Vladimir Sokoloff

Personal Info

Birthday

December 26, 1889

Day of Death

1962-02-15

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Also Known As

Wladimir Sokoloff

Wladimir Sokolow

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff

Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в

Waldemar Sokoloff

Vladimir 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.

Known For

Maverick

The Twilight Zone

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Thriller

Playhouse 90

The Millionaire

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Checkmate

Filmography

2021
Monster from British Hell
as Dr. Lorentz
1962
Taras Bulba
as Stepan Kanevsky
1961
Mr. Sardonicus
as Henryk Toleslawski
Five Fingers: The Judas Goat
as Peter Vestos
1960
Cimarron
as Jacob Krubeckoff
The Magnificent Seven
as Old Man
Beyond the Time Barrier
as The Supreme
Man on a String
as Papa of Boris Mitrov
1958
Twilight for the Gods
as Feodor Morris
1957
Sabu and the Magic Ring
as The Old Fakir
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
as Pepe the Janitor
Monster from Green Hell
as Dr. Lorentz
Istanbul
as Aziz Rakim
1956
While the City Sleeps
as George "Pop" Pilski
1952
Macao
as Kwan Sum Tang
1950
The Baron of Arizona
as Pepito Alvarez
1948
To the Ends of the Earth
as Commissioner Lum Chi Chow
1946
Cloak and Dagger
as Polda
A Scandal in Paris
as Uncle Hugo
Two Smart People
as Jacques Dufour
1945
Scarlet Street
as Pop LeJon
Paris Underground
as Undertaker
Road to Home
as Self (archive footage)
Back to Bataan
as Señor Buenaventura J. Bello
A Royal Scandal
as Malakoff
1944
The Conspirators
as Miguel
Till We Meet Again
as Cabeau
Passage to Marseille
as Grandpere
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Anselmo
Mr. Lucky
as Greek Priest (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
as Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president
1942
Road to Morocco
as Hyder Khan
Crossroads
as Carlos Le Duc (uncredited)
1941
Love Crazy
as Dr. David Klugle
1940
Comrade X
as Michael Bastakoff
1939
The Real Glory
as The Datu
Juarez
as Camilo
Sons of Liberty
as Jacob (uncredited)
1938
Spawn of the North
as Dimitri
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Popus
Blockade
as Basil
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Ivan Pavloff
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Sascha
Expensive Husbands
as Herr Andrew Brenner
West of Shanghai
as General Fu Shan
Conquest
as Dying soldier
Alcatraz Island
as The Flying Dutchman
The Life of Emile Zola
as Paul Cezanne
1936
The Lower Depths
as le vieux Kostileff
Mister Flow
as Merlow
Life Is Ours
as Un vieillard dans le cortège final
Under Western Eyes
as Le recteur
Mayerling
as Chief of Police
1935
Le secret des Woronzeff
as Petroff
1934
Prince Woronzeff
as Petroff
Ladies Lake
as Baron Dobbersberg
1933
High and Low
as M. Berger
Song of the Streets
as Le père Schlamp
Don Quixote
as Gypsy King
1932
Queen of Atlantis
as Graf Bielowski
The Mistress of Atlantis
as L'hetman de Jitomir (as Vl. Sokoloff)
1931
Hell on Earth
as Lewin
The Threepenny Opera
as Smith
The Holy Flames
as Dr. Harvester
The 3 Penny Opera
as Smith, the Jailer
1930
Darling of the Gods
as Boris Jussupoff
Farewell
as The Baron
Morals at Midnight
as Overseer
Westfront 1918
as Proviantmeister
1929
The Ship of Lost Men
as Grischa - the Cook
Sensation im Wintergarten
as Berry
Katharina Knie
as Julius, der Clown
1928
Die weiße Sonate
as Violinvirtuose Dollhofer
1927
The Love of Jeanne Ney
as Zacharkiewicz
Der Sohn der Hagar
as Poleto
1926
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note
as Rag picker