Vladimir Kurkov was born on November 26, 1935 in Detskoe Selo, Leningradskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR as Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kurkov. He was an actor, known for Khmuryy Vangur (1959), Takaya dlinnaya, dlinnaya doroga (1972) and Fro (1964). He died on September 2, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia.