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Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 26, 1889
Died Feb 15, 1962 (72)
Birthplace Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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). After a long career, he died of a stroke in 1962 in Hollywood, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vladimir Sokoloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Monster from British Hell

Monster from British Hell

2021

as Dr. Lorentz

Horrible Horror

Horrible Horror

1986

as Pepe in 'I was a Teenage Werewolf'

Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba

1962

as Stepan Kanevsky

Five Fingers: The Judas Goat

Five Fingers: The Judas Goat

1961

as Peter Vestos

Mr. Sardonicus

Mr. Sardonicus

1961

as Henryk Toleslawski

Beyond the Time Barrier

Beyond the Time Barrier

1960

as The Supreme

Man on a String

Man on a String

1960

as Papa of Boris Mitrov

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960

as Old man

Cimarron

Cimarron

1960

as Jacob Krubeckoff

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

as Anselmo

Twilight for the Gods

Twilight for the Gods

1958

as Feodor Morris

Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell

1957

as Dr. Lorentz

Istanbul

Istanbul

1957

as Aziz Rakim

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

1957

as Pepe the Janitor

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956

as George "Pop" Pilski

Macao

Macao

1952

as Kwan Sum Tang

The Baron of Arizona

The Baron of Arizona

1950

as Pepito Alvarez

To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

1948

as Commissioner Lum Chi Chow

Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger

1946

as Polda

Two Smart People

Two Smart People

1946

as Jacques Dufour

A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris

1946

as Uncle Hugo

Paris Underground

Paris Underground

1945

as Undertaker

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

1945

as Malakoff

Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

as Pop LeJon

Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan

1945

as Señor Buenaventura J. Bello

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

1944

as Cabeau

The Conspirators

The Conspirators

1944

as Miguel

Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

1944

as Grandpere

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

as Anselmo

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943

as Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco

1942

as Hyder Khan

Crossroads

Crossroads

1942

as Carlos Le Duc (uncredited)

Love Crazy

Love Crazy

1941

as Dr. David Klugle

Comrade X

Comrade X

1940

as Michael Bastakoff

The Real Glory

The Real Glory

1939

as The Datu

Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty

1939

as Jacob (uncredited)

Juarez

Juarez

1939

as Camilo

Blockade

Blockade

1938

as Basil

Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

1938

as Dimitri

Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938

as Ivan Pavloff

Expensive Husbands

Expensive Husbands

1937

as Herr Andrew Brenner

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

1937

as The Flying Dutchman

West of Shanghai

West of Shanghai

1937

as General Fu Shan

Conquest

Conquest

1937

as Dying soldier

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

as Sascha

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

as Paul Cezanne

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Television Credits

The Twilight Zone

as Gallegos

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Playhouse 90

as Anselmo

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

The Millionaire

as Uncle Jacques Monet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

Thriller

as Papa Glockstein

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Wire Service

as Prime Minister

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

Cavalcade of America

as Jake Bartosh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Alf

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Maverick

as Pedro Rubio

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

The Twilight Zone

as Father Thomas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Checkmate

as Pedro Moreno

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1960

Thriller

as The Janitor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Uncle Fernaud

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Johnny Staccato

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1959

Have Gun, Will Travel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

Peter Gunn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1958

The Donna Reed Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1958

The Alaskans

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1959

The Rifleman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Harrigan and Son

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1960

Tightrope

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1959

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