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Arkadiy Raykin

Arkadiy Raykin

ActorDirectorWriter Oct 24 (died age 76) Riga - Latvia - USSR 1933–2020 (87 year career)
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Biography

Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (Russian: Аркадий Исаакович Райкин; 24 October [O.S. 11 October] 1911 – 17 December 1987) was a Soviet stand-up comedian, theater and film actor, and stage director. He led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century. Raikin was born into a Jewish family in Riga, in the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (present-day Latvia). He graduated from the Leningrad Theatrical Technicum in 1935 and worked in both state theatres and variety shows…

Known For

Did We Meet Somewhere Before
Film

Did We Meet Somewhere Before

6.2 1954
The King's Sandwich
Film

The King's Sandwich

Narrator (voice)
Magic Power
Film

Magic Power

6.0 1970
Wings of Victory
Film

Wings of Victory

American journalist
Люди и манекены
Film

Люди и манекены

Василий Васильевич / Ошлепкин
When the Song Does Not End...
Film

When the Song Does Not End...

6.3 1965
At Bedtime
Film

At Bedtime

7.0 1960
The Bath House
Film

The Bath House

5.5 1962

Filmography