Osip Naumovich Abdulov was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire) in 1900.

[2] Abdulov additionally worked for Soviet radio broadcasting (first as an announcer and actor, then as a director) in 1924.

He was involved in radio plays based on the dramatic works of Romain Rolland, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Dickens, Nikolay Gogol, and Maxim Gorky and took part in organizing artistic broadcasting for children.

Abdulov worked as a news reader on Soviet radio during World War II.

[5] He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1949 and a Stalin State Prize (second degree) in 1951.