Vladimir Kashpur

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Terentyevich and the family name is Kashpur.

Vladimir Terentyevich Kashpur (Russian: Владимир Терентьевич Кашпур; October 26, 1926 – October 17, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet actor.^[1] A native of Severka, Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in Ballad of a Soldier and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladimir Lenin to Baba Yaga. Kashpur was also active in the Moscow Art Theatre.

Kashpur in 1944

Selected filmography

• Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
• Time, Forward! (1965)
• No Path Through Fire (1968)
• Liberation (1970)
• Commander of the Happy "Pike" (1972)
• Planet Parade (1984)
• Lev Tolstoy (1984)
• New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988)
• Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
• It (1989)
• Taxi Blues (1990)
• Don't Play the Fool (1997)
• Composition for Victory Day (1998)
• The Wedding (2000)
• Bastards (2006)

Awards

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1976)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986)
• State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000)
• Order of Honour^[2]

Personal life

Wife Lyudmila Grigorievna Kashpur, died in 2009. The couple had a son, Aleksei.^[3]

References

1. "Владимир Терентьевич Кашпур", istoriya-kino.ru, retrieved May 8, 2020
2. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 октября 1998 года", Президент России, retrieved May 8, 2020
3. Владимир Кашпур. «Дорогая моя Людмила Григорьевна»

External sources

• Obituary (in Russian)