--- name: "Vladimir Sokoloff" canonical: "https://film.one/person/vladimir-sokoloff" roles: ["Actor"] born: "26 December 1889" died: "15 February 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 62 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T01:00:44.642207+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Vladimir Sokoloff Actor. Born 26 December 1889 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Died 15 February 1962. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 26 December 1889, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia] - **Died:** 15 February 1962 - **Active:** 1937–1960 - **Also known as:** Wladimir Sokoloff, Wladimir Sokolow, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff, Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в, Waldemar Sokoloff - **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 70 (1), 1940s 58 (1), 1960s 57 (1) - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, History 2, Adventure 1, Romance 1, War 1, Western 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $29m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Sokoloff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1855635, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14533 ## Biography Vladimir Sokoloff was a Russian-born character actor who appeared in over 100 films and television productions, often playing supporting roles of varied nationalities. Born in Moscow in 1889, he trained at the Moscow Art Theatre as an actor and assistant director under Constantin Stanislavski before emigrating to Berlin in 1923. With the rise of Nazism he moved to Paris in 1932 and then to the United States in 1937, where he appeared in numerous Broadway plays and quickly established himself in Hollywood films. Among his best-known roles are Anselmo in *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943) and the Old Man in *The Magnificent Seven* (1960). He also featured in *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937) as Paul Cézanne, *Scarlet Street* (1945), and episodes of *The Twilight Zone*. Sokoloff died in West Hollywood in 1962. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Cimarron* (1960), Fi1m 57, as Jacob Krubeckoff — [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md) - *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Fi1m 58, as Anselmo — [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md) - *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), Fi1m 70, as Paul Cezanne — [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md) ## Complete filmography (97) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Monster from British Hell* (2021), as Dr. Lorentz - *Taras Bulba* (1962), as Stepan Kanevsky - *Mr. Sardonicus* (1961), as Henryk Toleslawski - *Five Fingers: The Judas Goat* (1961), as Peter Vestos - *Cimarron* (1960), as Jacob Krubeckoff — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md) - *Harrigan and Son* (1960), series, Actor - *The Magnificent Seven* (1960), as Old Man - *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Pedro Moreno - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Papa Glockstein, The Janitor - *Beyond the Time Barrier* (1960), as The Supreme - *Man on a String* (1960), as Papa of Boris Mitrov - *The Alaskans* (1959), series, Actor - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Gallegos, Father Tomas, Guitarist (Ignacio) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *Johnny Staccato* (1959), series, Actor - *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor - *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1959), as Anselmo - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor - *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, Actor - *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor - *Twilight for the Gods* (1958), as Feodor Morris - *Sabu and the Magic Ring* (1957), as The Old Fakir - *Maverick* (1957), series, as Pedro Rubio - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor - *I Was a Teenage Werewolf* (1957), as Pepe the Janitor - *Monster from Green Hell* (1957), as Dr. Lorentz - *Istanbul* (1957), as Aziz Rakim - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Alf - *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, as Anselmo - *Wire Service* (1956), series, as Prime Minister - *While the City Sleeps* (1956), as George "Pop" Pilski - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Uncle Fernaud - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Uncle Jacques Monet - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Jake Bartosh - *Macao* (1952), as Kwan Sum Tang - *The Baron of Arizona* (1950), as Pepito Alvarez - *To the Ends of the Earth* (1948), as Commissioner Lum Chi Chow - *Cloak and Dagger* (1946), as Polda - *A Scandal in Paris* (1946), as Uncle Hugo - *Two Smart People* (1946), as Jacques Dufour - *Scarlet Street* (1945), as Pop LeJon - *Paris Underground* (1945), as Undertaker - *Back to Bataan* (1945), as Señor Buenaventura J. Bello - *A Royal Scandal* (1945), as Malakoff - *The Conspirators* (1944), as Miguel - *Till We Meet Again* (1944), as Cabeau - *Passage to Marseille* (1944), as Grandpere - *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), as Anselmo — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md) - *Mr. Lucky* (1943), as Greek Priest (uncredited) - *Mission to Moscow* (1943), as Mikhail Kalinin, USSR president - *Road to Morocco* (1942), as Hyder Khan - *Crossroads* (1942), as Carlos Le Duc (uncredited) - *Love Crazy* (1941), as Dr. David Klugle - *Comrade X* (1940), as Michael Bastakoff - *The Real Glory* (1939), as The Datu - *Juarez* (1939), as Camilo - *Sons of Liberty* (1939), as Jacob (uncredited) - *Spawn of the North* (1938), as Dimitri - *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse* (1938), as Popus - *Blockade* (1938), as Basil - *Arsène Lupin Returns* (1938), as Ivan Pavloff - *Beg, Borrow or Steal* (1937), as Sascha - *Expensive Husbands* (1937), as Herr Andrew Brenner - *West of Shanghai* (1937), as General Fu Shan - *Conquest* (1937), as Dying soldier - *Alcatraz Island* (1937), as The Flying Dutchman - *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), as Paul Cezanne — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md) - *The Lower Depths* (1936), as le vieux Kostileff - *Mister Flow* (1936), as Merlow - *Life Is Ours* (1936), as Un vieillard dans le cortège final - *Under Western Eyes* (1936), as Le recteur - *Mayerling* (1936), as Chief of Police - *Le secret des Woronzeff* (1935), as Petroff - *Prince Woronzeff* (1934), as Petroff - *Ladies Lake* (1934), as Baron Dobbersberg - *High and Low* (1933), as M. Berger - *Song of the Streets* (1933), as Le père Schlamp - *Don Quixote* (1933), as Gypsy King - *Haunted People* (1932), Actor - *Strafsache van Geldern* (1932), as Armenarzt - *Queen of Atlantis* (1932), as Graf Bielowski - *The Mistress of Atlantis* (1932), as L'hetman de Jitomir (as Vl. Sokoloff) - *Hell on Earth* (1931), as Lewin - *The Threepenny Opera* (1931), as Smith - *The Holy Flames* (1931), as Dr. Harvester - *The 3 Penny Opera* (1931), as Smith, the Jailer - *Kismet* (1931), Actor - *Darling of the Gods* (1930), as Boris Jussupoff - *Farewell* (1930), as The Baron - *Morals at Midnight* (1930), as Overseer - *Westfront 1918* (1930), as Proviantmeister - *The Ship of Lost Men* (1929), as Grischa - the Cook - *Their Son* (1929), as Berry - *Katharina Knie* (1929), as Julius, der Clown - *Die weiße Sonate* (1928), as Violinvirtuose Dollhofer - *The Love of Jeanne Ney* (1927), as Zacharkiewicz - *Der Sohn der Hagar* (1927), as Poleto - *Adventures of a Ten Mark Note* (1926), as Rag picker ## Gallery - ![Vladimir Sokoloff](https://film.one/media/person/1224993/gallery-46c98bb49f55.jpg) Vladimir Sokoloff — unknown (film screenshot), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Vladimir_Sokoloff.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Vladimir Sokoloff](https://film.one/media/person/1224993/gallery-ae937bec8b31.jpg) Vladimir Sokoloff — Image via TMDB - ![Vladimir Sokoloff](https://film.one/media/person/1224993/gallery-0eff77abb9df.jpg) Vladimir Sokoloff — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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