Vladimir Dorofeyev was born on July 5, 1895 in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for
The Secret Brigade (1949),
Twelve Chairs (1971) and
The Train Goes East (1948). He died on July 2, 1974 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].