Petro Vesklyarov

{{Short description|Soviet and Ukrainian actor (1911–1994)}}

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| name = Petro Yukhymovych Vesklyarov

| image = Дід Панас та внук Андрій.jpg

| caption = Panas with his grandson Andriy

| birth_name = Pinchas Chaimovich Wechsler{{Cite web |url=https://teletype.in/@diedush/Pokhodzhennia_Dida_Panasa |title=Кандидат історичних наук Олексій Дєдуш. Походження Діда Панаса |language=uk |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=2023-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226051746/https://teletype.in/@diedush/Pokhodzhennia_Dida_Panasa}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-57408579 |title=Станіслав Цалик. Дід Панас. Зіркова і печальна історія легенди українського телебачення |access-date=26 February 2023 |language=uk |archive-date=2023-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226051707/https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-57408579}}{{Cite web |url=https://vechirniy.kyiv.ua/news/67549/ |title=«Отака х*ня, малята…»: легенді українського телебачення виповнилося 111 років (Вечірній Київ) |access-date=2023-02-26 |language=uk |archive-date=2023-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226051709/https://vechirniy.kyiv.ua/news/67549/}}

| birth_date = June 10, 1911

| birth_place = Talne, Umansky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|01|05|1911|06|10}}

| death_place = Kyiv, Ukraine

| other_names = Did Panas

| occupation = Theater and television actor

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Petro Yukhymovych Vesklyarov ({{langx|uk|Вескляров Петро Юхимович}}; {{OldStyleDate|June 10|1911|May 28}} in Talne, Ukraine – January 5, 1994 in Kyiv) was a Ukrainian theater and television actor. He was also known by the nickname Did Panas (Grandpa Panas, {{langx|uk|дід Панас}}).

Born Pinchas Wechsler, Vesklyarov was an actor in a travelling workers' theatre between 1932 and 1940, and between 1946 and 1959 he performed at the Taras Shevchenko Musical-Drama Theatre in Lutsk, Volyn. Between 1959 and 1982 Veslklyarov worked in the Dovzhenko Film Studios, appearing in a number of films. He starred in the 1959 drama film Ivanna and appeared in the 1970 comedy film Two Days of Miracles. During this time (1964–1986) he appeared as the character "Дід Панас" (Grandpa Panas) in the Ukrainian television series "На добраніч, діти" (Goodnight, children).

In 1973, he was awarded the title Meritorious Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.