Ryszard Ordynski was born on October 5, 1878 in Maków Podhalanski, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Maków Podhalanski, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a director and actor, known for
To Be or Not to Be (1942),
Palac na kólkach (1932) and
Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931). He died on August 13, 1953 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.