Miha Baloh (21 May 1928 – 6 December 2022) was a Slovene actor. He started participating in local theatre productions after the

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and eventually enrolled in the AGRFT in

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, from where he graduated in 1952. In 1953, he began collaboration with the Permanent Slovene Theatre in

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. There he worked with the

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Jože Babič who also offered him his first major film role. From 1967, he also worked on international productions on projects such as the Austrian TV comedy series ''Leni'', German films on

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and a French-German series on

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. He continued to work in the theatre throughout his career. Baloh died on 6 December 2022, at the age of 94.

Selected filmography

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Svet na Kajžarju ''Life in Kajzar'' ( sl, Svet na kajžarju) is a 1952 Slovene film directed by France Štiglic. It is based on a novel by Ivan Potrč and is set in Haloze in the Slovene countryside in the years immediately after the Second World War ...

'' (1952) *''

Ne čakaj na maj ''Ne čakaj na maj'' (lit. ''Do Not Wait for May'', with the English title ''Don't Whisper'') is a 1957 Slovene romantic comedy directed by František Čap. It is a sequel to the 1953 film ''Vesna Vesna (Cyrillic: Весна) was a mythologic ...

'' (1957) *'' Veselica'' (1960) *'' Ples v dežju'' (1961) *''

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'' (1961) *'' Rana jesen'' (1962) *'' Svanuće'' (1964) *'' Among Vultures'' (1964) *'' Po isti poti se ne vračaj'' (1965) *''

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'' (1966) * ''

Winnetou and the Crossbreed ''Winnetou and the Crossbreed'' (German: ''Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi'') is a 1966 West German Western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Götz George and Uschi Glas. It is part of the series of Kar ...

'' (1966) *''

Winnetou and Old Firehand ''Winnetou and Old Firehand'' (german: Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand) is a 1966 western film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Pierre Brice, Rod Cameron, and Marie Versini. It was made as a co-production between West Germany and ...

'' (1966) *'' Grajski biki'' (1967) *'' Nevidni bataljon'' (1967) *'' Maškarada'' (1971) *'' Lov na jelene'' (1972) *'' Ko pride lev'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1973) *'' Draga moja Iza'' (1979) *'' Naš človek'' (1985) *'' Čaruga'' (1991)

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* 1928 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Slovenian male actors Golden Arena winners University of Ljubljana alumni People from Jesenice, Jesenice Slovenian male film actors Slovenian male stage actors Slovenian male television actors {{Slovenia-actor-stub