Oleg Vidov, a box-office star in the Soviet Union who defected to the U.S. and appeared in Red Heat with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wild Orchid opposite Mickey Rourke, has died. He was 73.
Vidov died Monday from cancer-related complications in Westlake Village, Calif., his friend Kathy Jura announced.
Born in Filimonki on the outskirts of Moscow, Vidov was the son of a schoolteacher and a Finance Ministry deputy. He graduated from the acting and directing departments of Vgik, the Ussr's acclaimed film school, and appeared in several features in his native land, including The Headless Horseman (1972).
Although Soviet actors...
Vidov died Monday from cancer-related complications in Westlake Village, Calif., his friend Kathy Jura announced.
Born in Filimonki on the outskirts of Moscow, Vidov was the son of a schoolteacher and a Finance Ministry deputy. He graduated from the acting and directing departments of Vgik, the Ussr's acclaimed film school, and appeared in several features in his native land, including The Headless Horseman (1972).
Although Soviet actors...
- 5/16/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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