Miron Sergeevich
1987 Sitting on the Golden Porch Tsar Fedot
1987 Visit to Minotaur Stepan Melnik TV Mini-Series
1991 Bolotnaya Street, or a Remedy for Sex Fyodor Ivanovich
1992 Shot in the Coffin colonel / Butylkin
1992 Gentlemen Artists provincial official
2001 Town Musicians of Bremen King

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