Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan (; 2 June 1922, Rostov-on-Don — 11 August 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, known primarily for his blue-collar manly appearance, and 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. 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 in the Theater School of Rostov-on-Don.
Member of the Great Patriotic War, fought near Novorossiysk, after a serious injury — the 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, in 1958-1993 — National Film Actors' Theatre.
Stanislav Chekan a textured and colorful character artist, with great charm and sense of humor. As a rule, the screen characters of Chekan are real working men, strong and courageous people. Soviet and Russian viewers are most known for the role of Mikhail Ivanovich, the police captain, in the legendary comedy by Leonid Gaidai The Diamond Arm.
Stanislav Chekan died on 11 August 1994 after a long illness. He was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovo Cemetery.
Selected filmography
Son of the Regiment (1946) as soldier
Blue Roads (1948) as Kapitan-leytenant (uncredited) Taras Shevchenko (1951) as cabby A Fortress in the Mountains (1953) as Martshenko Devotion (1954) as Vasya Zhuk Behind the Footlights (1956) as Stepan, coachman Wrestler and Clown (1957) as Ivan Poddubny Ocherednoy reys (1958) Annushka (1959) as Soldat Chudotvornaya (1960) V nachale veka (1961) as Melnik Dve zhizni (1961) as Petrenko Nash obshchiy drug (1962) as Semyon Hussar Ballad (1962) as Guerilla (uncredited) Amphibian Man (1962) as prison guard V myortvoy petle (1963) as lyotchik Yefimov Khod konyom (1963) as Ignatiy Pudov Introduction to Life (1963) as captain The First Trolleybus (1963) as First Trolleybus Driver Bolshoy fitil (1964) as Voditel Verte mne, lyudi (1965) as Kain-Baty Svet dalyokoy zvezdy (1965) Inostranka (1965) Eskadra ukhodit na zapad (1965) as Panas Marshuk My, russkiy narod (1966) War and Peace (1966) as Tikhon Cherbaty Rabochiy posyolok (1966) as Akhromovich Chiisai tôbôsha (1966) Two Tickets for a Daytime Picture Show (1967) as Sabodazh Dikiy myod (1967) Net i da (1967) as Yelpidifor Tashkent - gorod khlebny (1968) as Meshochnik (1968) as Elpidifor The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968) as 1 st filer in the pot The Brothers Karamazov (1969) as Samsonov's son Virineya (1969) The Diamond Arm (1969) as Mikhail Ivanovoch, Captain, then Major of militsiya Krakh (1969) as Ivan Yegorov Kamurjner moratsutyan vrayov (1970) as Bandit Sevastopol (1970) as Botsman The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (1971) as a man from the Emperor's suite Investigation Held by ZnaToKi: Dead to Rights (1971, TV Movie) as Silin Zoia Rukhadze (1971) as Turkin Smertnyy vrag (1972) as Ignat Yashchurov Dacha (1973) as Shofer Privalov's Millions (1973) as Kuzma Ferapontovich Kanunnikov Neylon 100% (1973) as Bubnov Rayskie yablochki (1974) as Politseyskiy Severnaya rapsodiya (1974) Earthly Love (1975) as Koshev Povtornaya svadba (1976) as Pyotr Nikolayevich - direktor tsementnogo zavoda Pobeditel (1976) as Akim (1976) as Dyagenka How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976) as marshal Razvlechenie dlya starichkov (1977) as Roman Stepanovich Guskov Solntse, snova solntse (1977) as Rybak Destiny (1977) as Pavel Koshev Gonki bez finisha (1977) Incognito from St. Petersburg (1978) as Ivan Karpovich Uhovertov, marshal Life Is Beautiful (1979) as a prisoner Serebryanye ozyora (1981) Vertical Race (1982, TV Movie) as captain of militia Ochen vazhnaya persona (1984) as Alekseich Tayna zolotoy gory (1985)
Recognition and rewards
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus" (1944) Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945) Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1955) Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1965) Order of the Badge of Honour (1974) Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1975) Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1989) Medal "Veteran of Labour" (1989)