Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Biography
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. was a Russian-born actor whose work in American and Italian films spanned more than seven decades. Born in Moscow in 1905, he was the son of opera singer Feodor Chaliapin and began his screen career in Hollywood silent films, making his debut in Into Her Kingdom (1926) and taking bit parts. He later settled in Rome, where he appeared on stage and in Italian productions such as The Cossacks (1960), Sodom and Gomorrah (1962), and Federico Fellini's Roma (1972). In Dario Argento's Inferno (1980) he played the aged alchemist Varelli, a major role. At 81, he gained mainstream critical attention for The Name of the Rose (1986), playing the blind monk Jorge de Burgos, followed by Grandpa Castorini in Moonstruck (1987), Leonides Cox in Stanley & Iris (1990), and Professor Bartnev in The Inner Circle (1991). He died in 1992.
86years old at death
- Born Moscow
- Died Rome
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Фёдор Фёдорович Шаляпин (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 52 years1939 to 1991
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