Vasili Kachalov was born on February 11, 1875 in Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire [now Lithuania] as Vasili Ivanovich Shverubovich. He was an actor, known for Propavshaya gramota (1945), Belyy oryol (1928) and Mastera stseny (1949). He died on September 30, 1948 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].