Sergei Filippov
Acting • Born 1912-06-11 – Died 1990-04-19
Biography
Sergey Filippov was born in Saratov in a working class family. Father was a locksmith, and mother a dressmaker. At school, Sergei Filippov did not study well, and in high school he even became known as a bully. In a chemistry lesson in the absence of a teacher, he mixed hydrochloric acid with iron filings, added a couple of reagents. After such an experiment, a terribly pungent smell spread throughout the school. Classes were disrupted, and Filippova expelled from school. After being expelled from school, he got a job as a student of a baker in a private bakery. But this work was of little interest to him, and over the next months he tried several professions, until the case brought him to the ballet studio. Classes so fascinated Sergey that in a few weeks he was considered the best student and a bright future in ballet opened before him. In 1929, on the advice of teachers, Filippov went to Moscow to enter the ballet school at the Bolshoi Theater. Arriving in the capital, he learned that the entrance exams had already ended, and on the advice of knowledgeable people went to Leningrad, to a choreographic school. But he was too late for these exams and submitted documents to the newly opened circus variety college, where he was accepted. Teachers predicted a brilliant future for a gifted student and, after graduating from a technical school, in 1933 Sergei Filippov was accepted into the troupe of the Opera and Ballet Theater. The career of a ballet dancer was too short - during the next performance Filippov became ill. Arriving doctors noted a heart attack and advised to leave the ballet. Filippov entered the pop theater studio. He performed a lot on the venues of Leningrad and during one of the concerts he was noticed by Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov, who suggested that the young actor go to the Comedy Theater. In the years 1935-1965 - actor of the Leningrad Comedy Theater, since 1965 - the film studio "Lenfilm". He gained popularity in the film roles in the films “Tiger Tamer” (1954), “Carnival Night” (1956), “Girl without an Address” (1957), “12 Chairs” (1971), “Ivan Vasilievich Changes His Profession” (1973). Filippov was a master of both large and complex roles and episodes. Filippov in the 1940-1960s was very popular in Leningrad and major cities of the country. In 1965, a brain tumor was discovered in him. In 1971, before filming "12 Chairs", the actor began to have severe headaches from discovered brain cancer, and therefore Gaidai invited Rostislav Plyatt, approving him for the role of Kisa. However, Filippov said that he would be removed in any case. The situation was resolved when rumors of Filippov's insistent desire reached Plyatt, and he himself ceded the role of Kisa Filippov. Despite a small chance of improvement, Sergei Filippov successfully completed treatment after filming and lived another 20 years, playing his last role also with Leonid Gaidai. Sergey Filippov was buried in the Northern Cemetery, next to Antonina Golubeva. The St. Petersburg film actors guild installed a bust on the grave. A few days before his death, the actor told Lyubov Tishchenko about his dream: “You know, all my life I wanted to play a positive tragic role, but I got only nasty types,” sighed Filippov. “I even cried when I found out that the main role in the film“ When the Trees were Big ”went to Yuri Nikulin.”
Filmography
109 credits
The Precious Seed
Movie • 1948
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Movie • 1973
Swedish Ambassador
Special Approach
Movie • 1959
12 Chairs
Movie • 1971
Киса Воробьянинов
Schweik is Preparing For Battle
Movie • 1942
The Mysterious Old Man
Movie • 1981
Don't Grieve!
Movie • 1968
Eros, barber
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1976
Pleasure of not-understanding
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1955
Фабиан
It Can't Be!
Movie • 1975
певец на свадьбе
Cinderella
Movie • 1947
Corporal
Carnival Night
Movie • 1956
comrade Nekadilov
A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears
Movie • 1976
Chess King
The Bat
Movie • 1979
Lesnichi
The Tobacco Captain
Movie • 1972
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
Movie • 1968
specialist pharmacist
Where Did Fomenko Go?
Movie • 1981
Did We Meet Somewhere Before
Movie • 1954
Incognito from St.Petersburg
Movie • 1978
Osip
Tiger Girl
Movie • 1954
Almazov, exhibition tiger trainer
Honeymoon
Movie • 1956
Paromshik
Hello, Moscow!
Movie • 1945
Brykin, the accordionist (as S. Filippov)
Blokada: Pulkovskiy meredian
Movie • 1975
Vasily Markelovich Gubarev
How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder
Movie • 1977
overseas doctor
And Then Came Bumbo...
Movie • 1984
ringmaster
Arinka
Movie • 1939
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
Movie • 1989
Veteran
Dangerous for Your Life!
Movie • 1985
Kashchey the Immortal
Movie • 1944
палач
The Serf Actress
Movie • 1963
Elpidyphoros
The Cook
Movie • 1966
fraudster at the market
Sovershenno seryozno
Movie • 1961
Молдованцев - писатель (новелла «Как создавался Робинзон»)
The Defense of Volotchayevsk
Movie • 1938
A Foreign Woman
Movie • 1965
Abdulla
Little Hare
Movie • 1964
главный режиссер театра Борис Михайлович
A Girl with Guitar
Movie • 1958
Mamin
The Boatswain and The Parrot
Movie • 1982
(voice)
Girl without an Address
Movie • 1958
Komarinsky
The Sleeping Lion
Movie • 1965
Heart of a Dog
Movie • 1988
The Patient
Different Fortunes
Movie • 1956
Kostya
A Noisy Household
Movie • 1946
Krauss
The Snow Maiden
Movie • 1968
In the Old Rhythms
Movie • 1982
The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin
Movie • 1964
Vasilyok
Petia and Little Red Riding Hood
Movie • 1958
Wolf (voice)
SportLotto - 82
Movie • 1982
railwayman
Be Careful, Grandma!
Movie • 1961
Prokhorov
Musical Story
Movie • 1940
Babashkin
Clumsy Friend
Movie • 1959
Waiter
Tsarevich Prosha
Movie • 1974
Атаман разбойников
Aleksa Dundic
Movie • 1958
Konačar
Driver Involuntarily
Movie • 1958
Саврасов Иван Петрович, шофёр Пастухова
A Comedy of Days Gone By
Movie • 1980
Kisa Vorobyaninov
A Friend in Court Is Better...
Movie • 1959
hotel administrator
Measure of Restraint
Movie • 1983
продавец броши
We from the Urals
Movie • 1943
Specialized worker
Little Friend
Movie • 1958
Petukhov, swindler
The Tale About the Enamored Painter
Movie • 1987
Главный мудрец
An Old Acquaintance
Movie • 1969
Яков Филиппович Никодилов
Light over Russia
Movie • 1947
Speculator
A Great Road Ahead
Movie • 1963
city head
The New Adventures of Schweik
Movie • 1943
The Unamenables
Movie • 1959
the policeman
Wonderful Apples
Movie • 1975
Have You Ever Loved?
Movie • 1974
Au-u!
Movie • 1976
актёр/Абабуа («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
Two Sundays
Movie • 1964
March-April
Movie • 1944
While the Dream is Mad
Movie • 1978
Our Mutual Friend
Movie • 1962
High Water
Movie • 1963
Cherry Town
Movie • 1963
Mylkin
Adventures of Korzinkina
Movie • 1941
The Nightingale
Movie • 1980
Станица Дальняя
Movie • 1940
The Trial Is Underway
Movie • 1963
Yakov Sverdlov
Movie • 1940
The Siege: Operation "Iskra"
Movie • 1977
Vasiliy Gubarev, communications chief
The Siege: Leningrad Metronome
Movie • 1977
Vasiliy Gubarev, old worker
The Great Tamer
Movie • 1974
Uncle Misha
Gutta-Percha Boy
Movie • 1957
Doorman
Konstantin Zaslonov
Movie • 1949
Nameless Island
Movie • 1947
Тимохин
Vanya
Movie • 1958
the policeman
"Margarita" is Raging
Movie • 1970
пассажир
Ten
Movie • 1971
First minister
Night Guard
Movie • 1957
Polzikov
On the Other Side
Movie • 1958
Майба
Perikola
Movie • 1984
The Cutlass
Movie • 1954
Filin
Feola
Movie • 1970
new coach at the airport
Street Is Full of Surprises
Movie • 1958
police chief
Three Hundred Years Ago...
Movie • 1956
florentine monk
How Robinson Was Created
Movie • 1961
Молдованцев - писатель
For the Matches
Movie • 1980
Hyvärinen
The Boys from Leningrad
Movie • 1954
jealous husband
The Value of Everything
Movie • 1957
Storm
Movie • 1957
Vilenchuk
First Visitor
Movie • 1966
Deloproizvoditel
Where are you, Knights?
Movie • 1971
Arkadiy Petrovich Bilonos
The Last Crook
Movie • 1966
The Fox, the Beaver and Others
Movie • 1960
Lion
Big "Wick"
Movie • 1964
проигравший в шашки/Филиппов (новеллы «Шашки»/«Расплата»)
Neva Melodies
Movie • 1959
Songs Above Clouds
Movie • 1976
The Large Amber
Movie • 1972
32 Emergencies
Movie • 1971
Mister Twister
Movie • 1969