Simas Kudirka (9 April 1930 – 11 February 2023) was a Lithuanian sailor. He is best known for the attempted defection from the Soviet Union in 1970 and...
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Defection of Simas Kudirka is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film based on actual events, featuring Alan Arkin as Simas Kudirka, a Lithuanian...
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Defection of Simas Kudirka Vincas Kudirka (1858–1899), poet and doctor, author of the Lithuanian national anthem All pages with titles containing Kudirka Kudirkos...
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With Shirley Knight in the TV special The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)...
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USCGC Vigilant (WMEC-617) (section Kudirka incident)
and engineering equipment available. On November 23, 1970, Simonas "Simas" Kudirka, a Soviet seaman of Lithuanian origin, leapt from the 400-foot (120...
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Chapman was produced for CBS and generated a 44 share. The Defection of Simas Kudirka was executive produced by Abrams in 1978. It is based on the true story...
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for outstanding direction of a special in 1978 for The Defection of Simas Kudirka. His brother was director John Rich. Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)...
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Kings Joseph Armagh 8 episodes 1977 Alibis Paul 1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka Commander Edward Devon TV movie 1978 Interiors Frederick 1978 Les Misérables...
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Francisco Paul Weber Episode: "The Canine Collar" 1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka Gruzauskas TV film 1979 Salem's Lot Cully Sawyer 2 episodes TV miniseries...
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History of the United States Coast Guard (redirect from The Kudirka incident)
portrayed in a 1978 television movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka, with Alan Arkin playing Kudirka and Donald Pleasence playing the captain of the Soviet...
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Knight with Alan Arkin in The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)...
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middle-distance runner and radio sports commentator. Simas Kudirka, 92, Lithuanian sailor (The Defection of Simas Kudirka). Erwan Kurtubi, 72, Indonesian politician...
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1977 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home Narrator 1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka Captain Vladimir Popov Television film The Bastard Solomon Sholto Miniseries...
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Storozhevoy United States Naval Institute v. Charter Communications, Inc. Simas Kudirka Schwab, Nikki. "Ronald Reagan Responsible For Tom Clancy's Rise". U...
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depict a Russian shipyard in the 1978 television film The Defection of Simas Kudirka starring Alan Arkin. Protagonist character Joker refers to the shipyard...
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On November 23, 1970, in the Atlantic Ocean just west of Aquinnah, Simas Kudirka, a Soviet seaman of Lithuanian nationality, attempted to defect to the...
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Confrontation off Martha's Vineyard and the 1978 TV movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka, starring Alan Arkin. Ten years later, Ukrainian youth, Walter Polovchak...
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had a role in the Emmy Award-winning television film The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978). Blessing would soon guest star in The X-Files, Judging Amy,...
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Congress (January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975). During his term, he helped Simas Kudirka, a seaman from the Soviet Republic of Lithuania, to freedom by political...
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Wonder Woman as Adam and Pete (2 episodes, 1977-1978) The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978) as Blain The Jordan Chance (1978) as Brian Klosky Ebony, Ivory...
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(film) – Grant Deirdre's Party (1998) (film) – Leonard The Defection of Simas Kudirka (TV) (1978) – Thomas Between the Lines (1977) (TV) – Car Owner Banacek...
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to Turkey on a boat, moved by the CIA to the United States Simonas "Simas" Kudirka seaman Lithuania 1970 Leaped from a Soviet ship to a United States Coast...
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Burke The Last Hurrah Donald Pleasence Vladimir Popov The Defection of Simas Kudirka CBS Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Mike Long A Family Upside Down NBC Outstanding...
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the Scottsboro Boys" Fielder Cook NBC 1978 (30th) The Defection of Simas Kudirka David Lowell Rich CBS Bell System Family Theatre "Our Town" George Schaefer...
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Tenant George Rubino ABC Breaking Up Loring Mandel ABC The Defection of Simas Kudirka Bruce Feldman CBS The Gathering James Poe ABC Something for Joey Jerry...
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Show Barry Munroe Episode: "Mary Gets a Lawyer" 1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka Phillip Chadway Television movie 1979 Dear Detective Performer Episode...
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Veera Puran Appu Puran Appu Ravindra Randeniya The Defection of Simas Kudirka Simas Kudirka Alan Arkin Gongalegoda Banda Joe Abeywickrama The Roads of Exile...
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TV movie 1971 Bananas Douglas 1975 Deadly Hero 1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka Soviet chairman TV movie 1981 C.O.D. T.B. Dumore 1983 Daniel Jail Doctor...
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Freedom: The Man From Red October about his life. The Defection of Simas Kudirka, a drama film based on the attempted defection by a Lithuanian merchant...
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martial artist, film actor and convicted criminal; as Son Hyung-min Simas Kudirka, a Lithuanian radio operator of the Soviet fishing trawler Sovetskaya...
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