Vladimir Ratomsky was born on July 23, 1891 in Barnaul, Barnaul okrug, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire as Vladimir Nikitich Laptev. He was an actor, known for U tikhoi pristani (1958), Kavalier zolotoy zvezdy (1951) and Delo bylo v Penkove (1958). He died on May 21, 1965 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.