RUSSIAN "PROFESSOR MORIARTY" PASSED AWAY
RUSSIAN "PROFESSOR MORIARTY" PASSED AWAY
In Samara, actor Viktor Evgrafov died. He was 73.
Evgrafov had the problems of the cardiovascular system. According to the Samarafilm film studio, the actor has recently been recovering from a coronavirus infection. The studio clarifies that his blood clot has come off.
Evgrafov will be buried in the "Actors' Alley" of the Samara city cemetery. The farewell date will be announced later.
Evgrafov was born on September 10, 1948 in Samara. In 1976 he graduated from the Moscow GITIS. He began his career by working at the Leningrad Theater of Young Spectators, also played in the films. In total, Viktor Evgrafov's film career has more than 30 roles as not only an actor, but also a stuntman. In 1994 in the Crimea, being a stuntman, during the filming, he received a serious injury, from which he was recovering for a long time.
Evgrafov gained wide popularity thanks to the role of Professor Moriarty in Igor Maslennikov’s TV films "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson" (1980).
Since the 2000s, the actor lived in the Samara region, directed the Kolovrat studio in Togliatti (Russian town near Volga river). Since 2004, he was an associate professor at the Tatishchev Volga University (Togliatti), the artistic director of two acting courses.
"First of all, I would like to express my condolences to Victor's family, this is a great loss ... I saw how he works on the set. Evgrafov was a professional stuntman, but he had unconditional acting skills," Vasily Livanov said.