Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.
Looking for Happiness
Tom Sawyer
Our Cinema
((archive footage))
Waterloo
(Cambronne)
Novelly
The Unforgettable Year 1919
(Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son)
Admiral Nakhimov
(Lt. Burunov)
The Alive and the Dead
(командир коммунистического батальона Фрунзенского района Москвы)
Adventure in Odessa
(Gleb's Father)
Unripe Raspberries
(Адольф)
Boris Godunov
(Pimen)
Aleksa Dundic
(Bodrov)
Unfinished Story
(Aleksandr Aganin)
Taras Shevchenko
(Nikolay Speshnev)
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
(Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov)
Shchors
(Nikolay Shchors)
The Shining Path
(Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev)
To the Black Sea
Accidental Meeting
(Grigoriy Rybin)
Sinegoriya
(Amalgama)
David Bek
(Kasyanov)
Heroes of Shipka
(Gen. Skobolov)
A Sleepless Night
(Pavel's father)
The Elusive Jan
The Stars Don't Fade
(Chicherin)
New Home
(сaptain Ivan Veshnyak)
Court of Honor
The Crash of the Emirate
Boy From the Outskirts
The Siege of Venice
They Fought for Their Motherland
(Colonel Marchenko)
A Long Path on a Short Day
(Mikhail Petrovich)
The Enchanted Desna
(Writer)
Four Hearts
(Пётр Колчин)
Rings of Fame
Three Hundred Years Ago...
(Bohun, colonel)
Заре навстречу
(Savych)
Крушение империи
(Savva Abramovich Petrushin)
He Will Come Back Again
The Night of the Iguana
Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa
(герцог Дориа)
Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich
(князь Иван Петрович Шуйский)
Shore of his life
(Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy)
Past and Thoughts
(консул)