
Vladimir Sokoloff
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1889-12-26
- Died
- 1962-02-15
- Place of birth
- Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- Also known as
- Wladimir Sokoloff · Wladimir Sokolow · Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff · Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в · Waldemar Sokoloff
Biography
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).
Known For
TV Shows (18)

Maverick
1957
as Pedro Rubio

The Rifleman
1958

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Gallegos / Father Tomas / Guitarist (Ignacio)

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Alf

The Donna Reed Show
1958

Peter Gunn
1958

Thriller
1960
as Papa Glockstein / The Janitor

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Uncle Fernaud

The Millionaire
1955
as Uncle Jacques Monet

Playhouse 90
1956
as Anselmo

Checkmate
1960
as Pedro Moreno

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Jake Bartosh

Tightrope
1959

The Alaskans
1959

Wire Service
1956
as Prime Minister

Johnny Staccato
1959

Harrigan and Son
1960
Movies (80)

The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Old Man

Cimarron
1960
as Jacob Krubeckoff

Mr. Lucky
1943
as Greek Priest (uncredited)

Juarez
1939
as Camilo

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Anselmo

Don Quixote
1933
as Gypsy King

Mr. Sardonicus
1961
as Henryk Toleslawski

Scarlet Street
1945
as Pop LeJon

Istanbul
1957
as Aziz Rakim

Taras Bulba
1962
as Stepan Kanevsky

Comrade X
1940
as Michael Bastakoff

Westfront 1918
1930
as Proviantmeister

Crossroads
1942
as Carlos Le Duc (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps
1956
as George "Pop" Pilski

Farewell
1930
as The Baron

Passage to Marseille
1944
as Grandpere

To the Ends of the Earth
1948
as Commissioner Lum Chi Chow

Cloak and Dagger
1946
as Polda

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Popus

Back to Bataan
1945
as Señor Buenaventura J. Bello

The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Paul Cezanne

Road to Morocco
1942
as Hyder Khan

Conquest
1937
as Dying soldier

Blockade
1938
as Basil

The Baron of Arizona
1950
as Pepito Alvarez

The Real Glory
1939
as The Datu

Macao
1952
as Kwan Sum Tang

A Royal Scandal
1945
as Malakoff

Love Crazy
1941
as Dr. David Klugle

Mission to Moscow
1943
as Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president

The Mistress of Atlantis
1932
as L'hetman de Jitomir (as Vl. Sokoloff)

The Conspirators
1944
as Miguel

I Was a Teenage Werewolf
1957
as Pepe the Janitor

A Scandal in Paris
1946
as Uncle Hugo

Man on a String
1960
as Papa of Boris Mitrov

Alcatraz Island
1937
as The Flying Dutchman

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
as Ivan Pavloff

Monster from Green Hell
1957
as Dr. Lorentz

West of Shanghai
1937
as General Fu Shan

Beyond the Time Barrier
1960
as The Supreme

The Lower Depths
1936
as le vieux Kostileff

Spawn of the North
1938
as Dimitri

Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Feodor Morris

Mayerling
1936
as Chief of Police

Life Is Ours
1936
as Un vieillard dans le cortège final
Sabu and the Magic Ring
1957
as The Old Fakir

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Anselmo

Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
1926
as Rag picker

Two Smart People
1946
as Jacques Dufour

The 3 Penny Opera
1931
as Smith, the Jailer

Queen of Atlantis
1932
as Graf Bielowski

Till We Meet Again
1944
as Cabeau

The Ship of Lost Men
1929
as Grischa - the Cook

Mister Flow
1936
as Merlow

The Holy Flames
1931
as Dr. Harvester

Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Sascha

Darling of the Gods
1930
as Boris Jussupoff

Katharina Knie
1929
as Julius, der Clown
Prince Woronzeff
1934
as Petroff

Sons of Liberty
1939
as Jacob (uncredited)

Ladies Lake
1934
as Baron Dobbersberg

Hell on Earth
1931
as Lewin

Strafsache van Geldern
1932

Haunted People
1932

The Love of Jeanne Ney
1927
as Zacharkiewicz

Their Son
1929
as Berry
Der Sohn der Hagar
1927
as Poleto

Five Fingers: The Judas Goat
1961
as Peter Vestos

The Threepenny Opera
1931
as Smith

Morals at Midnight
1930
as Overseer

Under Western Eyes
1936
as Le recteur
Road to Home
1945
as Self (archive footage)

Kismet
1931

Song of the Streets
1933
as Le père Schlamp

Expensive Husbands
1937
as Herr Andrew Brenner

High and Low
1933
as M. Berger

Paris Underground
1945
as Undertaker

Monster from British Hell
2021
as Dr. Lorentz

Le secret des Woronzeff
1935
as Petroff
Die weiße Sonate
1928
as Violinvirtuose Dollhofer
About Vladimir Sokoloff
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 fo… With 98 credits spanning from 1926 to 2021, Vladimir Sokoloff has appeared in 80 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Vladimir Sokoloff Movies
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) — as Old Man
- Cimarron (1960) — as Jacob Krubeckoff
- Mr. Lucky (1943) — as Greek Priest (uncredited)
- Juarez (1939) — as Camilo
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) — as Anselmo
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