Grigory Spiegel during his career in theater and cinema played many memorable roles, although almost all of them were episodic. The special love of the audience was brought to Spiegel by the role of a pharmacist-smuggler in the cult comedy The Diamond Arm. The actor’s peculiar and easily recognizable voice allowed him to successfully participate in the work on dubbing films and animated films.
From the biography of Grigory Oyzerovich Shpigel
The future theater and film actor was born in Samara on June 24, 1914. Gregory came from a working-class family, which in 1929 moved to Leningrad. Here, Spiegel Sr. got a job as a foreman at a dyeing factory. At the end of the school, Gregory also went to work there.
In 1934, Gregory went to Moscow, where he enrolled at the Central College of Amateur Theater in the directing department. Two years later, the school was reorganized. Spiegel transferred to an acting school that existed at Mosfilm, which he graduated in 1940.
Theater career
Having received his education, Spiegel began to work in the Theater Studio of the film actor. Here are just a few of the productions in which the actor took part: "Children of Vanyushin", "Island of the World", "Flag of the Admiral", "Deep Roots", "Ah, Heart
", " Daughter of the Russian actor ", " Ivan Vasilievich ", " Breakfast with the leader ", " Again the premiere ", " Glory ", " Gedda Gubler ".
Grigory Oyzerovich also tried himself as a director, staging the performances "Who?" and Angelo.
