Vladimir Chestnokov was born on April 12, 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Entschleierte Geheimnisse (1949), Pervorossiyanye (1967) and In den Tagen des Oktober (1958). He died on May 15, 1968 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].