He was born October 30, 1924, in
Sverdlovsk (now
Yekaterinburg, Russia). His father was a candidate of historical sciences and the deputy head of the political department of the Molotov Military Aviation. During
World War II, he went to work as a mechanic in an aviation workshop, and in 1942, became a cadet of Molotov Military Aviation School of Pilots. Having graduated with honors in November 1943, he received the rank of
Junior Lieutenant of the Air Force. He fought in
Belarus and the
Baltic States. He ended his service as a
Red Army lieutenant in
East Prussia. He participated in the
Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 on
Red Square. He graduated from
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1951. As a student, he married his classmate Rimma Shorokhov. By the mid-1950s, the couple broke up. Form 1951 to 1988, he was an actor at the
National Film Actors' Theatre. He died on November 3, 1997, at the age of 73 in Moscow. He was buried at a
columbarium in
Kuntsevo Cemetery. ==Selected filmography==