Miodrag Petrović ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Петровић, , 1 April 1924 – 20 October 2003), known by his

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Čkalja (Чкаља), was a Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of

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Biography

He performed in the theatre, where he displayed a talent for comedy, especially in plays by

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, his favourite author. However, it was the new medium of television that made him famous. From 1959 until the 1980s, he appeared in many TV comedy shows: ''Servisna stanica'', ''Dežurna ulica'', ''Spavajte mirno'', ''Sačulatac'', ''Crni sneg'', ''Ljudi i papagaji'', ''Ljubav na seoski način'' (in which

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guest starred), ''Kamiondžije'' and ''

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''. Čkalja retired in the late 1980s and spent his last years peacefully. His last public appearance was during the

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election campaign in 2000 in the

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. In 2005, a statue of Čkalja was placed in front of his birth house in Kruševac. In 2006, a street in the

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neighborhood in

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was named after him.

Partial filmography

*''Jezero'' (1950) - Crkvenjak *''Crveni cvet'' (1950) - Profa *''Četiri kilometra na sat'' (1958) - Profesor psihologije *''Diližansa snova'' (1960) - Kir Janja (voice, uncredited) *''Ljubav i moda'' (1960) - Komercijalni direktor *''Zajednički stan'' (1960) - Pepi *''Nema malih bogova'' (1964) - Jordan *''Sreća u torbi'' (1961) - Jordan *''Put oko sveta'' (1964) - Jovanče Micić *''Na mesto, građanine Pokorni!'' (1964) - Bora Munja *''Orlovi rano lete'' (1966) - Poljar Lijan *''Zlatna praćka'' (1967) - Sibin *''Kad golubovi polete'' (1968) - Žika Afrika *''Višnja na Tašmajdanu'' (1968) - Profesor francuskog jezika *''Bog je umro uzalud'' (1969) - Predrag & Nenad *''Ubistvo na svirep i podmukao način i iz niskih pobuda'' (1969) - Miodrag Petrović Čkalja (uncredited) *''Silom otac'' (1969) - Jovanče Micić *''Lepa parada'' (1970) - Krojač *''Biciklisti'' (1970) - Jiri *''Paja i Jare'' (1973) - Živadin Jarić 'Jare' *''Avanture Borivoja Šurdilovića'' (1980) - Blagoje Popović 'Firga' *''Kamiondžije opet voze'' (1984) - Živadin Jarić 'Jare'

External links

* 1924 births 2003 deaths Serbian male actors Actors from Kruševac {{Serbia-actor-stub