Yuriy Nikulin: Yuriy Nikulin. Actor: The Diamond Arm. Yuri Nikulin was a Russian film actor, comedian, mime, and circus clown who was also Artistic Director of Moscow Circus and popular TV show host. He was born Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin on December 18, 1921, in the town of Demidov, Smolensk province, Central Russia. His father, Vladimir Andreevich Nikulin, was a writer and director who worked for theater and circus. Yuri Nikulin inherited his fathers...
Known For: The Diamond Arm (Semyon Semyonych GorbunkovSenya), Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (The Booby (segment "Operatsiya Y")), Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (Balbes), Twelve Chairs (Tikhon, street cleaner(as Yu. Nikulin))