Leonid Bykov
Actor
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.
Filmography
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
as Captain Alexey “Maestro” Titarenko 1973
Maksim Perepelitsa
as Maksim Perepelitsa 1955
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...
as ефрейтор Виктор Святкин 1976
Tiger Girl
as Petya Mokin 1954
Four Winds of Heaven
as Почтальон 1962
The Scouts
as Makarenko 1968
Little Hare
as Лев Зайчик 1964
Alyosha's Love
as Alyoshka 1960
Other People's Relatives
as Lev Zakharovich 1956
The Quarrel in Lukashi
1959
In the Town of S.
as Carter 1966
My Dear Fellow
as Pasha Bogatyryov 1958
Next to Us
as Nikolay Zhukov 1957
May Stars
as Alyosha 1959
The Volunteers
as Akishin 1958
Be Careful, Grandma!
as Alex Shestakov 1961
Marina's Destiny
1954