Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny (Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Неви́нный; November 30, 1934 – May 31, 2009) was a popular Russian actor titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. He worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1959 until his death.
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny was born on November 30, 1934 in Tula. After graduating in 1954 from high school Vyacheslav tried to join the school-studio of Moscow Arts Theater, but failed the examinations. After failure, he did not leave a dream to become an actor. Instead, he got employed in the Tula Theatre for Young Spectators as a supporting actor.
In 1955, Nevinny again takes an examination in the school-studio of Moscow Arts Theater. At this time the attempt was successful. After graduation in 1959 (Viktor Stanitsyn's course), Vyacheslav becomes an actor. He participated in many performances, such as:
The Government Inspector (as Khlestakov),Ivanov (as Borkin),The Seagull (as Shamraev),Uncle Vanya (as Telegin),The Cherry Orchard (as Epikhodov),Woe from Wit (as Famusov), etc.In 1960, Nevinny made his debut in cinema as a policeman in the movie The Probationary Period. After his first role, Nevinny played in several other movies, The Chairman (as young peasant) and Ruslan and Ludmila (as Farlaf). Vyacheslav Nevinny also played in famous comedy The Garage and It Can't Be! (Ne mozhet byt'!) (1975).
In 1984, Nevinny played the role of Sobakevich in Dead Souls. In the same year, he took part in the popular children sci-fi TV-series Guests from the Future as Veselchak U (lit. Jolly Man U).
Yevgeni Gerasimov’s comedy Do Not Marry, Girls (Ne khodite, devki, zamuzh) (1985), in which Nevinny played one of the leads, was very popular with the viewers, as well as his roles in Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy Beware of the Car (Beregis avtomobilya) (1966) and The Promised Land (Nebesa obetovannye) (1991). One of Nevinny's last remarkable film roles was the remake of the famous Italian film Cops and Robbers (Politseiskiye i vory) (1997) by director Nikolai Dostal. Lots of popular Russian animation characters speak in Nevinny's voice. For many years, Nevinny suffered from diabetes, which grew worse and worse. In 2003 he was taken to a hospital and had to spend a whole year there.
In 2005, Nevinny underwent major surgery. Nevinny's left foot was amputated because of gangrene. In 2006, his second foot was amputated, as the illness progressed.
Nevinny died at the age of 74 on 31 May 2009. Pres. Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to relatives and friends of the actor. Nevinny was buried on 3 June 2009 in Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.
ActorVoiceHonours and awards
Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1967)People's Artist of the RSFSR (1977)People's Artist of the USSR (1986)Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class (23 October 1998), 3rd class (24 June 2005)Order of Friendship of Peoples (28 October 1994)Actor
2001
Lyudi i teni. Film pervyy: 'Sekrety kukolnogo teatra' (TV Mini Series) - Episode #1.6 (2001)
- Episode #1.5 (2001)
- Episode #1.4 (2001)
- Episode #1.3 (2001)
- Episode #1.2 (2001)
- Episode #1.1 (2001)
1998
Politseiskiye i vory as
Slava - factory guard
1994
Lyubov frantsuzskaya i russkaya as
Nikolay Petrovich
1994
The Wizard of the Emerald City as
Strasheela
1992
Kvartira (TV Mini Series)
1991
Nomer 'lyuks' dlya generala s devochkoy
1991
The Promised Heaven as
Antisemit
1991
Ten (TV Movie) as
Piestro, Annuanciata's father, hotel keeper, man eater
1990
Pickpocket (Short) as
Kolyan (voice)
1990
Shapka as
Vasiliy Tryoshkin
1984
KOAPP (TV Series) - SOS! KOAPPu! (1989) - (voice)
- Dom dlya barsuka (1987) - (voice)
- Chto uslyshala meduza (1984) - (voice)
1989
Ne pokiday... (TV Movie) as
King
1989
Serdtse ne kamen (TV Movie) as
Innokentiy
1989
Vam chto, nasha vlast ne nravitsya?!
1988
Kabala svyatosh (TV Movie) as
Royal jester
1988
The Kitten from the Street Lizyukova (Short) as
Kitten Vasily (voice)
1988
The Lion and Nine Hyenas (Short) as
Uncle-hyena (voice)
1988
Energichnye lyudi (TV Movie) as
Snub-Nosed One
1988
Zabavy molodykh as
Shustrik
1987
Adventure of Puffin Lolo #2 (Short) as
Grandpa Pigo (voice)
1987
Adventure of Puffin Lolo #3 (Short) as
Grandpa Pigo (voice)
1987
Return of the Prodigal Parrot (TV Series short) as
Cat
- Vozvrashchenie bludnogo popugaya (vypusk 2) (1987) - Cat (voice)
1987
Tak pobedim! (TV Movie) as
Peasant
1987
Volshebnye kolokolchiki (Short)
1987
Banquet (Short) as
A man saying 'We are sitting well!' (voice, as V. Nevinnyy)
1986
Moy nezhno lyubimyy detektiv (TV Movie) as
Bul
1986
Unwantie (Short) as
Nekhochukha the Great (voice)
1986
Scamper the Penguin (Short) as
Grandpa Pigo (voice, as V. Nevinnyy)
1985
Pekka (TV Short)(voice)
1985
Podruzhka moya (TV Movie) as
Semen Danilovich
1985
We with Sherlock Holmes (Short) as
Black Fuzz (voice)
1985
Ne khodite, devki, zamuzh as
Ivan Malkov
1985
Eshchyo lyublyu, eshchyo nadeyus as
Boris Zakharov
1984
Podzemnyy perekhod (TV Short)(voice)
1984
The Best Way of Our Life (TV Movie) as
Ivan Egorov
1984
Myortvye dushi (TV Mini Series) as
Sobakevich
- Episode #1.1 (1984) - Sobakevich
1984
Ochen vazhnaya persona as
Nedugov
1984
Yesli mozhesh, prosti... as
Predsedatel kolkhoza
1984
Lev Tolstoy as
Ryazhenyy (as V. Nevinnyy)
1984
Tri Sestry (TV Movie) as
Andrey
1984
Guest from the Future (TV Mini Series) as
Veselchak U - kosmicheskiy pirat
- Pyataya seriya (1984) - Veselchak U - kosmicheskiy pirat
- Chetvyortaya seriya (1984) - Veselchak U - kosmicheskiy pirat
- Tretya seriya (1984) - Veselchak U - kosmicheskiy pirat
- Vtoraya seriya (1984) - Veselchak U - kosmicheskiy pirat
1983
Polosa vezeniya (segment "Vizit")
1983
Shaltay-Boltay (Short)(voice)
1983
The Investigation Are Conducted by Koloboks. Theft of the Century (Short) as
Bulochkin (voice)
1983
The Investigation Is Conducted by Koloboks. The First Investigation (Short) as
Bulochkin (voice)
1983
Troe na shosse as
Pushkarev
1983
Pozdnyaya lyubov (TV Movie)
1983
Bezumnyy den inzhenera Barkasova (TV Movie) as
Kobylin
1982
Autumn Ships (Short) as
The Wolf (voice)
1982
Byuro nakhodok (TV Series) as
Secretarybird
- Film 2 (1982) - Secretarybird (voice)
1982
Cat House (TV Short)(voice)
1982
Malenkiy Ryzhik (TV Movie) as
Rooster (voice)
1982
Mesto pod solntsem (TV Short)
1982
Sweet Spring (Short) as
The Donkey (voice)
1982
Zhil-byl Saushkin 3 (Short)(voice)
1981
Alice in Wonderland (Short) as
White Rabbit (voice)
1981
Moroz Ivanovich (Short) as
Moroz Ivanovich (voice)
1981
Priklyucheniya Vasi Kurolesova (Short) as
Sergeant Major Tarakanov / Railroad Old Man in Tarasovka (voice)
1981
Zhil-byl Saushkin 2 (Short)(voice)
1981
Staryy novyy god as
Pyotr Sebeykin (as V. Nevinny)
1980
How the Old Man Sold the Cow (TV Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1980
The Greedy Rich Man (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1980
Za spichkami as
Jussi Vatanen
1979
Aktivnaya zona (TV Movie)
1979
Moskva. Chistyye prudy (TV Movie) as
Ivan Fyodorovich Myzin
1978
How Longing Was Defeated (Short) as
Melancholy (voice)
1978
Skazka o poteryannom vremeni (TV Short) as
Mikhail Mikhaylovich (voice)
1978
Wonders in the Broad Daylight (Short) as
The Coach (voice, uncredited)
1978
Inkognito iz Peterburga as
Artemiy Zemlyanika
1977
A Five Kopeks Coin (TV Short)
1977
Clown (Short) as
Narrator (voice, as V. Nevinnyy)
1977
Dunno in the Sunny City (TV Series) - Udivitelniye podvigi (1977) - (voice)
- Pobeg (1977) - (voice)
- Prevrascheniya nachinayutsya (1977) - (voice)
1977
How Mushrooms Fought with Peas (Short) as
Gruzd / Narrator (voice)
1977
Oh and Wow Go on a Hike (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1977
Rabbit and Fly (TV Short) as
The Fly (voice)
1977
The Patchwork and the Cloud (TV Movie) as
Policeman (voice)
1977
Zasedaniye partkoma (TV Movie) as
Oleg Ivanovich Kachnov
1977
Eti neveroyatnyye muzykanty ili Novyye snovideniya Shurika (TV Movie)
1976
Carrier Fish (TV Short) as
The Fisherman (voice)
1976
Au-u! as
Writer (segment I podyekhali k izbe svaty... Ili pokhozhdeniya pisatelya Seni v poiskakh 'slova zatayonnovo')
1976
Edinstvennaya as
Yura Zhurchenko
1975
Give Me Back My Rex (Short) as
The Philistine (voice, uncredited)
1975
Oh and Wow (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1975
V strane lovushek (TV Mini Series) as
Tit
- Iz ognya da v polymya (1975) - Tit (voice)
1975
Hedgehog in the Fog (Short) as
Bear (voice, as V. Nevinnyy)
1975
It Can't Be! as
brat Gorbushkinoy
1974
A Tale After a Tale (TV Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1973
Selo Stepanchikovo i yego obitateli (TV Movie) as
Ivan Ivanovich Mizinchikov
1973
The Very Last Day as
Stepan Danilovich Stepeshko
1972
Den za dnyom (TV Mini Series)
1972
Ruslan i Lyudmila as
Farlaf (as V. Nevinnyy)
1972
Russkoye pole as
Pavel Fedchenkov
1971
Kommunary (TV Movie) as
Teryokha
1971
Molodye as
Semyon Nikolayev
1971
I byl vecher, i bylo utro... as
Matros (as V. Nevinnyy)
1970
Uncle Misha Bear (Short) as
The Hare (voice)
1970
V Moskve proyezdom as
Valentin
1970
Surovyye kilometry as
Militia Senior Lieutenant
1969
Na poroge (TV Movie) as
Musorgskiy
1968
Chetvyortyy papa (Short)
1968
Poema o topore (TV Movie) as
Stepan
1967
Myatezhnaya zastava as
Stefan Yefimov (as V. Nevinniy)
1967
Zavtraki sorok tretyego goda (Short) as
Vyacha - priyatel Sergeya
1966
Papa, slozhi! (Short) as
Vyacha (as V. Nevinnyy)
1966
Druzya i gody as
Igor (as V. Nevinnyy)
1966
Watch Out for the Automobile as
Car mechanic (as V. Nevinnyj)
1965
Chistye prudy as
Moryachok (as V. Nevinniy)
1965
Tridtsat tri as
Vasiliy Lyubashkin (as V. Nevinnyy)
1964
Predsedatel as
Pavel Markushev (as V. Nevinnyy)
1964
Zelyonyy ogonyok as
Vikharyev (as V. Nevinnyy)
1963
Eto sluchilos v militsii as
kapitan Serebrovskiy (as V. Nevinnyy)
1962
Sedmoy sputnik (TV Movie) as
Commandant
1962
The Queen Toothbrush (Short) as
Soap Bubble (voice, uncredited)
1962
Four Winds of Heaven as
Yuriy Zubarov (as V. Nevinnyy)
1960
Ispytatelnyy srok as
Sergey Zaytsev (as V. Nevinnyy)
Music Department
1980
Za spichkami (vocals: Russian)
Soundtrack
1981
Staryy novyy god (performer: "Khas-Bulat udaloy", "Odnazhdy morem ya plyla")
1980
Za spichkami (performer: "Pesenka pro chyorta")
1975
It Can't Be! (performer: "Gubit lyudey ne pivo")
Self
1999
Chtoby pomnili (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Chapter 92. Sofiya Pilyavskaya (2002) - Self
- Chapter 61. Yuriy Puzyryov (1999) - Self
