Pavel Molchanov was born on March 14, 1902 in Ivolsk, Gomel uyezd, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Buda-Kashalyowa District, Gomel Region, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god (1951), You Should Value Love (1960) and Tyoshcha (1974). He died on February 24, 1977 in Minsk, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Minsk Region, Belarus].