Boris Fyodorovich Andreyev ( – 25 April 1982) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1939 and 1982. People's Artist of the USSR (1962). Andreev won two State Stalin Prizes for his roles in Pyryev’s Ballad of Siberia (1946) and The Fall of Berlin (1950).
Biography
Boris Andreyev was born 9 February 1915 in Saratov, Russian Empire to a family of workers. His childhood and youth years were spent in Atkarsk, Saratov Governorate. After completing the seventh grade at school, Andreyev went to work as a mechanic-electrician at a сombine factory, where he started going to a local theatrical circle. There he was noticed by a famous Saratov actor, , who suggested that he enter the Saratov Theatre Technical School, from which Boris Andreyev graduated in 1937.
For a while, Boris Andreyev played on the Saratov Drama Theater's stage. During the theater tour in Moscow, film director Ivan Pyryev offered him the role of Nazar Duma in Tractor Drivers (1939). It became his first film role and also brought him great popularity in the medium.
His next notable role was as Khariton Balun in A Great Life (1st part in 1939, 2nd part in 1958).
During the Second World War, Andreyev with Mark Bernes acted in the legendary Soviet film Two Soldiers (1943).
In the role of Ilya Zhurbin in A Big Family (1954), Andreyev demonstrated his ability to play psychologically-complicated characters. His roles in Cruelty (1959) and The Road to Berlin (1962) brought forth two of his most intense performances. The role of Vozhak in the film An Optimistic Tragedy became one of the defining performances of his career and one of its major highlights.
In the 1971–1973, Boris Andreyev served as the narrator of several documentaries, such as People's Artist Andreyev, People's Artist Kasymov and People's Artist Shukur Burkhanov.
Andreyev died on 25 April 1982 in Moscow, and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1939 Shchors Young Red Armist Uncredited Tractor Drivers Nazar Duma The Fighters Fighter Pilot A Great Life Khariton Balun1941 Valery Chkalov Mechanic 'Chizhik' Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Ivan, called Dovbna, Shaytan's son / Boyar Pushkin 1942 Combat Movie Collection 8Makar (segment "Three in a Tank") Aleksandr Parkhomenko Anarchist Uncredited1943 Years Young Zakhar Son of Tajikistan Ivan Road to the Stars Pilot Uncredited Two Soldiers Sasha1944 I Am a Sailor of the Black Sea Fleet Stepan Polosukhin and His father Grigoriy Polosukhin The Last Hill Maj. Zhukovskiy1945 Golden Path Epifanstev Dark Is the Night Lyosha Khristoforov 1946 A Great Life 2 Khariton Balun1948 Ballad of Siberia Yakov Zakharonovich Burmak White Darkness Soviet partisan Dugin 1949 Encounter at the Elbe Sgt. Egorkin1950 The Fall of Berlin Aleksei Ivanov Cossacks of the Kuban Fedya 1951 The Unforgettable Year 1919 Vladimir Shibayev 1953 Maksimka Seaman Luchkin1954 Marina's Destiny Matvey A Big Family Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin1956 The Mexican Paulino Vera Ilya Muromets Ilya Muromets 1958 Poem of the Sea Savva Zarudnyi1959 The Sisters Sailor Chugay In Steppe Silenceepisode Cruelty Lazar Baulin Foma Gordeev Zvantsev1961 Chronicle of Flaming Years general Glazunov The Cossacks Eroshka 1962 The Road to Berth Zosima Rosomakha botsman1963 Velká cesta Voják An Optimistic Tragedy Vozhak Melodies of Dunayevskycameo 1964 The Enchanted Desna Platon Poltorak 1965 Above us is the Southern Cross Fedoseenko1967 On the Wild ShoreLitvinov Aladdin and His Magic Lampepisode 1968 Angel DayGryzlov 1970 Night Сall Lavrentiy Kvashnin 1972 Treasure Island Long John Silver1974 Vanyushin's Children Aleksandr Vanyushin Entrant Ыtudent Petro Pyotr Martynovich and the Years of Great Lifecameo 1975 At the World's LimitTrackman 1976 Appointed Granddaughter Timofey 1980 Sergei Ivanovich Rtires Sergey Ivanovich1983 Tears Were Falling Nikolai Vanichkin Preface to the Battle Mokhov
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