Pyotr Glebov
Introduction A postal card issued to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Pyotr Glebov. '''Pyotr Petrovich Glebov''' (; 14 April 1915 – 17 April 2000), was a Russian film actor from the aristocratic Glebov family, whose early generations are listed in the 17th-century Velvet Book.Glebov's more recent ancestors include Count Vasily Orlov, Prince Nicholas Troubetzkoy, and Prince Peter Wittgenstein. His aunts were married to Prince Alexander Galitzine, Count Yury Olsufieff, and to one of Leo Tolstoy's sons. Sergey Mikhalkov was a first cousin, and Svyatoslav Belza was his son-in-law.In 1940, Glebov graduated from the Stanislavsky School where his teachers included Mikhail Kedrov. When World War II broke out, the young actor volunteered to fight for the Red Army. He took part in the Battle of Moscow as an anti-aircraft gunner.Despite a noble background, Glebov made a spectacular career in the Soviet cinema. He is best known for portraying the Cossack protagonist in the 1958 epic ''And Quiet Flows the Don'', a trilogy directed by Sergei Gerasimov. In 1981, Glebov was named a People's Artist of the USSR and was awarded the Order of Lenin. He is buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery.
Partial filmography *''Lyubimaya devushka'' (1940) - Spectator in the stands (uncredited)*''Mechta'' (1943)*''The Train Goes East'' (1948) - Military on the station in Moscow (uncredited)*''And Quiet Flows the Don'' (1957-1958, part 2, 3) - Grigori Melekhov*''Virgin Soil Upturned'' (1960, part 1, 2) - Aleksandr Polovtsev*''Baltic Skies'' (1961, part 1, 2) - Lunin*''Mozart and Salieri'' (1962) - Salieri*''Iolanta'' (1963) - Eon-Hakkia*''Tsarskaya nevesta'' (1965) - Tsar Ivan*''The Tsar's Bride'' (1965) - Tsar Ivan*''Odinochestvo'' (1965) - Pyotr Storozhev*''A teper sudi...'' (1967) - Illarion Groza*''Oni zhivut ryadom'' (1968) - Korablyov*''Vozmezdie'' (1969)*''Not Under the Jurisdiction'' (1969) - Pyotr Samoylov*''Liberation'' (1970, part 1, 3) - Pavel Rotmistrov*''Morskoy kharakter'' (1970) - Yakov Ivanovich Arkhipov*''Kochuyushchiy front'' (1971) - Petr Zhtzhinkin*''Smertnyy vrag'' (1972) - Vlas*''Sluchaynyy adres'' (1973) - Ivan Kupriyanovich*''Zarevo nad Drava'' (1974)*''Smotret v glaza...'' (1975) - Ivan Davidenko*''Na kray sveta'' (1975) - dyadya Vasya*''Na yasnyy ogon'' (1976) - Predsedatel gubkoma*''Pugachev'' (1979) - Stepan Fedulov*''Yunost Petra'' (1980)*''Vsadnik na zolotom kone'' (1981) - Katil-Badtscha*''Muzhiki!'' (1981) - otets Pavla*''Formula sveta'' (1982)*''Polyn - trava gorkaya'' (1983)*''Uragan prikhodit neozhidanno'' (1984)*''Nasledstvo'' (1984)*''Idushchiy sledom'' (1984)*''Postaraysya ostatsya zhivym'' (1986) - General Arhipov*''Skakal kazak cherez dolinu'' (1986) - Lukich- militsioner*''Premyera v Sosnovke'' (1986) - Aleksey Nikiforovich*''Bez sroka davnosti'' (1987)*''Dedushka khoroshiy, no... ne govorit, kuda spryatal den'gi'' (1993)*''Bravye parni'' (1993) - Maj. Konstantin Cherednichenko (final film role)
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