Afanasi Belov was born on January 25, 1909 in village Vosty, Kozelsk uyezd, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire as Afanasiy Sevostyanovich Belov. He was an actor and writer, known for U tikhoi pristani (1958), Zakonnyy brak (1985) and Neznakomy naslednik (1976). He died on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.