Oleksandr Grinko was born on 26 September 1919 in village Gribova, Ukrainian SSR [now Lanivtsi Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Ozareniye (1971), Proval operatsii 'Bolshaya medveditsa' (1984) and Do posledney minuty (1974). He died on 9 September 2013 in Lviv, Ukraine.