Daniil Ilchenko was born on December 25, 1894 in Zolochev, Kharkov uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire as Daniil Ivanovich Ilchenko. He was an actor, known for And Quiet Flows the Don (1957), V gorod prishla beda (1966) and Prostaya istoriya (1960). He died on April 13, 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.