Hugo Laur (20 March 1893

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, Simuna Parish,

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– 20 December 1977

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) was an

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n actor. 1918-1949 he worked at

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, and 1949–1965 at

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. 1951-1954 he was a member of Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Selected filmography

* 1930 '' Kire lained'' (feature film; role: Bratt) * 1947 '' Elu tsitadellis'' (feature film; role: Professor August Miilas, botanist) * 1951 '' Valgus Koordis'' (feature film; role: Saamu) * 1955: ''Kui saabub õhtu'' (feature film; role: Narrator) * 1955: ''Andruse õnn'' (feature film; role: Vaga) * 1956 ''Tagahoovis'' (feature film; role: Soin) * 1957: ''Juunikuu päevad'' (feature film) * 1959: ''Kutsumata külalised'' (feature film; role: Reps) * 1962 ''Jääminek'' (feature film; role: Laas Lautrikivi) * 1963 ''Jäljed'' (feature film; role: Julius Raagen) * 1963: ''Jalgrattataltsutajad'' (feature film; role: Bicycle factory guard) * 1964: ''

Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan ''Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan'' (''The New Devil of Hellsbottom'', English release title: ''Devil with a False Passport'') is a 1964 Estonian film directed by Grigori Kromanov and Jüri Müür, and based on the 1939 novel of the same name by A. H ...

'' (feature film; role: Filth hauler) * 1965: ''Me olime 18-aastased'' (feature film; role: Teenus) * 1968: ''Hullumeelsus'' (feature film) * 1969: ''

Viimne reliikvia ''Viimne reliikvia'' ( Estonian for ''The Last Relic''; russian: Последняя реликвия, translit=Poslyednyaya ryelikvya) is a 1969 Estonian-language Soviet film based on '' Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita kloostri viimsed päevad'' ( Esto ...

'' (feature film) * 1970: ''Valge laev'' (feature film; role: Jalans) * 1970: ''Kolme katku vahel'' (television film; role: Old Slahter) * 1971: ''Tuuline rand'' (feature film; role: Pime-Kaarli)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laur, Hugo 1893 births 1977 deaths People from Väike-Maarja Parish People from Kreis Wierland Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1951–1955 Estonian male stage actors Estonian male musical theatre actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male television actors Estonian male radio actors 20th-century Estonian male actors 20th-century Estonian male singers People's Artists of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin