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 Konstantin Zaslonov (1949), Die 12 Stühle (1971) and Es begann im blauen Expreß (1948). He died on July 2, 1974 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].