Vyacheslav Novikov was born on December 28, 1893 in village Mikhaylovka, Orenburg uyezd, Orenburg Goveronorate, Russian Empire [now Sharlyksky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for
Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938),
Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship (1939) and
Granitsa na zamke (1938). He died on November 21, 1955 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].