Alexander Gromeko — Doctor Zhivago Character Profile

About Alexander Gromeko

Tonya's father and a widowed family friend who provides shelter to the orphaned Yuri. His Moscow home is confiscated by the Soviet government, forcing the family to relocate to the countryside and eventually into exile in Paris.

Character Facts

Played by

Ralph Richardson

Appears in

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Doctor Zhivago

• Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif)
• Lara Antipova (Julie Christie)
• Tonya Gromeko (Geraldine Chaplin)
• Viktor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger)
• The Bolshevik (Bernard Kay)
• Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago (Alec Guinness)
• Medical Professor (Geoffrey Keen)
• Engineer at dam (Mark Eden)
• Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov (Tom Courtenay)
• Anna (Siobhán McKenna)
• Razin, Liberius' Lieutenant (Noel Willman)
• Petya (Jack MacGowran)