Oleg Ivanovich Dal (Russian: Олег Ива́нович Даль) b. May 25, 1941, d. March 3, 1981) was a Russian actor. He acted in films, from classics of drama to fairy tales and adventures. His most popular works including Zhenya, Zhenechka i 'Katyusha (1967), Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika (Chronicles of a Dive-Bomber) (1967), Staraya, staraya skazka (A Very Old Story) (1970), Na Dne (The Lower Depths), Korol Lir (King Lear) (1969), V chetverg i bolshe nikogda (On Thursday and Never Again) (1977), Otpusk v sentyabre (Vacations in September) (1979). Oleg Dal played his last cinema role in Nezvany Drug (Uninvited Friend) by Leonid Maryagin in 1981. Oleg Dal also wrote verses that were put down and preserved in his diaries and personal correspondence. Dal died on March 3 1981 in Kiev. He was buried in Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.
