# Boris Novikov > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boris_Novikov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boris_Novikov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Novikov > Source revision: 1329673254 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Soviet actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Boris Novikov 2025 postal cover of Russia cr.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|7|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [Ryazhsk](/source/Ryazhsk), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|7|25|1925|7|13|df=y}} | death_place = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russia](/source/Russia) | other_names = | known_for = | death_cause = | occupation = [Actor](/source/Actor) | years_active = 1948—1996 | awards = (1994) 25 px|link=Meritorious Artist (1961)
40 px|link=Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1946)
40 px|link=Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1948) | spouse = Nadezhda Klimovich | children = son Sergey (born 1949) }} '''Boris Kuzmich Novikov''' ({{langx|ru|Бори́с Кузьми́ч Но́виков}}; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk, [Ryazan Governorate](/source/Ryazan_Governorate), RSFSR — 25 July 1997, Moscow[http://chtoby-pomnili.com/page.php?id=799 Чтобы помнили]) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema. [People's Artist of Russia](/source/People's_Artist_of_Russia) (1994).[http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/6881 Почётное звание присвоено указом президента России № 1768 от 29 августа 1994 года][http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/novikov/history1.html Загремел под фанфары] == Biography == Boris Kuzmich Novikov was born on 13 July 1925 in a family of laborers at the station [Ryazhsk-1](/source/Ryazhsk), [Ryazan Oblast](/source/Ryazan_Oblast). In school years he participated in amateur performances, and later fought at the front in the Great Patriotic War, as the [Eastern Front of World War II](/source/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)) was known in Russia. He graduated from the School-Studio of [Yuri Zavadsky](/source/Yuri_Zavadsky) in 1948. Since 1948 he worked as an actor of the [Mossovet Theater](/source/Mossovet_Theater), in 1963-1972 was the actor of the [Moscow Satire Theatre](/source/Moscow_Satire_Theatre). In 1972, due to diabetic illness, he stopped playing in theatre and only worked in film. He played in over 150 films and also voiced animated films. Novikov is well known as an actor of episodic roles, and was dubbed as the "King of the Episode". Novikov had leading roles in the film adaptation of [Alexander Pushkin's](/source/Alexander_Pushkin) ''Shot'', in the comedy ''[Seven Old Men and a Girl](/source/Seven_Old_Men_and_a_Girl)'', historical film ''The Shadows Fade at Noon'', drama ''Father and Son'', comedy ''The Talking Monkey''. The last picture in which Boris Novikov starred was the adventure film ''The Return of the Battleship'', released in the year of his death. He died of complications from diabetes on 25 July 1997 in Moscow. The actor was buried at the Danilovsky Cemetery in Moscow. thumb|Grave of Boris Novikov === Personal life === His wife was Nadezhda Antonovna Klimovich (died in 2008), an actress of the Moscow Youth Theater. They had a son Sergei, born in 1949. ==Selected filmography== * 1955: [Behind the Shop Window](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%97%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0) as bully (uncredited) * 1957: [And Quiet Flows the Don](/source/And_Quiet_Flows_the_Don_(film)) as Mitka Korshunov * 1958: [A Girl with a Guitar](/source/A_Girl_with_a_Guitar) as Tsyplakov * 1961: [Chronicle of Flaming Years](/source/Chronicle_of_Flaming_Years) as Mandryka * 1961: [The Cossacks](/source/The_Cossacks_(1961_film)) as Nazarka * 1961: [Scarlet Sails](/source/Scarlet_Sails_(film)) as painter * 1961: [My Friend, Kolka!](/source/My_Friend%2C_Kolka!) as Kuzma * 1966: [A Pistol Shot](/source/A_Pistol_Shot_(1966_film)) as Kuzka * 1968: [Seven Old Men and a Girl](/source/Seven_Old_Men_and_a_Girl) as Stepan Bubnov * 1969: [The Adjutant of His Excellency](/source/The_Adjutant_of_His_Excellency) as Isaac Liberson, the Kiev jeweler * 1981: [The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person](/source/The_Suicide_Club%2C_or_the_Adventures_of_a_Titled_Person) as General Wendeler * 1983: [The Trust That Went Bust](/source/The_Trust_That_Went_Bust) as The artillerist * 1983: [Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov](/source/Crazy_Day_of_Engineer_Barkasov) as stoker * 1983: [White Dew](/source/White_Dew_(film)) as Timofei ==Honours and awards== * [Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"](/source/Medal_%22For_Valiant_Labour_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22) * [Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"](/source/Medal_%22In_Commemoration_of_the_800th_Anniversary_of_Moscow%22) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commonscat}} *{{IMDb name|0637122}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170223043536/http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=1&e_person_id=4359 Борис Новиков] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Novikov, Boris}} Category:1925 births Category:1997 deaths Category:People from Ryazan Oblast Category:People from Ryazhsky Uyezd Category:Soviet male film actors Category:Russian male film actors Category:Soviet male voice actors Category:Russian male voice actors Category:Honored Artists of the RSFSR Category:People's Artists of Russia Category:Deaths from diabetes in Russia Category:Burials at Danilovsky Cemetery --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Boris Novikov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Novikov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Novikov?action=history)). 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