Viktor was born on May 2 in 1897 in Yekaterinoslav (now — Dnipro, Ukraine).
He rarely acted in movies. He played in the films: "The Guilty Without Guilt" (1945), "Dead Souls" (1960, the governor), "War and Peace" (1967, Ilya Andreevich Rostov), in the Ukrainian film "The Third Strike" (1948, F. I. Tolbukhin, army general), etc.
The actor and director V. Stanytsyn's great contribution to cinema and theater was recognized by state awards.