Jan Werich

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

February 6, 1905

Died

October 31, 1980 (age 75)

Place of Birth

Praha - Československo

Also Known As

Ян Верих

Jan Werich

Biography

Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future business partner, Jiří Voskovec, also studied). He studied law at the Charles University Law School from 1924 to 1927, from which he made an early departure to begin his artistic career and forge one of the most important partnerships of his life. For more than 10 years he worked in theatre Jiří Voskovec and Jaroslav Ježek. Their partnership was a platform for their numerous left-wing political satires, most notably in the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theatre). The trio's work took inspiration from Dada, with its love of the absurd, a reaction against bourgeois values and the horrors of World War I. In 1955 he begun working in cinema, and 1960s were a peak in his actor career. From the creation of the ABC Theatre he moved to the City Theatres of Prague and then to the Musical Theatre of Karlin and Nusle. Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Upon his arrival at the Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert felt that he was a poor choice, resembling a "poor, benevolent Santa Claus".

Known For

Filmography

2021FilmJan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…as Self (archive footage)2012TVVoskovec & Werich, paralelní osudyas self2011FilmFimfarum - To the good of allas (voice)2006FilmFimfarum 2as Narrator2005TVTři strážnícias self2002FilmJan Werich's Fimfarumas Vypravěč1991FilmWhen the Oak Leaves Fallas Narrator (voice) (archive footage)1989FilmMean Barbaraas Narrator (voice) (archive footage)1988FilmPan Tau – der Filmas (archive footage)1986FilmJonáš a Melicharováas (archive footage)1981FilmKrálovna Koloběžka prvnías Narrator (archive footage) (voice)1970FilmHerecké Vánoceas Jan Werich1970TVPan Tau1968TVPřiložte životopisas Self1968TVCo tomu říkáte, pane Werich?as Self1968FilmAssignment Kas Dr. Spiegler1968TVKlapzubova jedenáctka1968FilmCzechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedyas Self1967FilmKing and Womenas Jindřich VIII.1967FilmThe 25th Houras Sgt. Constantin1966FilmPražská strašidlaas Narrator (voice)1965FilmMagnetické vlny léčías léčitel Wohu1964FilmThe Dear Departedas Dědeček1964FilmWhen the Cat Comesas Oliva1964FilmThe Cryas Narrator (voice)1963FilmUspořená libraas Sam Adams1963FilmKočár nejsvětější svátosti1963FilmTears the World Can't Seeas Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov1962FilmThe Fabulous Baron Munchausenas kapitán holandské lodi1961FilmItalienisches Capriccioas Don Marzio1961FilmMedvědas statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov1960FilmTěžká Barbora1960FilmBalada z hadrůas strážný Holofern1958FilmThe Creation of the Worldas Narrator (voice)1957FilmSilvestr 19571957FilmTo jsou Bratři v trikuas Himself1956FilmThe Good Soldier Schweikas Narrator1956FilmOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabaseas Narrator (voice)1956FilmJaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematographas Commentary (voice)1955FilmHudba z Marsuas Nadšený divák1955FilmTwo Little Frostsas Brave Frost (voice)1955FilmDog's Heads1955FilmOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King...as král Já I.1955FilmOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlakuas Narrator (voice)1954FilmOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haličeas Narrator (voice)1953FilmPouť noci silvestrovské1953FilmVečer s Jaroslavem Haškem1952FilmThe Emperor and the Golemas Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker1951FilmThe Golden Fishas Narrator (voice)1950FilmThe Fall of Berlinas Hermann Goering1939FilmCrisis1937FilmThe World Belongs to Usas kamelot1934FilmHere in Kocourkovas Ferdinand Kaplan1934FilmHeave-Ho!1932FilmYour Money or Your Lifeas Tonda1932FilmPowder and Petrol

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