Stefan Lambov Danailov ( bg, Стефан Ламбов Данаилов; 9 December 1942 – 27 November 2019) was a Bulgarian

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who served as Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009). The first film Danailov took part in was ''The Traces Remain'' (') when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (the Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work was as Major Deyanov in the series ' (''At Each Kilometer''). He participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot of prizes. For 20 years he was a professor at the Theatre Academy in Sofia, teaching there since 1988. On 2 december 2019, The Bulgarian National Theater organized the biggest memorial service in Stefan Danailov's name.

Selected filmography

* ''The Traces Remain'' (') (1956) - Veselin * ''The Inspector and the Night'' (') (1963) - Tom * ''Quiet Paths'' (') (1967) * ''The Sea'' (') (1967) - Toni * ''Taste of Almonds'' (') (1967) - Belokozhev * ''The First Courier'' (') (1968) - Zagubanski * ''At Each Kilometer'' (') (1969, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov * ''The Prince'' (') (1970) - Knyaz Svetoslav * ''The Black Angels'' (') (1970) - Panter * ''There is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather'' (') (1971) - Lyubo * ''At Each Kilometer-II'' (') (1971, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov * ''

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'' (') (1972) - Nikolay * ''Nona'' (') (1973) - Poruchik Galchev * ''Ivan Kondarev'' (') (1974) - Kostadin Dzhupunov * ''Houses Without Fences'' (') (1974) - Kerkeneza * ''Glow over Drava'' (') (1974) - Poruchik Bozhev * ''Life or Death'' (') (1974, TV Movie) - D-r Milev * ''The Weddings of King Ioan Assen'' (') (1975) - Burgundetza * ''Tozi istinski mazh'' (1975) - Sasho * ''Nachaloto na denya'' (1975) - Andrey Stoychev * ''Guilt'' (') (1976) - Zhivko Georgiev * ''Samodivsko horo'' (1976) * ''Vinata'' (1976) - Zhivko Topalov * ''Dopalnenie kam zakona za zashtita na darzhavata'' (1976) - Kapitanat provokator * ''Godina ot ponedelnitzi'' (1977) - Inzhener Halachev * ''RMS Five'' (') (1977, TV Series) * ''Yuliya Vrevskaya'' (1978) - Karabelov * ''Dying in the worst case'' (''"'') (1978) - Dzho Rayt * ''Oncomming Traffic'' (') (1978, TV Movie) - Chavdar Bonev * ''

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'' (1978) - Workman / Gyp * ''Migove v kibritena kutiyka'' (1979) - Kvartirantat * '' Something Out of Nothing'' (''От нищо нещо'') (1979) - Pancho * ''Voynata na taralezhite'' (1979) * '' Ladies' Choice'' (') (1980) - Vasil Gramatikov * ''Blood Remains'' (') (1980) - Yakim (the driving instructor) * ''The Queen of Tarnovo'' (') (1981) - D-r Stariradev * ''Autumn Sun'' (') (1982) - Kiril Dechev * ''Crystals'' (') (1982) - Cholakov * ''Twenty-four Hours Raining'' (') (1982) - Kapitan Vasil Altunov * ''Edna odiseya v Deliormana'' (1983) - Ofitzer Ivanov * ''Ravnovesie'' (1983) - Aktyora * ''Aris'' (1983) * ''Tazi krav tryabvashe da se prolee'' (1985) - Yuvigi han * ''The Conversion to Christianity & Discourse of Letters'' (') (1985) - Boris I * ''Maneuvers On the Fifth Floor'' (') (1985) - Danton Tahov * ''

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'' (1986) - Sokrat * ''Transport of Death'' (') (1986) - Mitropolit Kiril * ''Three Marias and Ivan'' (') (1986) - Ivan * ''Poema'' (1986) - Anton Cholakov * ''Dreamers'' (') (1987) - Nachalnikat na politziyata * ''Nebe za vsichki'' (1987) - Velikov-Slantzeto * ''Ne se motay v krakata mi'' (1987) * ''Levakat'' (1987) - Kapitan Hristo Pashov * ''Zashtitete drebnite zhivotni'' (1988) * ''Monday Morning'' (') (1988) - Krastyo * ''Big Game'' (') (1988, TV Mini-Series) * ''Zapadnya'' (1988) * ''The Carnival'' (') (1990) - Konstantinov * ''Live Dangerously'' (') (1990) * ''Iskam Amerika'' (1991) - Rezhisyorat Paskalev * ''The Berlin Conspiracy'' (1992) - Actor * ''Crisis in the Kremlin'' (1992) - Ambrazis * ''Don Quixote is Coming Back'' (') (1997) - Duke * ''Ispanska muha'' (1998) - Uycho * ''Sled kraja na sveta'' (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto) * ''A Spanish Fly'' (') (1998) * ''After the End of World'' (') (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''Forgive Us'' (') (2003, TV Movie) - Chicho Petyo * ''

La Masseria Delle Allodole ''The Lark Farm'' (Italian: ''La masseria delle allodole'') is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani about the Armenian genocide. Plot The story, drawn from ''La masseria delle allodole'', the best-selling novel by Ant ...

'' (2007) - Presidente Tribunale * ''

St. George Shoots the Dragon ''St. George Slays the Dragon'' ( sr, Свети Георгије убива аждаху, ) is a Serbian war drama film directed by Srđan Dragojević and written by Dušan Kovačević. The movie premiered on March 11, 2009. With a budget of ar ...

'' (2009) - Minta Ciganin * ''Staklenata reka'' (2010) * ''Incognita'' (2012) - Director of the Foundation * ''Reunion'' (2019) - Grandfather (final film role)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danailov, Stefan 1942 births 2019 deaths Bulgarian male film actors Male actors from Sofia Ministers of Culture of Bulgaria Bulgarian Socialist Party politicians Place of birth missing Bulgarian actor-politicians