Miroslav Horníček (10 November 1918 in
Plzeň
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– 15 February 2003 in
Liberec
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) was a
Czech
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actor, writer, director, artist and theatre
theoretician. He is well known in the Czech Republic for his on-stage partnership with
Jan Werich
Jan Werich (; 6 February 1905 – 31 October 1980) was a Czech actor, playwright and writer.
Early life
Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future b ...
, his talkshows (Hovory H ...) and many small roles in Czech movies and TV.
Partial filmography
* ''Polibek ze stadionu'' (1948)
* ''Pan Novák'' (1949) – Jirotka
* ''Soudný den'' (1949)
* ''Mikolás Ales'' (1952) – Valek
* ''Mladá léta'' (1953) – Vaclav Svetly
* ''There Was Once a King...'' (1955) – Beautiful prince – son of Alabaster I.
* ''Z mého zivota'' (1955) – (voice, uncredited)
* ''
When the Woman Butts In'' (1960) – Dr. Faust
* ''Kazdá koruna dobrá'' (1961) – Krytina
* ''Neschovávejte se, kdyz prsí'' (1962) – farár Tadeás Hora
* ''Bez svatozáre'' (1964) – Narrator (voice)
* ''Táto, sezen stene'' (1964) – Father
* ''Lov na mamuta'' (1965) – (voice)
* ''
Ohne Pass in fremden Betten'' (1965) – Mr. Jelínek
* ''Smrt za oponou'' (1967) – kapitán Chrástek
* ''
Kinoautomat
''Kinoautomat'' was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At nine points during the film the action stops, and a moderator appears on stage to ...
'' (1967) – Pan Novak
* ''Hudba kolonád'' (1975)
* ''Barrandovské nocturno aneb Jak film zpíval a tancil'' (1984) – Himself – entertainer
References
External links
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Miroslav Horníček on Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze (Czechoslovak film database)
1918 births
2003 deaths
Male actors from Plzeň
Czech male dramatists and playwrights
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
Czech male stage actors
Czech male film actors
Czech male television actors
20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Czech male writers
Film people from Plzeň
Czechoslovak writers
Recipients of the Thalia Award
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