Valentin Zubkov was born on May 12, 1923 in Peschanoye, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia] as Valentin Ivanovich Zubkov. He was an actor, known for The Cranes Are Flying (1957), Ivan's Childhood (1962) and Solntse svetit vsem (1959). He died on January 18, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].