Dimitar Panov ( bg, Димитър Панов; July 18, 1902 – November 15, 1985) was a Bulgarian film and theater actor and director.

Biography and career

Panov was born on July 18, 1902, in the town of

Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

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. He made his debut in 1955 on the stage of the Plovdiv Theater in Chehov's play ''Five Small

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''. He continued to work with this

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

, not only as an actor, but also as a director of such plays as ''Sluzhbogontsi'' by the eminent Bulgarian writer

Ivan Vazov Ivan Minchov Vazov ( bg, Иван Минчов Вазов; – 22 September 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley ...

. At the same time Dimitar Panov collaborated with the Plovdiv Opera where he took part in the operetta " The Bat" by

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and in the opera " The Beautiful Helen" by Offenbach. His cinematic debut was in 1960 in the film ''The Road Is Going Through Belovir'', written by Pavel Vezhinov and directed by Petar B. Vasilev. In the film we can see

Apostol Karamitev Apostol Milev Karamitev ( bg, Апостол Милев Карамитев) (1923–1973) was a Bulgarian actor, popular throughout the 1960s. He finished acting under the guidance of B. Danovski. Later he specialized in Moscow, Leningrad, Prag ...

in the leading role of the engineer Petrov. His autobiography ''The Life is Only One'' was published in 1983.
Panov died in 1985 at the age of 83.

Filmography

} , - , rowspan="3" , 1961 , '' A Byahme Mladi'' , , bg, А бяхме млади, italic=yes , - , '' Krayat na Patya'' , , bg, Краят на пътя, italic=yes , - , '' Stramnata Pateka'' , Bay Mihal , bg, Стръмната пътека, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1963 , '' Inspektorat i Noshtta'' , the forensic physician , bg, Инспекторът и нощта, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1964 , '' Priklyuchenie v Polunosht'' , Nastev , bg, Приключение в полунощ, italic=yes , - , rowspan="3" , 1965 , '' Do Grada e Blizo'' , , bg, До града е близо, italic=yes , - , '' Parolata'' , , bg, Паролата, italic=yes , - , ''

Goreshto Pladne ''Torrid Noon'' ( bg, Горещо пладне, translit. Goreshto pladne) is a Bulgarian drama film released in 1966, directed by Zako Heskija. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Plamen Nakov - Aleko * Peter Sl ...

'' , , bg, Горещо пладне, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1966 , '' Die Liebesquelle'' , Lars Pogge , Austria production , - , rowspan="1" , 1967 , '' V Kraya na Lyatoto'' , , bg, В края на лятото, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1968 , '' Gibelta na Aleksander Veliki'' , the night guard , bg, Гибелта на Александър Велики, italic=yes , - , rowspan="2" , 1969 , '' Ikonostasat'' , , bg, Иконостасът, italic=yes , - , '' Osmiyat'' , the old man , bg, Осмият, italic=yes , - , rowspan="3" , 1970 , '' Kit'' , Kalcho Kalchev , bg, Кит, italic=yes , - , '' Edin mig svoboda'' , the old man , bg, Един миг свобода, italic=yes , - , '' Knyazat'' , the old boyar , bg, Князът, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1971 , '' Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli'' , the grandfather who lives alone , bg, Таралежите се раждат без бодли, italic=yes , - , rowspan="2" , 1972 , '' Glutnitsata'' , Kotse, the shepherd , bg, Глутницата, italic=yes , - , '' Tihiyat Begletz'' , Old Petko , bg, Тихият беглец, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1974 , '' Na zhivot i smart'' , , TV movie
bg, На живот и смърт, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1976 , '' Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo'' , Old Pano , bg, Два диоптъра далекогледство, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1977 , '' Unterwegs nach Atlantis'' , Patrokleos , East Germany production , - , rowspan="2" , 1978 , '' 100 tona shtastie'' , , bg, 100 тона щастие, italic=yes , - , '' Instrument li e Gaydata?'' , , bg, Инструмент ли е гайдата?, italic=yes , - , rowspan="2" , 1979 , '' Lenko'' , Palamudov's father , bg, Ленко, italic=yes , - , '' Ot nishto neshto'' , , bg, От нищо нещо, italic=yes , - , rowspan="2" , 1980 , '' Mozhe bi fregata'' , Old Petko , bg, Може би фрегата, italic=yes , - , '' Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko'' , Bay Dimitar , bg, Нощните бдения на поп Вечерко, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1981 , '' A nu-ka, dedushki!'' , , co-production Bulgaria, Soviet Union , - , rowspan="1" , 1982 , '' Bash Maystorat na More'' , , TV movie
sequel of ''

The Past-Master ''The Past-Master'' ( bg, Баш Майсторът, translit=Bash Maystorat, italic=yes) is a Bulgarian satiric TV comedy film released in 1973, directed by Petar B. Vasilev. The movie turned the actor Kiril Gospodinov and his character Rangel Le ...

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bg, Баш Майсторът на море, italic=yes , - , rowspan="1" , 1986 , '' Vasko de Gama ot selo Rupcha'' , , TV series
bg, Васко де Гама от село Рупча, italic=yes

References

Bulgarian National Film Archive

BG movies info

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panov, Dimitar 1902 births 1985 deaths Male actors from Sofia People from Veliko Tarnovo 20th-century Bulgarian male actors Bulgarian male stage actors Bulgarian male film actors Bulgarian autobiographers