Oleksandr Grinko was born on September 26, 1919 in village Gribova, Ukrainian SSR [now Lanivtsi Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Ozareniye (1971), Proval operatsii 'Bolshaya medveditsa' (1984) and Atempause (1997). He died on September 9, 2013 in Lviv, Ukraine.