Nikolai Gritsenko

{{family name hatnote|Olimpievich|Gritsenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox actor

| name = Nikolai Gritsenko

| native_name_lang = ru

| native_name = {{nobold|Николай Гриценко}}

| image = 170px

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| birth_date = {{OldStyleDateDY|July 24|1912|July 11}}

| birth_place = Yasynuvata, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|12|8|1912|7|24}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| nationality =

| other_names = Mykola Hrytsenko

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1937{{ndash}}1979

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Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko{{efn|{{langx|ru|Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко|{{transliteration|ru|Nikolay Olimpiyevich Gritsenko}}}}}} or Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko{{efn|{{langx|uk|Микола Олімпійович Гриценко|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko}}}}}} ({{OldStyleDateDY|July 24|1912|July 11}}{{snd}}December 8, 1979) was a Soviet theater and film actor.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|place=US|ISBN=978-0-8108-6072-8|pages=273-274}} He appeared in more than 30 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Moscow.[http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/gritsenko/ Николай Гриценко на сайте Peoples.ru] There he was designated Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the USSR. He died on 8 December 1979 after a "conflict" with patients at a hospital he was staying in, and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.[http://akter.kulichki.net/publ/gricenko.htm Николай Гриценко (Как они умерли)]

Partial filmography

Mashenka (1942) - Kolya
{{ill|Old Vaudeville (film)|ru|3=Старинный водевиль|lt=Old Vaudeville}} (1947) - Lt. Anton Petrovich Fadeev
Farewell, America (1949)
Dream of a Cossack (1951) - Artamashov
The Night Before Christmas (1951) - Vakula (voice)
Hostile Whirlwinds (1953) - Schreder
Marina's Destiny (1953) - Terenty
The Safety Match (1954) - Psekov, estate manager
A Big Family (1954) - club manager
The Road (1955) - Ivan Alekseevich
The Sisters (1957)
{{ill|The Eighteenth Year (film)|ru|3=Хождение по мукам (фильм)#Фильм № 2. «Восемнадцатый год»|lt=The Eighteenth Year}} (1958)
{{ill|Gloomy Morning (film)|ru|3=Хождение по мукам (фильм)#Фильм № 3. «Хмурое утро» 2|lt=Gloomy Morning}} (1959) - Vadim Roshchin
Wind of Freedom (1961) - Georg Stan
Barrier of the Unknown (1962) - Vadim Lagin
Ponedelnik: den tyazhyolyy (1964) - Kuzma Yegorovich Stryapkov
{{ill|Russian Forest (film)|ru|3=Русский лес (фильм)|lt=Russian Forest}} (1964) - Aleksandr Gratsiyansky
{{ill|Mother and Stepmother (film)|ru|3=Мать и мачеха (фильм)|lt=Mother and Stepmother}} (1964) - Fedor Zhurbenko
Man without a Passport (1966) - Pyotr Izmaylov
{{ill|Two Years over the Abyss (film)|ru|3=Два года над пропастью|lt=Two Years over the Abyss}} (1966) - Colonel Miller
{{ill|The Places Here are Quiet (film)|ru|3=Места тут тихие|lt=The Places Here are Quiet}} (1967) - Saveliy Petrovich Fisyuk
Anna Karenina (1967) - Karenin
{{ill|There Lived a Man (film)|hy|3=Ապրում էր մի մարդ|lt=There Lived a Man}} (1968)
A Little Crane (1969) - Markelov
Razvyazka (1969) - Terekhov
The Adjutant of His Excellency (1970, TV Series) - Vikentiy Pavlovich Speransky
Family Happiness (1970) - Vaksin
{{ill|I, Francisk Skaryna... (film)|lt=I, Francisk Skaryna...|ru|3=Я, Франциск Скорина…}} (1970) - Reichenberg
Schastye Anny (1971) - Prokhor Lychkov
{{ill|Veseli Zhabokrychi (film)|lt=Veseli Zhabokrychi|uk|3=Веселі Жабокричі}} (1971) - Vasil Mironovich
The Land of Sannikov (1973) - Trifon Stepanovich Perfilyev, gold mines
{{ill|The Black Prince (1973 film)|lt=The Black Prince|ru|3=Чёрный принц (фильм)}} (1973) - Ananiy Mytnikov
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973, TV Mini-Series) - general in the train
The Land of Sannikov (1973) - Trifon Perfilyev
{{ill|A Man in Civilian Clothes (film)|lt=A Man in Civilian Clothes|ru|3=Человек в штатском}} (1973) - baron Erich von Ostenfelzen
Doker (1973)
{{ill|Time of Her Sons (film)|lt=Time of Her Sons|ru|3=Время её сыновей}} (1974) - Anton Trofimovich Gulyayev
{{ill|Crime (1976 film)|lt=Crime|ru|3=Преступление (фильм, 1976)}} (1976) - Pyotr Yegorovich
Stazhyor (1976) - Aleksandr Trofimov
{{ill|Enemies (1977 film)|lt=Enemies|ru|3=Враги (фильм, 1977)}} (1978) - General Pechenegov
{{ill|Exile No. 011 (film)|lt=Exile No. 011|ru|3=Ссыльный № 011}} (1978) - Varlamtsev
Father Sergius (1979) - General Korotkov
{{ill|Rebel Barricade (film)|lt=Rebel Barricade|ru|3=Мятежная баррикада}} (1979)