Dmitri Franko was born on October 25, 1913 in Voznesenskoye, Odessa Oblast, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for
Krutoe pole (1979),
Utro vechera mudreneye (1981) and
Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970). He died on November 4, 1982 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].