Miloš Kopecký

Miloš Kopecký (73)

1922-08-22 - 1996-02-16 | Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century.  He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life.  Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia.  Near the end of World War II, Kopecký’s mother was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage, while Miloš was interned in the labor camp Bystřice u Benešova.  He would later credit these experiences as the cause for his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, then known as Manic-Depressive Disease.   Following the liberation, Kopecký began acting in the avant-garde studio Větrník in 1945, before joining the Vinohrady Theatre in 1965 at the behest of then-director František Pavlíček.  Kopecký  continued to make guest appearances at theaters throughout Prague, working with many notable actors of his era before appearing on film and television.  His first minor role was in the historic film Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947), but he quickly graduated to more important characters and gradually became one of the most popular actors in Czechoslovakia.   He may be best known today as Dr. Štrosmajer in the Czech television series Nemocnice na kraji města.  During his career he played mainly negative roles of traitors, lechers, and villain, which he famously depicted with elegance and esprit.   In the mid-1980s Kopecký acted in a politically biased documentary film about emigrants, and also presented very critical speech against current communist régimes in May, 1987, at the Fourth Congress of Dramatic Artists.  He was married five times, at one point to Czech actress Stella Zázvorková.

On Movies

  • The Magic Book
  • Učitel tance
  • Angelic Eyes
  • The Canary Connection
  • La valle di pietra
  • My Pragues Understand Me
  • Utopím si ho sám
  • An Angel Seduces the Devil
  • Poslední leč Alfonse Karáska
  • Fair Play
  • O nejchytřejší princezně
  • The Great Movie Robbery
  • Růžový Hubert
  • Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
  • Extended Time
  • The Secret of an Old Attic
  • The Three Veterans
  • Zbohom, sladké driemoty
  • Angel in a Devil's Body
  • Bergman a Bergman, detektivní kancelář
  • Hearty Greetings from the Globe
  • Christening
  • The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
  • Mature Wine
  • Zakázaný výlet
  • Panenka
  • Escape Home
  • How to Dupe a Lawyer
  • Payment in Kind
  • Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
  • The Divine Emma
  • I'll Be Good, Old Man!
  • Silvestr 1978
  • Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
  • Náš dědek Josef
  • To byla svatba, strýčku
  • Bohoušův syn
  • We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
  • Svůdnice na šest
  • How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
  • Egyptologové
  • A Night at Karlstein
  • Lakomec
  • Rambling Engelbert
  • Six Bears and a Clown
  • Svět otevřený náhodám
  • Straw Hat
  • Hry lásky šálivé
  • Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
  • Svatby pana Voka
  • You Are a Widow, Sir
  • There Was a Miller on a River
  • Šest uprchlíků
  • Námluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku
  • I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
  • Blázinec v 1. poschodí
  • I, Mournful God
  • Slasti Otce vlasti
  • Prague Nights
  • Přísně tajné premiéry
  • Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou
  • Já truchlivý bůh
  • Ta naše písnička česká
  • When You Have a Holiday Dominique
  • Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower
  • Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
  • Flám
  • Martin Speaking
  • The Pipes
  • The White Lady
  • Lov na mamuta
  • Lemonade Joe
  • A Star Travels South
  • Revue pro banjo
  • Zkáza Jeruzaléma
  • Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
  • The King of Kings
  • Dva z onoho světa
  • The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
  • Love Without Words
  • Man in Outer Space
  • Ceiling
  • Klíč
  • Every Penny Counts
  • Tisíc pohledů za kulisy
  • Ztracená revue
  • Konec cesty
  • Zpívající pudřenka
  • Caterwauling
  • Sny na neděli
  • Občan Brych
  • Of Things Supernatural
  • Mezi nebem a zemí
  • Puppies
  • The Good Soldier Švejk
  • Legend of Love
  • Vintage Car
  • Konec jasnovidce
  • Kam s ním?
  • Silvery Wind
  • Přihlašte své televizory
  • Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
  • Jan Žižka
  • The Windy Mountain
  • Bill, Please
  • Jan Hus
  • Dog's Heads
  • Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
  • Directive
  • The Best Man of All
  • The Circus Will Be
  • Severní přístav
  • Kavárna na hlavní třídě
  • The Secret of Blood
  • Anna the Proletarian
  • Kidnapped
  • Velké dobrodružství
  • The Proud Princess
  • Mikoláš Aleš
  • The Emperor and the Golem
  • Posel úsvitu
  • Year of the Revolution 1848
  • Distant Journey
  • Red Lizard
  • Lost in the Suburbs
  • Až se vrátíš...
  • Nevíte o bytě?
  • Warriors of Faith

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