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Robert Ross
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Robert Ross was a Soviet film actor of African American descent. He emigrated from the USA to the Soviet Union in 1928. Ross was the first black man to become a citizen of the USS…
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Robert Ross was a Soviet film actor of African American descent. He emigrated from the USA to the Soviet Union in 1928. Ross was the first black man to become a citizen of the USSR. He was one of two African-American actors employed at Mosfilm (the other was Weiland Rodd). He played a number of roles in Soviet films between 1936 and 1971. In the 1930's he was an physical instructor at the The Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism at the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow.
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1971
Вся королевская рать
Movie слуга
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1971
Black Sun
Movie
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1971
Treasure Island
Movie Редрет
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1968
Operation 'Trust'
TV show танцор
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1962
Fellows
Movie
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1962
Подводная лодка
Movie
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1961
Madmen's Trial
Movie Johnny
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1953
The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
Movie (uncredited)
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1953
Silvery Dust
Movie (uncredited)
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1952
Maximka
Movie чернокожий раб
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1943
Nasreddin in Bukhara
Movie Sluga
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1941
Boxers
Movie
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1941
Mysterious Island
Movie Neb
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1938
Doctor Aybolit
Movie Lighthouse Watchman (uncredited)
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1936
The Paris Commune
Movie (uncredited)
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1936
Circus
Movie
