Actor was best known for his role of the Grandfather Panas, in Ukrainian Did Panas. Pyotr Vesklyarov spent more than twenty years, from 1962 till 1986, reading an evening fairy tales, first on Ukrainian radio and then on television in the program "Good night kids", in Ukrainian "Na dobranich diti."
Pyotr Efimovich always appeared on TV wearing embroidered traditional Ukrainian shirt, which is why he constantly braved accusations of nationalism, but attempts to remove him from the air in the 1970s had failed. His tremendous popularity among the young audience had a downside. Grandfather Panas shut actor Pyotr Vesklyarov way into the film, because no matter in what roles he appeared on screen, audience refused to accept him other than as their beloved Grandfather Panas.
Actor was best known for his role of the Grandfather Panas, in Ukrainian Did Panas. Pyotr Vesklyarov spent more than twenty years, from 1962 till 1986, reading an evening fairy tales, first on Ukrainian radio and then on television in the program "Good night kids", in Ukrainian "Na dobranich diti."
Pyotr Efimovich always appeared on TV wearing embroidered traditional Ukrainian shirt, which is why he constantly braved accusations of nationalism, but attempts to remove him from the air in the 1970s had failed. His tremendous popularity among the young audience had a downside. Grandfather Panas shut actor Pyotr Vesklyarov way into the film, because no matter in what roles he appeared on screen, audience refused to accept him other than as their beloved Grandfather Panas.
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