Pyotr Vishnyakov was born on January 16, 1911 in Village Vondanka, Kotelnich uyezd, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire as Pyotr Ilich Vishnyakov. He was an actor, known for Vesyolyy starichok (1972), Tayna tretey planety (1981) and Vozvrashchenie (1960). He died on July 14, 1988 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.