Aleksandr Grechanyy was born on July 31, 1907 in village Krasnyy Yar, Kamyshin uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zhirnovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for
V mirnye dni (1951),
The Ballad of Cossack Golota (1937) and
Gibel Orla (1941). He died on April 14, 1991 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].