Aleksandr Grechanyy was born on July 31, 1907 in village Krasnyy Yar, Kamyshin uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zhirnovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for In friedlichen Tagen (1951), Duma pro kazaka Golotu (1937) and Mit falschen Papieren (An der Theiss) (1958). He died on April 14, 1991 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].