Dimitar Panov

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

Dimitar Panov (Bulgarian: Димитър Панов; July 18, 1902 – November 15, 1985) was a Bulgarian film and theater actor and director.

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 Chehov's play Five Small Comedies. He continued to work with this theater, not only as an actor, but also as a director of such plays as 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 cinematic debut was in 1960 in the film The Road Is Going Through Belovir, written by Pavel Vezhinov and directed by Petar B. Vasilev. In the film we can see Apostol Karamitev in the leading role of the engineer Petrov.

His autobiography The Life is Only One was published in 1983.
Panov died in 1985 at the age of 83.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Patyat Minava prez Belovir	Bay Petko	Bulgarian: Пътят минава през Беловир
1961	A Byahme Mladi		Bulgarian: А бяхме млади
	Krayat na Patya		Bulgarian: Краят на пътя
	Stramnata Pateka	Bay Mihal	Bulgarian: Стръмната пътека
1963	Inspektorat i Noshtta	the forensic physician	Bulgarian: Инспекторът и нощта
1964	Priklyuchenie v Polunosht	Nastev	Bulgarian: Приключение в полунощ
1965	Do Grada e Blizo		Bulgarian: До града е близо
	Parolata		Bulgarian: Паролата
	Goreshto Pladne		Bulgarian: Горещо пладне
1966	Die Liebesquelle	Lars Pogge	Austria production
1967	V Kraya na Lyatoto		Bulgarian: В края на лятото
1968	Gibelta na Aleksander Veliki	the night guard	Bulgarian: Гибелта на Александър Велики
1969	Ikonostasat		Bulgarian: Иконостасът
	Osmiyat	the old man	Bulgarian: Осмият
1970	Kit	Kalcho Kalchev	Bulgarian: Кит
	Edin mig svoboda	the old man	Bulgarian: Един миг свобода
	Knyazat	the old boyar	Bulgarian: Князът
1971	Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli	the grandfather who lives alone	Bulgarian: Таралежите се раждат без бодли
1972	Glutnitsata	Kotse, the shepherd	Bulgarian: Глутницата
	Tihiyat Begletz	Old Petko	Bulgarian: Тихият беглец
1974	Na zhivot i smart		TV movie Bulgarian: На живот и смърт
1976	Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo	Old Pano	Bulgarian: Два диоптъра далекогледство
1977	Unterwegs nach Atlantis	Patrokleos	East Germany production
1978	100 tona shtastie		Bulgarian: 100 тона щастие
	Instrument li e Gaydata?		Bulgarian: Инструмент ли е гайдата?
1979	Lenko	Palamudov's father	Bulgarian: Ленко
	Ot nishto neshto		Bulgarian: От нищо нещо
1980	Mozhe bi fregata	Old Petko	Bulgarian: Може би фрегата
	Noshtnite bdeniya na pop Vecherko	Bay Dimitar	Bulgarian: Нощните бдения на поп Вечерко
1981	A nu-ka, dedushki!		co-production Bulgaria, Soviet Union
1982	Bash Maystorat na More		TV movie sequel of The Past-Master Bulgarian: Баш Майсторът на море
1986	Vasko de Gama ot selo Rupcha		TV series Bulgarian: Васко де Гама от село Рупча

References

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

External links

• Dimitar Panov at IMDb