He made his film debut in the role of Captain Soroka in the Kubans.
He played the main role in the first Soviet commercial.[4]
Ivan Ryzhov died on the morning of 15 March 2004 in a Moscow hospital. According to his daughter, it happened due to negligence of the medical staff: the actor had fallen and cut his hand. The funeral service took place not in the House of Cinema, as has happened with other famous actors, but in a small temple at Botkin Hospital, where he had died. The memorial was attended by relatives and artists.
^Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman // Littlefield. pp. 595–596. ISBN978-0-8108-6072-8.
^Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 25 December 1995 No. 553-RP on encouraging the Union of Russian filmmakers and leading masters of Russian cinema