German Orlov was born on November 24, 1921 in Krasnaya Dolina, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR [now Kastornoye Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Sahar (1960), Nochnaya smena (1971) and Yuri's Day (2008). He died on December 7, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia.