Born in Moscow in an acting family. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (11/27/1981). People's Artist of the RSFSR (04/18/1988). His grandfather, Nikolai Livanov (stage name Izvolsky), was an actor at first in provincial, then metropolitan theaters. Father, Boris Nikolaevich Livanov (1904-1972), is an outstanding actor who played about 40 roles in the Art Theater and 30 in the cinema. Frequent guests in the house of the Livanovs were Kachalov, Pasternak, Dovzhenko, Cherkasov, Tarkhanov, Konchalovsky. He studied at the men's school number 170, then, from 1950 to 1954 - at the Moscow secondary art school. After graduating from art school, he entered the B.V.Schukin Theater School. In addition to mastering the intricacies of acting, he tried his hand at directing - he put Yuri Olesha (thesis) on the studio stage of “Three Fat Men” and designed the performance himself. The music for the play was written by Gennady Gladkov, a classmate and schoolmate, and in the future, a wonderful composer, co-author of V. B. Livanov for many works in film, theater and animation.
Known For
Waterloo
(1970)
Percy (uncredited)
The Secret of the Third Planet
(1981)
Gromozeka (voice)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1
(1981)
Sherlock Holmes
Full Filmography
Acting
Letter Never Sent
(1960)
Andrey
The Blind Musician
(1961)
Pyotr
The Trial of Madmen
(1961)
Johannes Werner
Collegues
(1962)
Sasha Zelenin
The Blue Notebook
(1963)
The Green Flame
(1964)
Oleg Nikolaevich Korzhikov
Year as Long as Life
(1965)
Georg Weerth
Journey
(1966)
Braslet-2
(1967)
Afrikan Savin
Touches on the V. I. Lenin's Portrait
(1967)
Junior and Karlson
(1968)
Karlson (voice)
I Was Nineteen
(1968)
Wadim
Puss in Boots
(1968)
Miller's Son (voice)
Gena the Crocodile
(1969)
Gena the Crocodile (voice)
Karlson Returns
(1970)
Karlson (voice)
Monkey from the island of Sarugashima
(1970)
The Turtle (voice)
The Blue Bird
(1970)
Voice
Waterloo
(1970)
Percy (uncredited)
Cheburashka
(1971)
Gena the Crocodile (voice)
Заветная мечта
(1972)
Маленький ослик
The Gambler
(1972)
Aibolit and Barmaley
(1973)
Бармалей
Me and Jack
(1973)
пёс Джек
Treasures of the Sunken Ships
(1973)
Shapoklyak
(1974)
Crocodile Gene (voice)
The Captivating Star of Happiness
(1975)
Император Николай I
38 Parrots
(1976)
Boa (voice)
A Kitten Named Woof (Episode 1)
(1976)
Black Cat (voice)
A Kitten Named Woof (Episode 2)
(1977)
Black Cat (voice)
How to cure Boa?
(1977)
Boa (voice)
Boa's Grandmother
(1977)
Boa (voice)
Where is Elephant Going?
(1977)
Boa (voice)
Как Маша поссорилась с подушкой
(1977)
Narrator (voice)
Brave Inspector Mamochkin
(1977)
A Present for the Weakest
(1978)
Yaroslavna, Queen of France
(1978)
The Steppe
(1978)
And What if It Works!
(1978)
Hello Monkey
(1978)
Masha bolshe ne lentyayka
(1978)
Cuckoo / Bus driver (voice) / Кукушка / шофёр автобуса
Masha and the Magic Jam
(1979)
Narrator (voice)
A Kitten Named Woof (Episode 3)
(1979)
Black Cat (voice)
Uncle Au
(1979)
Uncle Ow (voice) / Дядюшка Ау
Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow
(1979)
Gymnastics for the Tail
(1979)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance
(1979)
Sherlock Holmes
Uncle Au's Mistake
(1979)
Дядюшка Ау
Nunky Ahu in the Town
(1979)
Au (voice) / Дядюшка Ау
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody Inscription
(1979)
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
(1979)
Sherlock Holmes
A Kitten Named Woof (Episode 4)
(1980)
Black Cat (voice)
The Return
(1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers
(1980)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight
(1980)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger
(1980)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
(1980)
Sherlock Holmes
Khalif the Stork
(1981)
Warlock (voice) / злой колдун
The Secret of the Third Planet
(1981)
Gromozeka (voice)
The Dog In Boots
(1981)
The Dog-detective (voice) / пёс-сыщик (Шерлок Холмс)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1
(1981)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2
(1981)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1981)
Sherlock Holmes
A Kitten Named Woof (Episode 5)
(1982)
Black Cat (voice)
Cheburashka Goes to School
(1983)
Gena the Crocodile (voice)
Moon Rainbow
(1983)
Galbreit
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Irene Adler
(1983)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Secret of Treasures
(1983)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra
(1983)
Sherlock Holmes
Contract
(1985)
The Great Closure
(1985)
Sherlock Holmes and I
(1985)
Sherlock Holmes (voice) / Шерлок Холмс (голос)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 1
(1986)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 2
(1986)
Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches
(1986)
Sherlock Holmes
Karik and Valya's Remarkable Adventures
(1987)
Professor Ivan Germagenovich Enotov
Power porridge
(1987)
The Pass
(1988)
Staryy (voice)
Friend
(1988)
пёс Друг, озвучка
Love For Your Neighbor
(1988)
Некто
Unobvious Textbook
(1991)
Подводные береты
(1991)
He Will Receive
(1992)
Ben Delaney
Gingerbread
(1993)
The Wolf (voice)
Don Quixote Returns
(1997)
Law of Corruption
(2005)
Shuvalov
Bear Hunting
(2008)
Золушка 4х4. Всё начинается с желаний...
(2008)
Directing
The Most, the Most, the Most
(1966)
Director
The Blue Bird
(1970)
Director
Phaethon - The Son of the Sun
(1972)
Director
On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians
(1973)
Director
Don Quixote Returns
(1997)
Director
The Bronze Horseman Of Russia
(2019)
Director
Writing
The Most, the Most, the Most
(1966)
Writer
The Bremen Town Musicians
(1969)
Writer
Father Frost and the Summer
(1969)
Writer
The Blue Bird
(1970)
Screenstory
The Old Toy
(1971)
Writer
Phaethon - The Son of the Sun
(1972)
Writer
On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians
(1973)
Writer
Anansi Spider and the Magic Wand
(1973)
Writer
Талант и поклонники
(1978)
Writer
Masha and the Magic Jam
(1979)
Writer
My favorite clown
(1986)
Writer
Don Quixote Returns
(1997)
Writer
The Musicians from Bremen
(2000)
Writer
The New Bremen Musicians
(2000)
Writer
The Bronze Horseman Of Russia
(2019)
Screenplay
Production