Silviu Stănculescu

Silviu Stănculescu
Silviu Stănculescu in 1985
Born(1932-01-24)24 January 1932
Timișoara, Romania
Died23 October 1998(1998-10-23) (aged 66)
Bucharest, Romania
Resting placeBellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Alma materCaragiale National University of Theatre and Film
OccupationActor
Years active1960–1998
EmployerComedy Theatre of Bucharest [ro]
SpouseCorina Stănescu (née Pîrvulescu)
Children3

Silviu Stănculescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsilvju stəŋkuˈlesku]; 24 January 1932 – 23 October 1998) was a Romanian stage and screen actor.[1] He appeared in more than forty films from 1960 to 1998.

Born in Timișoara, he graduated in 1956 from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in Bucharest. On the theatre stage, he played in adaptations of Meșterul Manole, The Charterhouse of Parma, The Rainmaker, La Machine à écrire, and Harap Alb. From 1981 to 1990 he was the director of the Comedy Theatre [ro] from Bucharest.[2]

He married Corina Stănescu (née Pîrvulescu), whom he had met while in high school in Caracal. The two had a daughter, Rodica (1962), who died at age 4, and later another daughter, Catrinel (1968), and a son, Radu (1970).[2]

Stănculescu's grave at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest

Stănculescu died of leukemia at Victor Babeș Hospital in Bucharest, at age 66.[1] He was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery, on the Artists' Lane.[3] Streets in Târgoviște and Voluntari are named after him.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1961 Aproape de soare [ro] Abrudan
1962 Străzile au amintiri [ro] Ilieș
1963 Partea ta de vină... [ro] Petre Mărăi
1964 La patru pași de infinit [ro] Mihai
1965 Dincolo de barieră [ro] Luca
1967 Cerul începe la etajul III [ro] Mihai Dan
1969 Simpaticul domn R [ro] Marcel
1972 Puterea și adevărul [ro] Old communist
1973 Parașutiștii [ro] Nicu Deleanu
1973 Conspirația [ro] Marin Varlam
1973 Vifornița [ro] Varlaam Ștefu
1974 Capcana [ro] Marin Varlam
1975 Pe aici nu se trece Colonel Maxineanu
1976 Ultima noapte a singurătății [ro] Liviu Ardeleanu
1976 Bunicul și doi delincvenți minori [ro] Nicolae Apostol
1977 Misterul lui Herodot [ro] Aurel Miron
1978 Acțiunea "Autobuzul" [ro] Marius Mardopol
1978 Revenge Alexandru Rioșanu [ro]
1978 Din nou împreună [ro] Mayor Mihalcea
1979 Vlad Țepeș Sava
1979 Drumuri în cumpănă [ro] Peasant
1979 Ora zero [ro] Miliția captain
1980 Al treilea salt mortal [ro] SS Colonel Lösel
1980 Munții în flăcări [ro] Andrei Șaguna
1981 Șantaj Coroner Vlase
1981 Orgolii [ro] Constantin Redman
1983 Plecarea Vlașinilor [ro] Nicolae Branga
1984 Prea cald pentru luna mai [ro] Vlad Berindei
1984 Întoarcerea Vlașinilor [ro] Nicolae Branga
1985 The Last Assault Soviet general
1986 Vară sentimentală [ro] Party functionary
1986 Trenul de aur  [ro] Grigore Gafencu
1986 The Graduates Șerban's father
1987 Pădurea de fagi [ro] Romanian colonel
1987 François Villon – Poetul vagabond [ro] Thibaut d’Aussigny
1988 Niște băieți grozavi [ro] Buzescu
1989 Mircea Ene Udobă
1993 Oglinda Attorney Enescu
1995 State of Things Maxențiu's father
1999 Triunghiul morții [ro] Henri Mathias Berthelot

References

  1. ^ a b Dobrescu, Petre (October 23, 2011). "Se împlinesc 13 ani de la moartea actorului Silviu Stănculescu". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Iancu, Mariana (October 23, 2023). "Marele actor Silviu Stănculescu, omul unei singure iubiri. Tragedia care l-a marcat: cum a murit primul lui copil". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Stoica, Candid (March 10, 2017). "Silviu Stănculescu: ultimul interviu". Viața Medicală (in Romanian). Retrieved August 26, 2023.


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