Leonid Vladimirovich Kharitonov (Russian: Леонид Владимирович Харитонов; 1930–1987) was a Soviet actor. He played in the films Private Ivan, Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm and Ulitsa polna neozhidannostey. He was awarded Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1972.
See image. He was born in Leningrad on 19 May 1930, USSR, and died in Moscow on 20 June 1987, aged 57.
In early life he was ambivalent about an acting career. Although he took part in amateur productions, and in the ninth grade applied to theatre school, he nevertheless chose to study law for a year at university, while continuing theatrical performance in his spare time. "In the play The Inspector, he rocked the entire city of Leningrad; he played Bobchinsky and it was after this role that he again seriously considered an acting career." That summer, the Moscow Art School toured in Leningrad and offered auditions at his school. Kharitonov secretly attended, and was accepted.