Vasili Kachalov was born on February 11, 1875 in Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire as Vasili Ivanovich Shverubovich. He was an actor, known for Propavshaya gramota (1945), Belyy oryol (1928) and Mastera stseny (1949). He died on September 30, 1948 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR.