







Tribute to Oleg Vidov
Sunday, June 18 at 7 pm
St. Francis College, Founders Hall,
180 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
The Light That Transcends Boundaries
A Dedication to Oleg Vidov
A special memorial event dedicated to the well-known actor will be held on June 18 at 7 p.m. at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201.
Oleg Borisovich Vidov (born June 11, 1943 at Filimonki, Leninsky District, Moscow Region, USSR; died May 15, 2017 at Westlake Village, Los Angeles, California, USA) was a Soviet and American stage and movie actor, director, screenwriter, producer, entrepreneur. Meritorious Actor of the Russian Federation (1974).
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He was well known among audiences of various generations thanks to his movies, from “Gentlemen of Fortune” to “Red Heat”.
He was always trying to play virtuous roles with the main focus on morality. Through his roles, Oleg Vidov taught us to be decent humans, and he always remained a positive, radiant person.
Such images and roles don’t exist on-screen anymore. He was one of the last actors raised by the real Soviet cinema at its point of climax.
Oleg was pure, kind, wholesome, and noble; his real image truly reflected his movie roles. He is a major figure in filmmaking, and we will always revisit his image and roles. He became a real classic, while being one of the most handsome actors of the Soviet cinema. Nowadays, his movies continue to bring us the light he was gifting us within his lifetime.
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1961 — My Friend, Kol’ka! — An episodic role
1962 — The End of the World — Vania, deceased son of Matriona
1963 — If You Are Right… — Alexiy’s brother
1963 — Walking the Streets of Moscow — Guy on a bike
1963 — In the Line of Duty — Polar explorer
1964 — An Easy Life — Theatre patron buying an ice cream
1964 — The Blizzard — Vladimir Nikolaevich, ensign
1964 — I Am Twenty — Smoking passer-by (uncredited)
1964 — An Ordinary Miracle — Bear
1966 — The Tale of Tsar Saltan — Prince Gvidon, son of Tsar Saltan
1967 — Grooms of Zarechye (short film) — Mishka Chernyshev, collective farm’s driver
1967 — Rode kappe / Hagbard and Signe (Denmark, Sweden, Iceland) — Prince Hagbard (English/Russian)
1968 — Love, No Love / Ima ljubavi, nema ljubavi (Yugoslavia)
1968 — Don’t Name the Cause of Death / Uzrok smrti ne pominjati (Yugoslavia, GDR) — SS man
1969 — Battle of Neretva (Yugoslavia, USA, FRG, Italy) — Nikola, Yugoslavian guerilla officer
1970 — Waterloo (Italy, USSR) — Tomlinson
1970 — Mission in Kabul — Skazkin, diplomatic courier
1971 — Gentlemen of Fortune — Vladimir Nikolaevich Slavin, police lieutenant
1971 — Lion’s Grave — Masheka, blacksmith, gentleman of the road, protector of the poor and the oppressed
1972 — Take the Fall — Party host
1972 — The Train Only Stops for Two Minutes — Igor Pavlovich Maksimov, neurologist
1972 — Tecumseh (GDR) — Elliot
1973 — The Headless Horseman (USSR, Cuba) — Maurice Gerald, poor mustanger in the USA and rich baronet in Ireland, his motherland.
1974 — Moscow, My Love (USSR, Japan) — Volodya, Moscow sculptor, love interest of Yuriko (Japanese ballerina)
1975 — The Ivanovs — Nikolay Ossintsev
1975 — Poison / Pokoj, rci, jad (Yugoslavia) — Gavriil
1977 — The Legend of Thyl — Admiral De Lume
1977 — Rudin — Sergey Pavlovich Volyntsev, retired staff captain, Alexandra Lipina’s brother
1977 — Transsiberian Express — Andrey, Chadiarov’s liaison
1978 — Artyom — Viktor Danilovich Kholmyansky
1978 — Blood and Sweat — Lieutenata Rochal
1978 — No Distinctive Marks (USSR, Poland, GDR) — Mikhail Sladkopevtsev, aka Anatole Novozhilov, exiled socialist-revolutionary on the run
1979 — Die Fledermaus — Alfred, Rosalinde Eisenstein’s admirer, student
1980 — Virtuous Martha — Lieutenant, captain Urbina’s nephew
1981 — The Scream of Silence — Pavel Kolchin, forester
1982 — Urgent… Confidential… Gubcheka — Staff captain Petrov
1983 — The Demidovs — Nefyodov
1983 — The Youth Orchestra / Orkestar jedne mladosti (Yugoslavia) — Brauske
1985 — The Secret of the Black Dragon (Yugoslavia, Netherlands, FRG, Finland, USA) — Ivan
1985 — In Prison / U zatvoru (Yugoslavia) — Slobodan
1987 — Vuk Karadžić (Yugoslavia) — Count Prozorovsky
1988 — Red Heat (USA) — Yuri Ogarkov, Soviet policeman, Ivan Danko’s partner
1990 — Wild Orchid (USA) — Otto Munch
1992 — Three Days in August (Russia, USA) — General Valsov
1993 — The Ice Runner (USA) — Soviet Prosecutor
1993 — Prisoner of Time (USA) — Alexander Jadov
1994 — Love Affair (USA) — Businessman
1995 — The Immortals (USA) — Junkyard owner
1995 — My Antonia (English/Russian) (USA)
1996 — 2090 (USA) — Tony
1996 — The First Blow (Hong Kong) — Russian general
1999 — Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (USA) — Osip Kuchka
1999—2006 — The West Wing (USA) — Lipecki
2000 — Thirteen Days (USA) — Valerian Alexandrovich Zorin, USSR Ambassador with the UN and the UN Security Council
2005—2006 — Alias (USA) — Laborer
2006 — Enchanted Neighborhood — Fraser
2007 — Say It in Russian (USA) — Drunk Russian
2008 — Player 5150 (USA) — Russian official
2011 — Criminal Minds (USA) — Driver
2011 — Tango Changes Everything — Uncle Oleg
2013 — American Seagull (USA) — Nina's grandpa
2014 — 6 Days Dark (Canada, Serbia) — Sergey Nikolaevich