# Stanislav Chekan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanislav_Chekan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanislav_Chekan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Chekan > Source revision: 1357304811 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Soviet actor (1922–1994)}} {{Infobox person | name = Stanislav Chekan | image = Stanislav Chekan.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|6|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Rostov-on-Don](/source/Rostov-on-Don), [Rostov Oblast](/source/Rostov_Oblast), [RSFSR](/source/RSFSR) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|8|11|1922|6|2|df=yes}} | death_place = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russia](/source/Russia) | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1945–1993 }} '''Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan''' ({{langx|ru|Станисла́в Юлиа́нович Чека́н}}; 2 June 1922, [Rostov-on-Don](/source/Rostov-on-Don) – 11 August 1994, [Moscow](/source/Moscow)) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, known primarily for his [blue-collar](/source/blue-collar_worker) manly appearance, and [character actor](/source/character_actor) roles of a stereotypical "big guy". ==Biography== Stanislav Chekan was born in Rostov-on-Don on 2 June 1922. When he was 15 years old, his father was arrested as an enemy of the people. Stanislav was sent to a labor colony, where he first began to participate in amateur activities.{{cite web|url=http://www.ruskino.ru/art/880|title=Станислав Чекан — биография|publisher=|accessdate=27 March 2017}} Then he was sent to a vocational school, but on the way he turned to Rostov, where he entered another school, a theater school. From 1938 to 1941 he studied at the studio of [Yuri Zavadsky](/source/Yuri_Zavadsky) in the Theater School of [Rostov-on-Don](/source/Rostov-on-Don). He was a member of the Great Patriotic War, fought near Novorossiysk, and after a serious injury became an actor of the front-line theater. In 1945 Stanislav Chekan became an actor of the Odessa Theater of the Soviet Army, then, in 1948–1956 — an actor of the Central Academic Theater of the Soviet Army in Moscow, and in 1958–1993 — [National Film Actors' Theatre](/source/National_Film_Actors'_Theatre).{{cite web|url=http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/sov/4711/bio/|title=Stanislav Chekan at the kino-teatr.ru|publisher=|accessdate=27 March 2017}} Stanislav Chekan is a textured and colourful character artist. As a rule, the screen characters of Chekan are real working men. Soviet and Russian viewers are most known for the role of Mikhail Ivanovich, the police captain, in the legendary comedy by [Leonid Gaidai](/source/Leonid_Gaidai) ''[The Diamond Arm](/source/The_Diamond_Arm)''.{{cite web|url=http://www.rusactors.ru/ch/chekan-st/index.shtml|title=Actors of Soviet and Russian cinema|publisher=|accessdate=27 March 2017}} Stanislav Chekan died on 11 August 1994 after a long illness. He was buried in Moscow at the [Vagankovo Cemetery](/source/Vagankovo_Cemetery). ==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''[Son of the Regiment](/source/Son_of_the_Regiment)'' (1946) as soldier * ''[Blue Roads](/source/Blue_Roads)'' (1948) as Kapitan-leytenant (uncredited) * ''[Taras Shevchenko](/source/Taras_Shevchenko_(film))'' (1951) as cabby * ''[A Fortress in the Mountains](/source/A_Fortress_in_the_Mountains)'' (1953) as Martshenko * ''[Devotion](/source/Devotion_(1954_film))'' (1954) as Vasya Zhuk * ''[Behind the Footlights](/source/Behind_the_Footlights)'' (1956) as Stepan, coachman * ''[The Wrestler and the Clown](/source/The_Wrestler_and_the_Clown)'' (1957) as [Ivan Poddubny](/source/Ivan_Poddubny) * ''[Annushka](/source/Annushka_(film))'' (1959) as Soldat * ''[Hussar Ballad](/source/Hussar_Ballad)'' (1962) as Guerilla (uncredited) * ''[Amphibian Man](/source/Amphibian_Man_(film))'' (1962) as prison guard * ''[Introduction to Life](/source/Introduction_to_Life)'' (1963) as captain * ''[The First Trolleybus](/source/The_First_Trolleybus)'' (1963) as First Trolleybus Driver * ''[War and Peace](/source/War_and_Peace_(film_series))'' (1966) as Tikhon Cherbaty * ''[Two Tickets for a Daytime Picture Show](/source/Two_Tickets_for_a_Daytime_Picture_Show)'' (1967) as Sabodazh * ''[The Mysterious Monk](/source/The_Mysterious_Monk)'' (1968) as Elpidifor * ''[The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers](/source/The_New_Adventures_of_the_Elusive_Avengers)'' (1968) as 1 st filer in the pot * ''[The Brothers Karamazov](/source/The_Brothers_Karamazov_(1969_film))'' (1969) as Samsonov's son * ''[The Diamond Arm](/source/The_Diamond_Arm)'' (1969) as Mikhail Ivanovoch, Captain, then Major of [militsiya](/source/militsiya) * ''Sevastopol'' (1970) as Botsman * ''[The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers](/source/The_Crown_of_the_Russian_Empire%2C_or_Once_Again_the_Elusive_Avengers)'' (1971) as a man from the Emperor's suite * ''[Investigation Held by ZnaToKi](/source/Investigation_Held_by_ZnaToKi): Dead to Rights'' (1971, TV Movie) as Silin * ''[Privalov's Millions](/source/Privalov's_Millions)'' (1973) as Kuzma Ferapontovich Kanunnikov * ''[Northern Rhapsody](/source/Northern_Rhapsody)'' (1974) as Karp Sevastyanov * ''[Earthly Love](/source/Earthly_Love)'' (1975) as Koshev * {{Transliteration|ru|Shtorm na sushe}} (1976) as Dyagenka * ''[How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor](/source/How_Czar_Peter_the_Great_Married_Off_His_Moor)'' (1976) as marshal * ''[Destiny](/source/Destiny_(1977_film))'' (1977) as Pavel Koshev * ''[Incognito from St. Petersburg](/source/Incognito_from_St._Petersburg)'' (1978) as Ivan Karpovich Uhovertov, marshal * ''[Life Is Beautiful](/source/Life_Is_Beautiful_(1979_film))'' (1979) as a prisoner * ''[Vertical Race](/source/Vertical_Race_(film))'' (1982, TV Movie) as captain of militia {{div col end}} == Recognition and rewards == * [Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"](/source/Medal_%22For_the_Defence_of_the_Caucasus%22) (1944){{cite web|url=https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie1531363815/|title=Память народа|publisher=|accessdate=27 March 2017}} * [Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"](/source/Medal_%22For_the_Victory_over_Germany_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22) (1945) * [Honored Artist of the RSFSR](/source/Honored_Artist_of_the_RSFSR) (1955) * [Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"](/source/Jubilee_Medal_%22Twenty_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22) (1965) *[Order of the Badge of Honour](/source/Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honour) (1974) *[Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"](/source/Jubilee_Medal_%22Thirty_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22) (1975) * [Order of the Patriotic War](/source/Order_of_the_Patriotic_War) 2nd class (1989){{cite web|url=https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_yubileinaya_kartoteka1521568813/|title=Память народа: Орден Отечественной войны II степени|publisher=|accessdate=27 March 2017}} * [Medal "Veteran of Labour"](/source/Medal_%22Veteran_of_Labour%22) (1989) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0154998|Stanislav Chekan}} * {{Find a Grave|74924444}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chekan, Stanislav}} Category:1922 births Category:1994 deaths Category:Soviet male film actors Category:Russian people of German descent Category:Actors from Rostov-on-Don Category:Soviet male voice actors Category:Honored Artists of the RSFSR Category:Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery Category:Soviet military personnel of World War II --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stanislav Chekan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Chekan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Chekan?action=history)). 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