Leonid Bykov
Known For
Acting
Born
1928-12-12 in Znamenka, Sloviansk Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died
1979-04-11
Biography
Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (Russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, Ukrainian: Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, USSR) was a Ukrainian actor, film director, and script writer. He received the "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" title in 1965 and the "People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR" title in 1974. Bykov contributed to several Soviet World War II films that portrayed a stereotypical Soviet Ukrainian. Bykov died in a traffic accident in 1979 on the highway from Minsk to Kyiv.[2] In 1994, the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet after him, (4682) Bykov.
Most Known For
To Remember
as archivefootage
Tiger Girl
as Petya Mokin
Big "Wick"
as дирижёр (новелла « Увертюра»)
Maksim Perepelitsa
as Maksim Perepelitsa
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
as Captain Alexey “Maestro” Titarenko
The Volunteers
as Akishin
Next to Us
as Nikolay Zhukov
My Dear Fellow
as Pasha Bogatyryov
May Stars
as Alyosha
1 Newton Street
as (uncredited)
Anna's Happiness
as Commander of the Food Squad
The Scouts
as Makarenko
Как веревочка ни вьётся
Be Careful, Grandma!
as Alex Shestakov
Other People's Relatives
as Lev Zakharovich
The Quarrel in Lukashi
Little Hare
as Лев Зайчик
In the Town of S.
as Carter
Who was loved by all
as Self (archive footage)
Four Winds of Heaven
as Почтальон