Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (;Его фамилия Пуговкин и его родители тоже были Пуговкиными и никогда свою фамилию не меняли. Супруга Михаила Ивановича безуспешно боролась с этим вымыслом 13 July 1923 — 25 July 2008) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film comic actor named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.
He studied in the Moscow Art Theatre school under Ivan Moskvin, took part in World War II and, following demobilisation, was featured in the 1944 all-star cast adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Wedding. Another step to stardom was the 1967 comedy Wedding in Malinovka.
Pugovkin went on to appear in more than 100 films. His roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965), Twelve Chairs (1971), Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) and Borrowing Matchsticks (1980) made him one of the most popular comedians of the former Soviet Union.
Pugovkin lived in Yalta, Crimea before moving to Moscow in 1999. A statue of Father Fyodor from The Twelve Chairs portrayed by Pugovkin was unveiled in Kharkiv, Ukraine in 2001.Отец Федор из «Двенадцати стульев» появился в Харькове
Pugovkin died on July 25, 2008, in his house in Moscow. He was buried on July 29 at Vagankovo Cemetery.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes1940Yakov Sverdlovworker1941The Artamonov BusinessStepasha Barsky1942Concert to the FrontSoldieruncredited1944KutuzovFedya1944The Weddingwedding guest1944Six P.M.Artilleryman 1946A Noisy HouseholdSoldier Pugovkin 1947The First GloveThe Driver 1953MaksimkaRussian sailor1953Attack from the SeaPiroshkov1953Admiral UshakovPirozhkov1953Attack from the SeaPirozhkov1954True Friendsclub entertainer1954School of CourageShmakov1954Did We Meet Somewhere Beforeguard policeman1955Good Morningseller1955The Crash of the EmirateYasny 1955Private IvanZakhar Silich1956Earth and PeopleGrishka Khvat1956Once, On A Wonderful DayPanas Chushko1956Ilya MurometsRazumey1957TruthVasily Bozhenko1958The Variegateds CaseSafron Lozhkin, thief1958Oleko Dundichsoldier1958A Girl with GuitarPenkin1958BrothersVanya Komarov1959Ivan Brovkin on the State FarmZakhar Silich Peryoshkin1959May StarsStarsina1959A Special ApproachDepartment Head1960A Snow Fairy TaleChauffeur1960They Were NineteenBaba1961Fortress on WheelsVozhzhov1961Heart Doesn't ForgiveKonykov1961The GirlsCommandant1962Happy Birthday!policeman1962Freak ManMaksim Danilovich Mezha1962Knight's MoveKhariton Erofeevich Pomerantsev1963CheryomushkiKovalyov1963Free KickPavel Kukushkin1964Big Wicktrain passenger'1964The First Day of FreedomGrigory, Colonel Davydov's adjutant1964Summer Is OverChief forwarder1964A Bag Full of HeartsKirill1965Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures Pavel Stepanovich, Construction Works Manager(Segment "Workmate")1965Give Me a Book of Complaintsneighbour1965Above us is the Southern Crosspoliceman1965Unconquered Battalioncolonel Kolpakov1965Sleeping Lionpolice sergeant1966Traveler with LuggageTaxi driver1967Wedding in MalinovkaYashka the Gunner1967His Name Was RobertKnopkin1968Suitable for Non-combatantKachura1968Fire, Water, and Brass PipesTsar1969If There Are SailsDudka, boatswain1970Barbara the Fair with the Silken HairTsar Yeremei1971The Twelve ChairsFather Fyodor1971Shelmenko-batmanShelmenko1973The Golden HornsRobber Chief Irod1973Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Futurefilm director Yakin1973Neylon 100%Misha1974Screen StarBoris Dudkin1975It Can't Be!Gorbushkin1975Finist, the brave FalconVoyevoda1975After the FairPrantsys Pustorevich1976Unknown HeirAleksey Kuznetsov1976The Little Mermaiddrunk satellite / thick-lipped1977I Have an Idea!Vladimir Nikolaevich, state farm director1978The New Adventures of Captain WrongelCaptain Wrongel1980Borrowing Matchstickschief of Police1980ForestVosymibratov1981The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled PersonRabum's gardener1981Sailors Have No QuestionsUncle Misha1981The SixthMironych1982Sportloto-82San Sanych Murashko1982Silver Revueice keeper1983Married BachelorVasiliy Petrovich Bulavin1983Without Much RiskSergey Sergeevich1984Ordered to Take AliveBorder Guard Outpost's Starshina1984Egorkaboatswain Toporshchuk1985Man with an Accordionuncle Kolya1986Malicious SundayMiron Sergeevich1987Sitting on the Golden PorchTsar Fedot1987Visit to MinotaurStepan MelnikTV Mini-Series1991Bolotnaya Street, or a Remedy for SexFyodor Ivanovich1992Shot in the Coffincolonel / Butylkin1992Gentlemen Artistsprovincial official2001Town Musicians of BremenKing
Honours and awards Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th classУказ Президента РФ от 14 января 2002 г. № 35 Order of HonourУказ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 сентября 2003 г. № 1019 Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class Order of the Badge of Honour Medal of Zhukov Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "Veteran of Labour" Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Ukrainian Order of Merit 3rd classНагороджений Указом Президента України від 30 вересня 1999 року № 1252
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