Boris Platonov was born on August 6, 1903 in Minsk, Minsk Governorate, Northwestern Krai, Russian Empire [now Minsk Region, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Kastus Kalinovskiy (1928), Lyubimaya (1965) and Poyut zhavoronki (1953). He died on February 15, 1967 in Minsk, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Minsk Region, Belarus].