Leonid Gaidai

Birthday: 1923-01-30
Deathday: 1993-11-19
Birthplace: Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леони́д Ио́вич Гайда́й; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993; Svobodny) was a Soviet comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	1993-04-01	There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach	Crazy casino player (uncredited)
	1977-06-06	Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
	1971-06-21	12 Chairs	Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited)
	1969-04-28	The Diamond Arm	drunkard (uncredited)
	1965-08-16	Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures	(segment "Workmate") (uncredited)
	1961-01-01	In Transit
	1960-07-17	Thrice Resurrected	Izobretatel (uncredited)
	1959-03-16	The Wind	Закревский
	1955-08-02	Lyana	Alyosha