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Aliases: Яковченко Микола Федорович , Микола Яковченко , Nikolay Yakovchenko

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Pryluky, USSR

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Movie Involvements: 12

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Mykola Fedorovych Yakovchenko (April 20 (May 3), 1900, Pryluky — September 11, 1974, Kyiv) was an outstanding Soviet Ukrainian theater and film actor who played character roles. He was named a People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1970. He was born in Pryluky (now Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, then Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire) into the family of an assistant manager of the Astrakhan fishing industry. His mother had four other children besides him. His family had its origins in the Don Cossacks — the family moved to the Poltava province from Rostov-on-Don and had a patriarchal structure, where a penchant for art was not particularly encouraged. In 1912, he enrolled in the Second Prilutsk Higher Primary School named after Kislov. In 1916, he enrolled in the city Jewish gymnasium, where he became interested in amateur art, performing his first roles in the gymnasium theater. At the same time, he thoroughly studied the Greek language. During the revolutionary events, he went to the front. His grandson, Mykola Bohonko-Yakovchenko, said, "It is not known for certain on whose side he fought — for the Reds or the Whites. According to documents, he spent the entire war on a Red Army medical train. However, over time, he became enthusiastic about talking about General Shkuro's cavalry; he once obtained two well-hidden St. George's Crosses." In 1918, he made his debut on the amateur stage in Pryluky. From the amateur group, he moved to the troupe of Pylyp Khmara's theater, which was Russian at the time, and from 1919 — Ukrainian, then Soviet. At this time, he played in plays by Leonid Andreyev — Tyukha in Savva and Second Lieutenant Grigory Mironov in Days of Our Lives. From 1920 to 1927, he worked in theaters in Lubny, Pryluky, Simferopol, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv. From 1927, he was an actor at the Frank Ukrainian Academic Theater in Kyiv (with breaks).

Most Famous Work

Viy
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Viy

(1967) Spirid
The Kyiv Resident
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8

The Kyiv Resident

(1958) Горовенко - рабочий завода «Арсенал»
Shors
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5

Shors

(1939) Soldier (uncredited)
Party Secretary
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Party Secretary

(1971) godfather
Lada from the Berendeyev Country
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Lada from the Berendeyev Country

(1971) король
The Star of the Ballet
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The Star of the Ballet

(1965) watchman
Zakhar Berkut
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Zakhar Berkut

(1972) Tukholets
Malevolent Fate
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Malevolent Fate

(1969) Matchmaker

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1973 Watchman
Trokhym Ivanovych Besarab
1972 посетитель в приемной
Tukholets
1971 Kovalchuk's Neighbour
godfather
король
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1970 N/A
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1969 заведующий тиром
Matchmaker
1968 N/A
1967 Spirid
1965 watchman
komendant obshchezhitiya
1964 N/A
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1963 peasant on a cart
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1961 Prokip Sirko
Пацюк (озв. Яков Беленький)
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1960 N/A
1959 N/A
1958 Горовенко - рабочий завода «Арсенал»
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1957 N/A
1955 Kondrat Perepelitsa
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1954 N/A
1953 N/A
1952 N/A
Reeve
1939 Soldier (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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