Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik (; 15 January 1923 – 10 April 2009Евгений Весник. Всё не как у людей) was a Soviet and Russian actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik,Евгений Весник: Люблю пьяниц the first director of the Kryvorizhstal plant, he fought the Germans in World War II. He worked at the Maly Theatre from 1963 and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989, three years before his retirement from the stage.
Career Primarily a comedian, Vesnik is remembered as the first Soviet actor to play the character of Ostap Bender. After he was remembered as Taratar in The Adventures of the Elektronic (1979), one of greatest Soviet films for children.
Among his other roles are the policeman in Old Khottabych, boss of sport complex in Seven Old Men and a Girl, procurator in Die Fledermaus, commissioner in Charodei (1982), radist in Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach and many other films.
He died, aged 86, on 10 April 2009 in Moscow after suffering a stroke.В Москве скончался актёр Евгений Весник
Honors and awards Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class Order of the Red Star Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Two Medals "For Courage" Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" Medal "Veteran of Labour" Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Medal of Zhukov Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1961) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1971) People's Artist of the USSR (1989)
Selected filmography
Othello (1955) as Roderigo Old Khottabych (1957) as guard policeman The Adventures of Buratino (1959) as Father Carlo (voice) Footprint in the Ocean (1964) as Ivan Yeltsov (as Ye. Vesnik) An Ordinary Miracle (1965) as hunter Strong with Spirit (1967) as Voronchuk I Loved You (1968) as Pavel Golikov Trembita (1968) as Bogdan Susik The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968) as Polpovnik Ded Moroz and Summer (1969, Short) as truck driver / policeman / doctor (voice) Seven Old Men and a Girl (1970, TV Movie) as sports complex director Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (1970) as Airport manager Officers (1971) as paramedic We Didn't Learn This (1976) as Ivan Andreevich, glavniy arkhitektor Die Fledermaus (1979, TV Movie) as Prosecutor The Adventures of the Elektronic (1979, TV Mini-Series) as Math Teacher 'Tarator' The Theme (1979) as Igor Paschin, writer The Fairfax Millions (1980) as Police Commissioner Dog in Boots (1981, Short) as Cardinal's Cat (voice) Sorcerers (1982, TV Movie) as chairman of the commission Act, Manya! (1991) as biologist and geneticist Yevgeni Danilovitch Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach (1992) as Monya, ex-radist What a Mess! (1995) as doctor The Master and Margarita (2006) as professor Stravinskiy (final film role)
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