Valeri Frid was born on January 13, 1922 in Tomsk, Tomsk uyezd, Tomsk Governorate, RSFSR [now Tomsk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for
Ekipazh (1980),
Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil (1976) and
Kazhdyy desyatyy (1984). He died on September 7, 1998 in Moscow, Russia.