Nikolay Svetlovidov was born on December 17, 1889 in Kursk, Kursk uyezd, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire as Nikolay Afanasevich Sedykh. He was an actor, known for Krylya (1956), Vashingtonskaya istoriya (1962) and Pavlik Morozov (1963). He died on November 20, 1970 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.