Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled Anofriev, Russian: Олег Андреевич Анофриев; 20 July 1930 – 28 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian theatre^[1] and film actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, film director, and poet. He was born in Gelendzhik, but spent all his life in Moscow and graduated from Moscow Art Theatre in 1954.^[2] He was widely popular in USSR (mostly due to the leading role in The Bremen Town Musicians animated film) and was honored with the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR and later, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation.^[1]

Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev was born in Gelendzhik on 20 July 1930 in the family of a doctor, head of medical furniture at the GPP-1, Andrei Sergeyevich Anofriyev and housewife Maria Gavrilovna Anofriyeva and was their third son, he had two older brothers, Sergei and Vladimir. Although the family lived in Moscow, Oleg was born in Gelendzhik, because during the summer holiday season, Andrei received an appointment every year as chief physician in a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast (when Oleg was born, he was the chief physician of the sanatorium of the Moscow State University).

He died on 28 March 2018 in Moscow^[3] from severe heart disease.^[4]