Vladimir Sokoloff
Born
December 26, 1889
Died
February 15, 1962 (72 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (Russian: Владимир Александрович Соколов; December 26, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was a character actor on stage and particularly in film.
Sokoloff was born in Moscow, Russia. He became an actor and assistant director with the Moscow Art Theatre before emigrating to Berlin in 1923. With the rise of Nazism, Sokoloff who was Jewish, moved first to Paris in 1932, then to the United States in 1937.
He appeared in a number of Broadway plays from 1937 to 1950. He also quickly found work in American films, playing characters of a wide variety of nationalities (he himself once estimated 35), for example, Filipino (Back to Bataan), French (Passage to Marseille), Greek (Mr. Lucky), Arab (Road to Morocco), Romanian (I Was a Teenage Werewolf), and Chinese (Macao). Among his better known parts are the Spanish guerrilla Anselmo in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and the Mexican Old Man in The Magnificent Seven.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he also appeared on a number of television series, including three episodes of CBS's The Twilight Zone ("Dust", "The Gift" and "The Mirror"). On January 1, 1961, Sokoloff guest starred as "Old Stefano", a wise shepherd, in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman, with John Russell and Peter Brown. He also appeared on one episode of The Untouchables entitled "Troubleshooter".
He was a pupil of Stanislavski, but in a 1960 newspaper article, he rejected Method acting (as well as all other acting theories).
After a long career, he died of a stroke in 1962 in Hollywood, California.
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Known For
Monster from British Hell
Dr. Lorentz
2021
Hollywood Classic Special
2010
Taras Bulba
Stepan Kanevsky
1962
Mr. Sardonicus
Henryk Toleslawski
1961
Five Fingers: The Judas Goat
Peter Vestos
1961
Cimarron
Jacob Krubeckoff
1960
Harrigan and Son
(1 episode)
1960
The Magnificent Seven
Old Man
1960
Checkmate
Pedro Moreno · (1 episode)
1960
Thriller
Papa Glockstein · (1 episode)
1960
Thriller
The Janitor · (1 episode)
1960
Beyond the Time Barrier
The Supreme
1960
Man on a String
Papa of Boris Mitrov
1960
The Alaskans
(1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Gallegos · (1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Father Tomas · (1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Guitarist (Ignacio) · (1 episode)
1959
Johnny Staccato
(1 episode)
1959
Tightrope
(1 episode)
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Anselmo
1959
The Rifleman
(1 episode)
1958
The Donna Reed Show
(1 episode)
1958
Peter Gunn
(1 episode)
1958
Twilight for the Gods
Feodor Morris
1958
Sabu and the Magic Ring
The Old Fakir
1957
Maverick
Pedro Rubio · (1 episode)
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
1957
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Pepe the Janitor
1957
Monster from Green Hell
Dr. Lorentz
1957
Istanbul
Aziz Rakim
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Alf · (1 episode)
1956
Wire Service
Prime Minister · (1 episode)
1956
Playhouse 90
Anselmo · (2 episodes)
1956
While the City Sleeps
George "Pop" Pilski
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Uncle Fernaud · (1 episode)
1955
The Millionaire
Uncle Jacques Monet · (1 episode)
1955
Cavalcade of America
Jake Bartosh · (1 episode)
1952
Macao
Kwan Sum Tang
1952
The Baron of Arizona
Pepito Alvarez
1950
To the Ends of the Earth
Commissioner Lum Chi Chow
1948
Cloak and Dagger
Polda
1946
A Scandal in Paris
Uncle Hugo
1946
Two Smart People
Jacques Dufour
1946
Scarlet Street
Pop LeJon
1945
Paris Underground
Undertaker
1945
Road to Home
Self (archive footage)
1945
Back to Bataan
Señor Buenaventura J. Bello
1945
A Royal Scandal
Malakoff
1945
The Conspirators
Miguel
1944
Till We Meet Again
Cabeau
1944
Passage to Marseille
Grandpere
1944
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Anselmo
1943
Mr. Lucky
Greek Priest (uncredited)
1943
Mission to Moscow
Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president
1943
Road to Morocco
Hyder Khan
1942
Crossroads
Carlos Le Duc (uncredited)
1942
Love Crazy
Dr. David Klugle
1941
Comrade X
Michael Bastakoff
1940
The Real Glory
The Datu
1939
Juarez
Camilo
1939
Sons of Liberty
Jacob (uncredited)
1939
Spawn of the North
Dimitri
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Popus
1938
Blockade
Basil
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Ivan Pavloff
1938
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Sascha
1937
Expensive Husbands
Herr Andrew Brenner
1937
West of Shanghai
General Fu Shan
1937
Conquest
Dying soldier
1937
Alcatraz Island
The Flying Dutchman
1937
The Life of Emile Zola
Paul Cezanne
1937
The Lower Depths
le vieux Kostileff
1936
Mister Flow
Merlow
1936
Life Is Ours
Un vieillard dans le cortège final
1936
Under Western Eyes
Le recteur
1936
Mayerling
Chief of Police
1936
Le secret des Woronzeff
Petroff
1935
Prince Woronzeff
Petroff
1934
Ladies Lake
Baron Dobbersberg
1934
High and Low
M. Berger
1933
Song of the Streets
Le père Schlamp
1933
Don Quixote
Gypsy King
1933
Haunted People
1932
Strafsache van Geldern
1932
Queen of Atlantis
Graf Bielowski
1932
The Mistress of Atlantis
L'hetman de Jitomir (as Vl. Sokoloff)
1932
Hell on Earth
Lewin
1931
The Threepenny Opera
Smith
1931
The Holy Flames
Dr. Harvester
1931
The 3 Penny Opera
Smith, the Jailer
1931
Kismet
1931
Darling of the Gods
Boris Jussupoff
1930
Farewell
The Baron
1930
Morals at Midnight
Overseer
1930
Westfront 1918
Proviantmeister
1930
The Ship of Lost Men
Grischa - the Cook
1929
Sensation im Wintergarten
Berry
1929
Katharina Knie
Julius, der Clown
1929
Die weiße Sonate
Violinvirtuose Dollhofer
1928
The Love of Jeanne Ney
Zacharkiewicz
1927
Der Sohn der Hagar
Poleto
1927
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
Rag picker
1926