Vadim Spiridonov was remembered by the Soviet audience as the performer of the role of Fedor in the serial film "Eternal Call". It just so happened that very often the actor got the role of villains. He so deeply entered the images of his heroes that in the minds of the viewer he was firmly associated with them. However, during his short creative life, Vadim Semenovich was able to play many positive roles.
From the biography of Vadim Semenovich Spiridonov
The future actor was born in Moscow on October 14, 1944. Until the eighth grade, Vadim lived in the metropolitan area of Sokolniki. Then the family moved to Lefortovo. Here Spiridonov attended a school for working youth, where he studied at the evening department.
There was no particular prosperity in the family. Therefore, Vadim went to work at the Salyut plant in order to somehow help his parents. Here he mastered the profession of an assembly fitter.
Back in his school years, Spiridonov attended the drama club at the factory house of culture. After graduating from school, Vadim entered the Moscow Art Theater School. Once he got into a fight defending a girl who was attacked by hooligans. He was expelled from the Studio School for a fight.
Subsequently, Spiridonov went to study at VGIK. The training took place in the workshop of S. A. Gerasimov. Together with him, future prominent figures of cinema studied on the course. Among them:
- T. K. Nigmatulin;
- N. N. Eremenko Jr.
- N. F. Gvozdikova;
- N. N. Belokhvostikova.
Vadim Spiridonov's creative career
The young actor first appeared on the screen in 1969, when he was still in his second year of university. He was involved in the film by Sergei Gerasimov "By the Lake". Vadim that time got a supporting role: he played a simple hard worker, serious and reasonable, but capable of being daring. The debut turned out to be extremely successful, with the role of Spiridonov he coped superbly.
Noticing the young actor, Vasily Shukshin invited him to take part in the film "Stove Benches". Spiridonov considered the opportunity to film with this master to be a great success for himself.
In 1971, the actor graduated from high school and began working at the Film Actor Theater-Studio. Vadim Semenovich quickly showed himself to be an artist of great talent. His powerful temperament allowed him to create very authentic images. Among the characters he played were both outright villains and goodies.
The prominent role of Vadim Spiridonov was policeman Fedor in the dilogy "Earthly Love" and "Destiny". The image of the traitor to the Motherland turned out to be so convincing that many viewers could not separate it from the personality of the performer for a long time. Subsequently, Spiridonov admitted with regret that after this work he became the object of popular hatred. Once he was recognized on the street and even tried to beat him - the character played by Spiridonov was so hateful.
However, the main creative achievement of Spiridonov is considered to be the role of Fedka Savelyev in the cult series "Eternal Call". For his work in this long-term cinematic project, Vadim Semenovich received the USSR State Prize. This is the rare case when an actor was awarded not just for creating the image of a negative hero, but for playing the role of a traitor to the Motherland.
Even the negative roles that have become an integral part of the role of the actor, Spiridonov played skillfully and with great inspiration. In the action-packed film "The Artist's Farewell Tour" Vadim Semyonovich brilliantly played an inveterate bandit.
The actor could be proud of positive images as well. Among them:
- Colonel Deev (Hot Snow);
- Captain Flerov (The Taming of the Fire);
- Captain Volokh (Until Dawn);
- commander Budyonny ("First Horse");
- Colonel Iverzev ("The battalions are asking for fire");
- captain Shvets ("Return move").
Spiridonov had a chance to work a lot behind the scenes. He is a recognized master of dubbing. The voice of Vadim Semenovich is spoken by J. Depardieu, A. Delon. D. Nicholson, A. Bachchan and many other stars of world cinema.
last years of life
In the 80s, Spiridonov decided to try himself as a director. He shot the short film Two Men at Mosfilm. When the era of perestroika began, the actor reacted negatively to this fad. He often criticized Mikhail Gorbachev. He continued to act in films, but now he did it, by his own admission, to support his family.
One of the last works of Vadim Semenovich were roles in the films "Criminal Quartet" and "Souvenir for the Prosecutor."
In 1989, Spiridonov was offered to make his own film at the Mosfilm experimental site. He liked the idea. He conceived a large-scale historical picture. But it soon became clear that the management of the film studio was not interested in such a topic. Spiridonov proposed a different theme, having conceived to shoot something reminiscent of Star Wars. However, he did not have time to carry out his idea.
After the beginning of perestroika, the actor and director delved into the study of numerology and astrology. Among his acquaintances were Pavel and Tamara Globa, Dzhuna Davitashvili. Spiridonov believed that his personal number was "seven". He even made an agreement with the traffic police to get the corresponding license plate for his car.
It just so happened that Vadim Semenovich himself predicted the day of his death. Shortly before leaving this life, he said in a conversation with his wife Valentina that it would be better for him to die in winter, January 7th. Or December 7 - so as not to overshadow the January holiday for people.
On the evening of December 7, 1989, Vadim was going to go to Minsk. There, work began on the next film, where Spiridonov was assigned the main role. The actor seemed to everyone to be cheerful and cheerful. Shortly before leaving, he lay down to rest, warning his wife to wake him up in time. But when it came time to wake up, the wife discovered that Vadim Semenovich was no longer breathing. The cause of death was a heart attack.
Personal life of Vadim Spiridonov
The actor's wife was Valentina Sergeevna Spiridonova. They met in childhood, when they lived in Sokolniki on the same street. But the relationship between them developed much later. Once Valentina, on the advice of a friend, came to see the ensemble of pop miniatures at the Salyut factory, where Vadim was involved. Since then, young people have not been separated.
Despite his attractive appearance, Vadim remained monogamous all his life. For him, only cinema and his wife Valentina existed. The couple had no children. At one time, Vadim and Valentina were thinking about taking an adopted child. But they did not dare to take this step.
