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Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vladimir Sokoloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1889-12-26

Birth Place

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Movies and TV shows :

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

1945

6.9

Movie
A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris

1946

6.3

Movie
Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

1937

4.9

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938

5.8

Movie
Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan

1945

6.1

Movie
Beg, Borrow or Steal

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

4.5

Movie
Beyond the Time Barrier

Beyond the Time Barrier

1960

6.0

Movie
Blockade

Blockade

1938

5.6

Movie
poster

Cavalcade of America

1952

3.5

TV
poster

Checkmate

1960

4.1

TV
Cimarron

Cimarron

1960

6.1

Movie
Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger

1946

6.4

Movie
Comrade X

Comrade X

1940

5.8

Movie
Conquest

Conquest

1937

6.6

Movie
Crossroads

Crossroads

1942

5.9

Movie
Darling of the Gods

Darling of the Gods

1930

5.5

Movie
Der Sohn der Hagar

Der Sohn der Hagar

1927

0.0

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines

Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines

1926

5.0

Movie
Die weiße Sonate

Die weiße Sonate

1928

0.0

Movie
Don Quixote

Don Quixote

1933

5.6

Movie
Expensive Husbands

Expensive Husbands

1937

4.8

Movie
Farewell

Farewell

1930

6.8

Movie
Five Fingers: The Judas Goat

Five Fingers: The Judas Goat

1961

0.0

Movie
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

0.0

Movie
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

6.5

Movie
poster

Harrigan and Son

1960

0.0

TV
Haunted People

Haunted People

1932

5.0

Movie
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
Hell on Earth

Hell on Earth

1931

5.6

Movie
High and Low

High and Low

1933

5.0

Movie
Hollywood Classic Special

Hollywood Classic Special

2010

0.0

Movie
I Was a Teenage Werewolf

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

1957

4.6

Movie
Istanbul

Istanbul

1957

6.0

Movie
poster

Johnny Staccato

1959

5.6

TV
Juarez

Juarez

1939

6.5

Movie
Katharina Knie

Katharina Knie

1929

0.0

Movie
Kismet

Kismet

1931

0.0

Movie
Ladies Lake

Ladies Lake

1934

4.1

Movie
Le secret des Woronzeff

Le secret des Woronzeff

1935

0.0

Movie
Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

1936

6.2

Movie
Love Crazy

Love Crazy

1941

7.1

Movie
Macao

Macao

1952

6.2

Movie
Man on a String

Man on a String

1960

5.8

Movie
poster

Maverick

1957

6.8

TV
Mayerling

Mayerling

1936

6.6

Movie
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943

5.2

Movie
Mister Flow

Mister Flow

1936

6.5

Movie
Monster from British Hell

Monster from British Hell

2021

0.0

Movie
Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell

1957

3.7

Movie
Morals at Midnight

Morals at Midnight

1930

0.0

Movie
Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

1943

6.9

Movie
Mr. Sardonicus

Mr. Sardonicus

1961

6.3

Movie
Paris Underground

Paris Underground

1945

5.4

Movie
Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

1944

6.6

Movie
poster

Peter Gunn

1958

6.5

TV
poster

Playhouse 90

1956

7.5

TV
Prince Woronzeff

Prince Woronzeff

1934

0.0

Movie
Queen of Atlantis

Queen of Atlantis

1932

5.3

Movie
Road to Home

Road to Home

1945

5.0

Movie
Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco

1942

6.9

Movie
Sabu and the Magic Ring

Sabu and the Magic Ring

1957

5.0

Movie
Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

7.6

Movie
Sensation im Wintergarten

Sensation im Wintergarten

1929

0.0

Movie
Song of the Streets

Song of the Streets

1933

0.0

Movie
Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty

1939

6.0

Movie
Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

1938

5.6

Movie
Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba

1962

6.3

Movie
The 3 Penny Opera

The 3 Penny Opera

1931

7.1

Movie
poster

The Alaskans

1959

5.5

TV
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

7.2

Movie
The Baron of Arizona

The Baron of Arizona

1950

6.7

Movie
The Conspirators

The Conspirators

1944

6.0

Movie
poster

The Donna Reed Show

1958

6.3

TV
The Holy Flames

The Holy Flames

1931

0.0

Movie
The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

6.7

Movie
The Love of Jeanne Ney

The Love of Jeanne Ney

1927

7.1

Movie
The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

1936

7.3

Movie
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960

7.5

Movie
poster

The Millionaire

1955

5.0

TV
The Mistress of Atlantis

The Mistress of Atlantis

1932

5.1

Movie
The Real Glory

The Real Glory

1939

6.3

Movie
poster

The Rifleman

1958

7.0

TV
The Ship of Lost Men

The Ship of Lost Men

1929

4.9

Movie
The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera

1931

6.6

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
poster

Thriller

1960

6.4

TV
poster

Tightrope

1959

5.5

TV
Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

1944

6.0

Movie
To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

1948

5.6

Movie
Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods

1958

4.2

Movie
Two Smart People

Two Smart People

1946

6.4

Movie
Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes

1936

6.2

Movie
West of Shanghai

West of Shanghai

1937

5.4

Movie
Westfront 1918

Westfront 1918

1930

6.7

Movie
While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956

6.9

Movie
poster

Wire Service

1956

0.0

TV