Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov (born 19 july 1935) is a Russian actor who played Sherlock Holmes in the TV movies divided in two series Sherlok Kholms i Doktor Vatson (Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson) aired in 1980 and Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i Doktora Vatsona (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson) aired between 1980-1988 with Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. Because of this role, on 20 february 2006, he became an Honorary MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) "for service to the theatre and performing arts". The movies are quite faithful to the original Conan Doyle stories. The actors were chosen because of their British looking and their resemblances to the Sidney Paget illustrations.
In 1981, Vasily Livanov gave his voice a dog detective in Пёс в Сапогах (Dog in Boots), and in 1985, he gave his voice to Sherlock Holmes in a short Russian TV cartoon named Мы с Шерлоком Холмсом (Sherlock Holmes and I).
Cinema
- 1987 : Шерлок Холмс в ХХ Веке (as Sherlock Holmes) Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
TV
- 1981 : Пёс в Сапогах (voice of the Dog Detective) Dog in Boots
- 1981 : Загадочное Письмо (Голубой Oгонёк) (as Sherlock Holmes) Mysterious Letter (Little Blue Light)
- 1985 : Мы с Шерлоком Холмсом (voice of Sherlock Holmes) Sherlock Holmes and I
Шерлок Холмс и Доктор Ватсон
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
- 1980 : Кровавая Надпись (as Sherlock Holmes) Bloody Inscription
- 1980 : Знакомство (as Sherlock Holmes) Relationship
Приключения Шерлока Холмса и Доктора Ватсона
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
- 1980 : Король Шантажа (as Sherlock Holmes) The King of Blackmail
- 1980 : Смертельная Схватка (as Sherlock Holmes) Deadly Fight
- 1980 : Охота На Тигра (as Sherlock Holmes) Tiger Hunt
- 1981 : Собака Баскервилей (as Sherlock Holmes) The Hound of the Baskervilles
- 1983 : Сокровища Агры (as Sherlock Holmes) The Treasures of Agra
- 1988 : Двадцатый Век Начинается (as Sherlock Holmes) The Twentieth Century Begins
