Vladimir Chestnokov was born on April 12, 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire as Vladimir Ivanovich Chestnokov. He was an actor and writer, known for 713 prosit posadku (1962), Don Sezar de Bazan (1957) and Pirogov (1947). He died on May 15, 1968 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.