Vyacheslav Novikov was born on December 28, 1893 in village Mikhaylovka, Orenburg uyezd, Orenburg Goveronorate, Russian Empire as Vyacheslav Illarionovich Novikov. He was an actor, known for Detstvo Gorkogo (1938), Kreiser Varyag (1947) and V lyudyakh (1939). He died on November 21, 1955 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.