Background
VATULYA, Aleksey was born on August 2, 1891 in village Novo-Nikolayevka, now Poltava Oblast.
VATULYA, Aleksey was born on August 2, 1891 in village Novo-Nikolayevka, now Poltava Oblast.
1913-1916 studied at Lysenko Musical Drama School, Kiev.
1916joined Young Theater, Kiev. 1920 founder-actor, Franko Theater, Kiev. In his latter years specialized in character parts.
Roles: Oedipus in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” (1921). Mikhail in Karpenko-Karyy’s Suyeta (Fuss) (1923). Uriel’ in Gutskov’s “Uriel’Akosta” (1921).
Krizhen’ in Mikitenko’s Kadry (Cadres) (1923). Gayday, Berest, Krivonos and Gorlov in Korneychuk’s Gibel’ eskadry (Death of a Squadron) (1933). “Platon Krechet” (1934).
“Bogdan Khmel’nitskiy” (1939) and Front (The Front) (1942). Yakov in Gorky's Posledniye (The Last Ones) (1937). Pribytkov in Poslednyaya zhertva (The Last Victim) (1939).
Stessel’ in Stepanov and Popov’s “Portuguese Arthur” (1953).