Oleg Vidov
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The Headless Horseman, on horseback

His films

From Soviet hits to Hollywood

He worked in more than 50 films on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

A prince, a saga hero, a cowboy

In Moscow he played a fairy-tale prince, a Scandinavian saga hero, a cowboy and a policeman in disguise. Soviet actors were rarely allowed to work abroad, and he still made films in Denmark and Yugoslavia.

After 1985 he started again in America, in smaller parts, and appeared in The West Wing and Alias.

The years below are the ones the memoir gives.

Waterloo, a still

Filmography, selected

  • The Headless Horseman, in colour

    1973

    The Headless Horseman

    Morris Gerald. The first western produced in the Soviet Union.

  • Moscow, My Love, a still

    1974

    Moscow, My Love

    Opposite Komaki Kurihara. Directed by Aleksandr Mitta.

  • Waterloo, a still

    1970

    Waterloo

    Tomlinson. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.

  • Oleg Vidov at Cannes, 1967

    1967

    The Red Mantle (Hagbard and Signe)

    Hagbard. Directed by Gabriel Axel in Denmark. In competition at Cannes.

  1. 1965 Metel (Snow Storm)
  2. 1965 Ordinary Miracle
  3. 1967 The Tale of Tsar Saltan Tsarevich Gvidon. Over 26 million tickets sold in the USSR.
  4. 1967 The Red Mantle (Hagbard and Signe) Hagbard. Directed by Gabriel Axel in Denmark. In competition at Cannes.
  5. 1967 The Suitors from Zarechenskoye
  6. 1968 Cause of Death
  7. 1968 Love, Not Love
  8. 1969 The Battle of Neretva Nikola. With Yul Brynner and Orson Welles. Nominated for an Oscar.
  9. 1970 Waterloo Tomlinson. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.
  10. 1971 Mission in Kabul
  11. 1971 Gentlemen of Fortune Lieutenant Vladimir Slavin, a policeman posing as a taxi driver.
  12. 1972 The Lion's Grave
  13. 1972 Train Stop 2 Minutes
  14. 1973 The Headless Horseman Morris Gerald. The first western produced in the Soviet Union.
  15. 1974 Moscow, My Love Opposite Komaki Kurihara. Directed by Aleksandr Mitta.
  16. 1982 A Cry of Silence
  17. 1982 The Circus Princess
  18. 1982 Urgent, Secret, Gubcheka
  19. 1983 The Demidovs
  20. 1985 The Secret of the Black Dragon
  21. 1988 Red Heat Yuri Ogarkov. With Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  22. 1989 Wild Orchid With Mickey Rourke.
  23. 1994 Love Affair
  24. 1995 The Immortals
  25. 1998 Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
  26. 2000 Thirteen Days Valerian Zorin, the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations.
  27. 2002 Monkey Love
  28. 2015 Time Within Time The voice of Andrei Tarkovsky, in a documentary.
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