Pavel Trávníček (born October 26, 1950) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than 70 film and television productions since 1971, most of them produced in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, occasionally in Germany. Trávníček is probably best-known for his starring role as the Prince in the fairy-tale film ''

Tři oříšky pro Popelku ''Tři oříšky pro Popelku'' ("Three Little Nuts for Cinderella"; known in German as ''Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel'', "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella"; also called in English ''Three Wishes for Cinderella'' or ''Three Gifts for Cinder ...

(Three Nuts for Cinderella)'', a holiday classic in many European countries. He subsequently portrayed a number of leading roles in fairy-tale films during the 1970s and 1980s, including ''Třetí princ'' (''The Third Prince'', 1983), in which he was reunited with his ''Tři oříšky pro Popelku'' co-star

Libuše Šafránková Libuše Šafránková (7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021, married as ''Abrhámová'') was a Czech actress. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám. Her breakthrough was the title role in the 1973 film '' Three Nuts for Cinderella'', which is considered ...

. In 1998, he founded his own theatre ''Skelet'' in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

. He has married four times and married his fourth wife, Monika, in 2015; they have a son born in December 2016. He also has two adult sons from his previous marriages.Prinz aus "Aschenbrödel" wird mit 66 Jahren nochmal Papa
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Filmography (selection)

* ''Hry lásky šálivé'' (1971) * ''

'' (1973) * ''Sebechlebskí hudci'' (1976) * ''Příbeh lásky a cti'' (1978) * ''Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot'' (1979, GDR) * ''Třetí princ'' (1983) * ''Podivná přátelství herce Jesenia'' (1985) * ''Vyprávěj'' (2009–2013, TV series, 18 episodes) * ''Der große Rudolph'' (2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Travnicek, Pavel 1950 births Living people Czech male film actors Czech male voice actors Czech television actors 20th-century Czech male actors 21st-century Czech male actors People from Konice Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts alumni Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)