Valentin Zubkov was born on May 12, 1923 in Peschanoye, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, USSR as Valentin Ivanovich Zubkov. He was an actor, known for Ivanovo detstvo (1962), Letyat zhuravli (1957) and Otchiy dom (1959). He died on January 18, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].