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Vladimir Sokoloff

Acting 72 (deceased) years old Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia] ★ 0.6
Born: December 26, 1889
Died: February 15, 1962

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (Russian: Владимир Александрович Соколов; December 26, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was a character actor on stage and particularly in film.

Sokoloff was born in Moscow, Russia. He became an actor and assistant director with the Moscow Art Theatre before emigrating to Berlin in 1923. With the rise of Nazism, Sokoloff who was Jewish, moved first to Paris in 1932, then to the United States in 1937.

He appeared in a number of Broadway plays from 1937 to 1950. He also quickly found work in American films, playing characters of a wide variety of nationalities (he himself once estimated 35), for example, Filipino (Back to Bataan), French (Passage to Marseille), Greek (Mr. Lucky), Arab (Road to Morocco), Romanian (I Was a Teenage Werewolf), and Chinese (Macao). Among his better known parts are the Spanish guerrilla Anselmo in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and the Mexican Old Man in The Magnificent Seven.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he also appeared on a number of television series, including three episodes of CBS's The Twilight Zone ("Dust", "The Gift" and "The Mirror"). On January 1, 1961, Sokoloff guest starred as "Old Stefano", a wise shepherd, in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman, with John Russell and Peter Brown. He also appeared on one episode of The Untouchables entitled "Troubleshooter".

He was a pupil of Stanislavski, but in a 1960 newspaper article, he rejected Method acting (as well as all other acting theories).

After a long career, he died of a stroke in 1962 in Hollywood, California.

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Known For

The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven Old Man 1960
Cimarron
Cimarron Jacob Krubeckoff 1960
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba Stepan Kanevsky 1962
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls Anselmo 1943
Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street Pop LeJon 1945

Filmography

Acting Credits (101)

Monster from British Hell
Monster from British Hell Dr. Lorentz 2021
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba Stepan Kanevsky 1962
Mr. Sardonicus
Mr. Sardonicus Henryk Toleslawski 1961
Five Fingers: The Judas Goat
Five Fingers: The Judas Goat Peter Vestos 1961
Cimarron
Cimarron Jacob Krubeckoff 1960
Harrigan and Son
Harrigan and Son 1960
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven Old Man 1960
Checkmate
Checkmate Pedro Moreno 1960
Thriller
Thriller Papa Glockstein 1960
Thriller
Thriller The Janitor 1960
Beyond the Time Barrier
Beyond the Time Barrier The Supreme 1960
Man on a String
Man on a String Papa of Boris Mitrov 1960
The Alaskans
The Alaskans 1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Gallegos 1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Father Tomas 1959
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Guitarist (Ignacio) 1959
Johnny Staccato
Johnny Staccato 1959
Tightrope
Tightrope 1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls Anselmo 1959
The Rifleman
The Rifleman 1958
The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show 1958
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn 1958
Twilight for the Gods
Twilight for the Gods Feodor Morris 1958
Sabu and the Magic Ring
Sabu and the Magic Ring The Old Fakir 1957
Maverick
Maverick Pedro Rubio 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
I Was a Teenage Werewolf Pepe the Janitor 1957
Monster from Green Hell
Monster from Green Hell Dr. Lorentz 1957
Istanbul
Istanbul Aziz Rakim 1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Alf 1956
Wire Service
Wire Service Prime Minister 1956
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90 Anselmo 1956
While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps George "Pop" Pilski 1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Uncle Fernaud 1955
The Millionaire
The Millionaire Uncle Jacques Monet 1955
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America Jake Bartosh 1952
Macao
Macao Kwan Sum Tang 1952
The Baron of Arizona
The Baron of Arizona Pepito Alvarez 1950
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth Commissioner Lum Chi Chow 1948
Cloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger Polda 1946
A Scandal in Paris
A Scandal in Paris Uncle Hugo 1946
Two Smart People
Two Smart People Jacques Dufour 1946
Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street Pop LeJon 1945
Paris Underground
Paris Underground Undertaker 1945
Road to Home
Road to Home Self (archive footage) 1945
Back to Bataan
Back to Bataan Señor Buenaventura J. Bello 1945
A Royal Scandal
A Royal Scandal Malakoff 1945
The Conspirators
The Conspirators Miguel 1944
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again Cabeau 1944
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille Grandpere 1944
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls Anselmo 1943
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky Greek Priest (uncredited) 1943
Mission to Moscow
Mission to Moscow Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president 1943
Road to Morocco
Road to Morocco Hyder Khan 1942
Crossroads
Crossroads Carlos Le Duc (uncredited) 1942
Love Crazy
Love Crazy Dr. David Klugle 1941
Comrade X
Comrade X Michael Bastakoff 1940
The Real Glory
The Real Glory The Datu 1939
Juarez
Juarez Camilo 1939
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty Jacob (uncredited) 1939
Spawn of the North
Spawn of the North Dimitri 1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Popus 1938
Blockade
Blockade Basil 1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Arsène Lupin Returns Ivan Pavloff 1938
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Beg, Borrow or Steal Sascha 1937
Expensive Husbands
Expensive Husbands Herr Andrew Brenner 1937
West of Shanghai
West of Shanghai General Fu Shan 1937
Conquest
Conquest Dying soldier 1937
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island The Flying Dutchman 1937
The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola Paul Cezanne 1937
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths le vieux Kostileff 1936
Mister Flow
Mister Flow Merlow 1936
Life Is Ours
Life Is Ours Un vieillard dans le cortège final 1936
Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes Le recteur 1936
Mayerling
Mayerling Chief of Police 1936
Le secret des Woronzeff
Le secret des Woronzeff Petroff 1935
Prince Woronzeff
Prince Woronzeff Petroff 1934
Ladies Lake
Ladies Lake Baron Dobbersberg 1934
High and Low
High and Low M. Berger 1933
Song of the Streets
Song of the Streets Le père Schlamp 1933
Don Quixote
Don Quixote Gypsy King 1933
Haunted People
Haunted People 1932
Strafsache van Geldern
Strafsache van Geldern 1932
Queen of Atlantis
Queen of Atlantis Graf Bielowski 1932
The Mistress of Atlantis
The Mistress of Atlantis L'hetman de Jitomir (as Vl. Sokoloff) 1932
Hell on Earth
Hell on Earth Lewin 1931
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera Smith 1931
The Holy Flames
The Holy Flames Dr. Harvester 1931
The 3 Penny Opera
The 3 Penny Opera Smith, the Jailer 1931
Kismet
Kismet 1931
Darling of the Gods
Darling of the Gods Boris Jussupoff 1930
Farewell
Farewell The Baron 1930
Morals at Midnight
Morals at Midnight Overseer 1930
Westfront 1918
Westfront 1918 Proviantmeister 1930
The Ship of Lost Men
The Ship of Lost Men Grischa - the Cook 1929
Their Son
Their Son Berry 1929
Katharina Knie
Katharina Knie Julius, der Clown 1929
Die weiße Sonate
Die weiße Sonate Violinvirtuose Dollhofer 1928
The Love of Jeanne Ney
The Love of Jeanne Ney Zacharkiewicz 1927
Der Sohn der Hagar
Der Sohn der Hagar Poleto 1927
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note Rag picker 1926

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