 He finished Armavir Military Aviation School (1941–1943) and served as a pilot at frontlines of the German-Soviet War.In the late 1940s Valentin Zubkov studied in Konstantin Voynov’s studio and later played the leads in his films "Three Came Out of the Woods" (Troe vyshli iz lesa) (1959) and "The Sun Shines for All" (Solntse svetit vsem) (1959), as well as episodic roles in "Time of Summer Vacations" (Vremya letnikh otpuskov) (1960) and "Dream of an Uncle" (Dyadushkin son) (1966).He gave his film debut in Lev Kulidzhanov and Yakov Segel’s "It Began This Way" (Eto nachinalos tak...) (1956).