Stefan Danailov

Stefan Lambov Danailov (Стефан Ламбов Данаилов; 9 December 1942 – 27 November 2019) was a Bulgarian actor who served as Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009).

The first film Danailov took part in was The Traces Remain (Следите остават) when he was a child. At that time he did not want to be an actor but in 1966, he graduated from VITIZ (the Bulgarian Theatre Academy). His best-known work was as Major Deyanov in the series На всеки километър (At Each Kilometer). He participated in numerous films and plays for which he won a lot of prizes. For 20 years he was a professor at the Theatre Academy in Sofia, teaching there since 1988.

On 2 December 2019, The Bulgarian National Theater organized the biggest memorial service in Stefan Danailov's name.

Selected filmography



 * The Traces Remain (Следите остават) (1956) - Veselin
 * The Inspector and the Night (Инспекторът и нощта) (1963) - Tom
 * Quiet Paths (Мълчаливите пътеки) (1967)
 * The Sea (Морето) (1967) - Toni
 * Taste of Almonds (С дъх на бадеми) (1967) - Belokozhev
 * The First Courier (Първият куриер) (1968) - Zagubanski
 * At Each Kilometer (На всеки километър) (1969, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov
 * The Prince (Князът) (1970) - Knyaz Svetoslav
 * The Black Angels (Черните ангели) (1970) - Panter
 * There is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather (Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време) (1971) - Lyubo
 * At Each Kilometer-II (На всеки километър – II) (1971, TV Series) - Nikola Deyanov
 * Affection (Обич) (1972) - Nikolay
 * Nona (Нона) (1973) - Poruchik Galchev
 * Ivan Kondarev (Иван Кондарев) (1974) - Kostadin Dzhupunov
 * Houses Without Fences (Къщи без огради) (1974) - Kerkeneza
 * Glow over Drava (Зарево над Драва) (1974) - Poruchik Bozhev
 * Life or Death (На живот и смърт) (1974, TV Movie) - D-r Milev
 * The Weddings of King Ioan Assen (Сватбите на Йоан Асен) (1975) - Burgundetza
 * Tozi istinski mazh (1975) - Sasho
 * Nachaloto na denya (1975) - Andrey Stoychev
 * Guilt (Вината) (1976) - Zhivko Georgiev
 * Samodivsko horo (1976)
 * Vinata (1976) - Zhivko Topalov
 * Dopalnenie kam zakona za zashtita na darzhavata (1976) - Kapitanat provokator
 * Godina ot ponedelnitzi (1977) - Inzhener Halachev
 * RMS Five (Петимата от РМС) (1977, TV Series)
 * Yuliya Vrevskaya (1978) - Karabelov
 * Dying in the worst case ("Умирай само в краен случай) (1978) - Dzho Rayt
 * Oncomming Traffic (Насрещно движение) (1978, TV Movie) - Chavdar Bonev
 * Toplo (1978) - Workman / Gyp
 * Migove v kibritena kutiyka (1979) - Kvartirantat
 * Something Out of Nothing (От нищо нещо) (1979) - Pancho
 * Voynata na taralezhite (1979)
 * Ladies' Choice (Дами канят) (1980) - Vasil Gramatikov
 * Blood Remains (Кръвта остава) (1980) - Yakim (the driving instructor)
 * The Queen of Tarnovo (Търновската царица) (1981) - D-r Stariradev
 * Autumn Sun (Есенно слънце) (1982) - Kiril Dechev
 * Crystals (Кристали) (1982) - Cholakov
 * Twenty-four Hours Raining (24 часа дъжд) (1982) - Kapitan Vasil Altunov
 * Edna odiseya v Deliormana (1983) - Ofitzer Ivanov
 * Ravnovesie (1983) - Aktyora
 * Aris (1983)
 * Tazi krav tryabvashe da se prolee (1985) - Yuvigi han
 * The Conversion to Christianity & Discourse of Letters (Борис I) (1985) - Boris I
 * Maneuvers On the Fifth Floor (Маневри на петия етаж) (1985) - Danton Tahov
 * Coasts in the Mist (1986) - Sokrat
 * Transport of Death (Ешелоните) (1986) - Mitropolit Kiril
 * Three Marias and Ivan (Три Марии и Иван) (1986) - Ivan
 * Poema (1986) - Anton Cholakov
 * Dreamers (Мечтатели) (1987) - Nachalnikat na politziyata
 * Nebe za vsichki (1987) - Velikov-Slantzeto
 * Ne se motay v krakata mi (1987)
 * Levakat (1987) - Kapitan Hristo Pashov
 * Zashtitete drebnite zhivotni (1988)
 * Monday Morning (Понеделник сутрин) (1988) - Krastyo
 * Big Game (Большая игра) (1988, TV Mini-Series)
 * Zapadnya (1988)
 * The Carnival (Карнавалът) (1990) - Konstantinov
 * Live Dangerously (Живей опасно) (1990)
 * Iskam Amerika (1991) - Rezhisyorat Paskalev
 * The Berlin Conspiracy (1992) - Actor
 * Crisis in the Kremlin (1992) - Anton Ambrazis
 * Don Quixote is Coming Back (Дон Кихот возвращается) (1997) - Duke
 * Ispanska muha (1998) - Uycho
 * Sled kraja na sveta (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto)
 * A Spanish Fly (Испанска муха) (1998)
 * After the End of World (След края на света) (1998) - Albert Cohen (Berto)
 * Druids (2001)
 * Forgive Us (Прости нам) (2003, TV Movie) - Chicho Petyo
 * La Masseria Delle Allodole (2007) - Presidente Tribunale
 * St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009) - Minta Ciganin
 * Staklenata reka (2010)
 * Incognita (2012) - Director of the Foundation
 * Reunion (2019) - Grandfather (final film role)