- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 24, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Riga - Latvia - USSR
- Died
- December 17, 1987
Arkadiy Raykin
Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (Russian: Аркадий Исаакович Райкин; 24 October [O.S. 11 October] 1911 – 17 December 1987) was a Soviet stand-up comedian, theater and film actor, and stage director. He led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century. Raikin was born into a Jewish family in Riga, in the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (present-day Latvia). He graduated from the Leningrad Theatrical Technicum in 1935 and worked in both state theatres and variety shows. In 1939, he founded his own theatre in Leningrad, where he used skits and impersonations to ridicule the inefficiency of Communist bureaucracy and the Soviet way of life. In the Stalinist police state this was prone to danger, as it was not uncommon to get purged not only for telling a casual joke, but even for not reporting it to the authorities. He also appeared in several comedies during and …
Filmography
Аркадий Райкин. Королю дозволено всё
movieАркадий Райкин. Королю дозволено всё
2020 · Self (archive footage)
tvLegends of Cinema
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieМир дому твоему
1987
movieThe King's Sandwich
1985 · Narrator (voice)
movieI Am Returning Your Portrait
1983 · himself
movie50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater
1981
moviePyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
1976 · Himself
movieArkadiy Raykin
1975 · Self
tvЛюди и манекены
1974 · Василий Васильевич / Ошлепкин, Director, Screenstory, Screenplay, Creator
movieMagic Power
1970
movieYesterday, Today and Always
1970 · художник Репкин/директор пуговичной фабрики Кругозоров/директор швейной фабрики Слоновников/пожарный Набатов
movieArkadiy Raykin
1967 · Self
movieНа два часа раньше
1967 · zoo visitor
movieСказки русского леса
1967
movieNew Year's Calendar
1966
movieГолубой огонек - в первый час
1965 · Self
movieWhen the Song Does Not End...
1965 · pantomime "Fishing"
movieNew Year's Fair
1965
movieThe Bath House
1962
movieAt Bedtime
1960 · , Screenplay
movieFamiliar Pictures
1957 · (voice)
movieDid We Meet Somewhere Before
1954
movieConcert for the Front
1942 · Projectionist / Host
movieWings of Victory
1941 · American journalist
movieYears of Fire
1939
movieDoktor Kalyuzhnyy
1939
movieThe First Platoon
1933