Stanislav Chekan: Stanislav Chekan. Actor: The Diamond Arm. Stanislav Chekan was a Russian character actor best known as Captain Mikhail Ivanovich in the popular Soviet comedy The Diamond Arm (1969). He was born Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan on June 2, 1922, in Rostov-na-Donu, Rostov province, Russia. In 1937 his father, Julian Chekan, was arrested on accusations of anti-Soviet activity under dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. At age 15, young Stanislav Chekan was locked up in...
Known For: The Diamond Arm (Captain Mikhail Ivanovich), The Wrestler and the Clown (Ivan Maximovich Poddubny), War and Peace (Tikhon Cherbaty(as S. Chekan)), Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil (Marshal)