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Vladimir Sokoloff
Actor

Vladimir Sokoloff

26 Dec 1889Born
15 Feb 1962Died
72Age at death
96Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (Russian: Владимир Александрович Соколов; December 26, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was a character actor on stage and particularly in film.

Sokoloff was born in Moscow, Russia. He became an actor and assistant director with the Moscow Art Theatre before emigrating to Berlin in 1923. With the rise of Nazism, Sokoloff who was Jewish, moved first to Paris in 1932, then to the United States in 1937.

He appeared in a number of Broadway plays from 1937 to 1950.

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He also quickly found work in American films, playing characters of a wide variety of nationalities (he himself once estimated 35), for example, Filipino (Back to Bataan), French (Passage to Marseille), Greek (Mr. Lucky), Arab (Road to Morocco), Romanian (I Was a Teenage Werewolf), and Chinese (Macao). Among his better known parts are the Spanish guerrilla Anselmo in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and the Mexican Old Man in The Magnificent Seven.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he also appeared on a number of television series, including three episodes of CBS's The Twilight Zone ("Dust", "The Gift" and "The Mirror"). On January 1, 1961, Sokoloff guest starred as "Old Stefano", a wise shepherd, in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman, with John Russell and Peter Brown. He also appeared on one episode of The Untouchables entitled "Troubleshooter".

He was a pupil of Stanislavski, but in a 1960 newspaper article, he rejected Method acting (as well as all other acting theories).

After a long career, he died of a stroke in 1962 in Hollywood, California.

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 96 credits.

  1. 1962Taras BulbaFilm: Stepan Kanevsky
  2. 1961Mr. SardonicusFilm: Henryk Toleslawski
  3. 1961Five Fingers: The Judas GoatFilm: Peter Vestos
  4. 1960CimarronFilm: Jacob Krubeckoff
  5. 1960Harrigan and SonSeries (1 episode)
  6. 1960The Magnificent SevenFilm: Old Man
  7. 1960CheckmateSeries: Pedro Moreno (1 episode)
  8. 1960ThrillerSeries: Papa Glockstein, The Janitor (1 episode)
  9. 1960Beyond the Time BarrierFilm: The Supreme
  10. 1960Man on a StringFilm: Papa of Boris Mitrov
  11. 1959The AlaskansSeries (1 episode)
  12. 1959The Twilight ZoneSeries: Gallegos, Father Tomas, Guitarist (Ignacio) (1 episode)
  13. 1959Johnny StaccatoSeries (1 episode)
  14. 1959TightropeSeries (1 episode)
  15. 1959For Whom the Bell TollsFilm: Anselmo
  16. 1958The RiflemanSeries (1 episode)
  17. 1958The Donna Reed ShowSeries (1 episode)
  18. 1958Peter GunnSeries (1 episode)
  19. 1958Twilight for the GodsFilm: Feodor Morris
  20. 1957Sabu and the Magic RingFilm: The Old Fakir
  21. 1957MaverickSeries: Pedro Rubio (1 episode)
  22. 1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeries (1 episode)
  23. 1957I Was a Teenage WerewolfFilm: Pepe the Janitor
  24. 1957Monster from Green HellFilm: Dr. Lorentz
  25. 1957IstanbulFilm: Aziz Rakim
  26. 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries: Alf (1 episode)
  27. 1956Wire ServiceSeries: Prime Minister (1 episode)
  28. 1956Playhouse 90Series: Anselmo (2 episodes)
  29. 1956While the City SleepsFilm: George "Pop" Pilski
  30. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Uncle Fernaud (1 episode)
  31. 1955The MillionaireSeries: Uncle Jacques Monet (1 episode)
  32. 1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeries: Jake Bartosh (1 episode)
  33. 1952MacaoFilm: Kwan Sum Tang
  34. 1950The Baron of ArizonaFilm: Pepito Alvarez
  35. 1948To the Ends of the EarthFilm: Commissioner Lum Chi Chow
  36. 1946Cloak and DaggerFilm: Polda
  37. 1946A Scandal in ParisFilm: Uncle Hugo
  38. 1946Two Smart PeopleFilm: Jacques Dufour
  39. 1945Scarlet StreetFilm: Pop LeJon
  40. 1945Paris UndergroundFilm: Undertaker
  41. 1945Back to BataanFilm: Señor Buenaventura J. Bello
  42. 1945A Royal ScandalFilm: Malakoff
  43. 1944The ConspiratorsFilm: Miguel
  44. 1944Till We Meet AgainFilm: Cabeau
  45. 1944Passage to MarseilleFilm: Grandpere
  46. 1943For Whom the Bell TollsFilm: Anselmo
  47. 1943Mr. LuckyFilm: Greek Priest (uncredited)
  48. 1943Mission to MoscowFilm: Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president
  49. 1942Road to MoroccoFilm: Hyder Khan
  50. 1942CrossroadsFilm: Carlos Le Duc (uncredited)
  51. 1941Love CrazyFilm: Dr. David Klugle
  52. 1940Comrade XFilm: Michael Bastakoff
  53. 1939The Real GloryFilm: The Datu
  54. 1939JuarezFilm: Camilo
  55. 1939Sons of LibertyFilm: Jacob (uncredited)
  56. 1938Spawn of the NorthFilm: Dimitri
  57. 1938The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseFilm: Popus
  58. 1938BlockadeFilm: Basil
  59. 1938Arsène Lupin ReturnsFilm: Ivan Pavloff
  60. 1937Beg, Borrow or StealFilm: Sascha
  61. 1937Expensive HusbandsFilm: Herr Andrew Brenner
  62. 1937West of ShanghaiFilm: General Fu Shan
  63. 1937ConquestFilm: Dying soldier
  64. 1937Alcatraz IslandFilm: The Flying Dutchman
  65. 1937The Life of Emile ZolaFilm: Paul Cezanne
  66. 1936The Lower DepthsFilm: le vieux Kostileff
  67. 1936Mister FlowFilm: Merlow
  68. 1936Life Is OursFilm: Un vieillard dans le cortège final
  69. 1936Under Western EyesFilm: Le recteur
  70. 1936MayerlingFilm: Chief of Police
  71. 1935Le secret des WoronzeffFilm: Petroff
  72. 1934Prince WoronzeffFilm: Petroff
  73. 1934Ladies LakeFilm: Baron Dobbersberg
  74. 1933High and LowFilm: M. Berger
  75. 1933Song of the StreetsFilm: Le père Schlamp
  76. 1933Don QuixoteFilm: Gypsy King
  77. 1932Haunted PeopleFilm
  78. 1932Strafsache van GeldernFilm: Armenarzt
  79. 1932Queen of AtlantisFilm: Graf Bielowski
  80. 1932The Mistress of AtlantisFilm: L'hetman de Jitomir (as Vl. Sokoloff)

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