Dimitar Panov

Димитър Панов Dimitar Panov
Born	July 18, 1902 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Died	November 15, 1985 Sofia, Bulgaria
Other names	Bai Pano
Occupation	Film and Theater Actor Theater Director
Years active	1955–1985

Dimitar Panov (Bulgarian: Димитър Панов) was a Bulgarian film and theater actor and director, born in 1902, deceased in 1985.

Biography and Career

With Georgi Partsalev in Whale (1970)

Panov was born on July 18, 1902 in the town of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. He made his debut in 1955 on the stage of the Plovdiv Theater in the Chehov's play Five Small Comedies. He has continued to work with this theater not only as an actor but also being a director of such as plays as the classic Sluzhbogontsi by the eminent Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov.

At the same time Dimitar Panov collaborated with the Plovdiv Opera where he took part in the operetta "The Bat" by Strauss and in the opera "The Beautiful Helen" by Offenbach.

His debut in the cinema was in 1960 in the film The Road Is Going Through Belovir a story by Pavel Vezhinov directed by Petar B. Vasilev. In the film we can see Apostol Karamitev in the leading role of the engineer Petrov.

Panov fulfills his movie characters with a colorful presence in a unique comic manner. Just to emphasize the films We Were Young (1961), Hedgehogs Are Born Without Spines (1971) after the screenplay by Mormarevi Brothers, Farsighted for Two Diopters (1976), also written by Mormarevi, not to mention his role as Kalcho Kalchev in the satirical comedy Whale (1970).

The autobiographical book, written by him,"The Life is Only One" was published in 1983.
Dimitar Panov died in 1985 at the age of 83.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1960	Patyat Minava prez Belovir / The Road Is Going Through Belovir	Bay Petko	Bulgarian: Пътят минава през Беловир
1961	A Byahme Mladi / We Were Young		Bulgarian: А бяхме млади
	Krayat na Patya / At the End of the Road		Bulgarian: Краят на пътя
	Stramnata Pateka / The Steep Path	Bay Mihal	Bulgarian: Стръмната пътека
1963	Inspektorat i Noshtta / The Inspector and the Night	the forensic physician	Bulgarian: Инспекторът и нощта
1964	Priklyuchenie v Polunosht / Adventure at Midnight	Nastev	Bulgarian: Приключение в полунощ
1965	Die Liebesquelle / The Fountain of Love	Lars Pogge	Austria production
	Do Grada e Blizo / The City Is Nearby		Bulgarian: До града е близо
	Parolata / The Password		Bulgarian: Паролата
1966	Goreshto Pladne / Torrid Noon		Bulgarian: Горещо пладне
1967	V Kraya na Lyatoto / The End of the Summer		Bulgarian: В края на лятото
1968	Gibelta na Aleksander Veliki / The Death of Alexander the Great	the night guard	Bulgarian: Гибелта на Александър Велики
1969	Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand		Bulgarian: Иконостасът
	Osmiyat / The Eighth	the old man	Bulgarian: Осмият
1970	Kit / Whale	Kalcho Kalchev	Bulgarian: Кит
	Edin mig svoboda / Moment of Freedom	the old man	Bulgarian: Един миг свобода
	Knyazat / The Prince	the old boyar	Bulgarian: Князът
1971	Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli / Hedgehogs Are Born Without Spines	the grandfather who lives alone	Bulgarian: Таралежите се раждат без бодли
1972	Glutnitsata / The Pack of Wolves	Kotse, the shepherd	Bulgarian: Глутницата
	Tihiyat Begletz / The Quiet Fugitive	Old Petko	Bulgarian: Тихият беглец
1974	Na zhivot i smart / Life or Death		TV Bulgarian: На живот и смърт
1976	Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo / Farsighted for Two Diopters	Old Pano	Bulgarian: Два диоптъра далекогледство
1977	Unterwegs nach Atlantis	Patrokleos	East Germany production
1978	100 tona shtastie / One Hundred Tons of Happiness		Bulgarian: 100 тона щастие
	Instrument li e Gaydata? / Is the Bagpipe an Instrument?		Bulgarian: Инструмент ли е гайдата?
1979	Lenko	Palamudov's father	Bulgarian: Ленко
	Ot nishto neshto / Something Out of Nothing		Bulgarian: От нищо нещо
1980	Mozhe bi fregata / Maybe a Frigate	Old Petko	Bulgarian: Може би фрегата
	Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko / Priest Vecherko's Nights Wakefulness	Bay Dimitar	Bulgarian: Нощните бдения на поп Вечерко
1981	A nu-ka, dedushki! / Come on, Grandpa's!		co-production Bulgaria, Soviet Union
1982	Bash Maystorat na More / The Past-Master at the Seaside		sequel of The Past-Master Bulgarian: Баш Майсторът на море
1986	Vasko de Gama ot selo Rupcha / Vasko de Gama from Rupcha Village		TV series Bulgarian: Васко де Гама от село Рупча

References

• Bulgarian National Film Archive (English)
• BG movies info (Bulgarian)

External links

• Dimitar Panov at the Internet Movie Database