Background
Lapikov was born in the village of Gorny Balykley, near Tsaritsyn (now - Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast).
Lapikov was born in the village of Gorny Balykley, near Tsaritsyn (now - Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast).
Studied at the Khar’kov Theatre School. In 1939, he enrolled in drama school in Kharkov, where he studied for the following two years.
He spent his childhood in Stalingrad. After the World World War II began, Ivan started to work in the Gorky Drama Theater (Stalingrad). There he worked until he removed to Moscow in 1963.
In Moscow Lapikov joined to the Film Actor"s Theater-Studio.
His first role in cinema was a "Seer-off", in the film by South. Timoshenko The Reserve Player (1954). Later he created a whole gallery of the Russian characters: Kirill in Andrei Rublev, Lyagavy in The Brothers Karamazov, Pankrat Nazarov in The Eternal Call, and many other roles.
The Lapikov Museum, in the village of Gorny Balykley
Memorial plaque to Ivan Lapikov at the house in Volgograd where he lived.