František Filipovský (23 September 1907 – 26 October 1993) was a Czechoslovak stage, television, and film actor.

Life and career

Early life and theatre

Filipovský was born on 23 September 1907 in the Czech town of

Přelouč Přelouč () is a town in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Klenovka, Lhota, Lohenice, Mělice, Škudly, Štěpánov and Tupesy are administrative par ...

, then part of

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. His father was musician František Filipovský Sr., who was 62 by the time his son was born. The young Filipovský was interested in acting from an early age and began performing in theatre in the 1930s, with stints in

Emil František Burian Emil František Burian (11 June 1904 – 9 August 1959) was a Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, dramatic adviser, playwright and director. He was also active in Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politics. Early life ...

's Voice-band, as well as

Osvobozené divadlo Osvobozené divadlo (1926–1938) (''Liberated Theatre'' or ''Prague Free Theatre'') was a Prague avant-garde theatre scene founded as the theatre section of an association of Czech avant-garde artists Devětsil (''Butterbur'') in 1926. The th ...

. Among other engagements, he worked as stage director in

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's Divadlo U Nováků in 1939, later moving to

Švandovo divadlo Švanda Theatre in Smíchov is a theater in Štefánikova street in Smíchov a suburb of Prague. It continues the long tradition of the previous theater based in this building and its surroundings. A theater was established on the site in 1871 by ...

, and eventually holding a post at Prague's National Theatre.

Television, film, and dubbing

Throughout his career, Filipovský acted in numerous Czechoslovak films and television productions, as well as lending his voice to various

dubbing Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production so ...

projects.

Family and death

Filipovský's daughter is actress and singer

Pavlína Filipovská Pavlína Filipovská (born 28 May 1941) is a Czech actress and singer. She reached her greatest popularity in the 1960s. Early life Filipovská was born in Prague on 28 May 1941, the daughter of actor František Filipovský. Acting career In 19 ...

. Her daughter, Filipovský's granddaughter, is journalist

Pavlína Wolfová Pavlína Wolfová (née Spálená; 22 December 1971) is a Czech journalist and television presenter. Life and career Wolfová graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, from 1991 to 1992, she worked as an intern at Lidov ...

. Filipovský died on 26 October 1993 in Prague. He is buried at

Olšany Cemetery Olšany Cemeteries (''Olšanské hřbitovy'' in Czech, ''Wolschan'' in German) is the largest graveyard in Prague, Czech Republic, once laid out for as many as two million burials. The graveyard is particularly noted for its many remarkable ...

Legacy

* The František Filipovský Awards ( cs, Ceny Františka Filipovského), named after the actor, are an annual prize for dubbing, held in Filipovský's hometown of Přelouč. * Filipovského street in Prague's

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district is named after the actor. * A memorial plaque was erected at Filipovský's birth house in Přelouč in 1994.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Filipovsky, Frantisek 1907 births 1993 deaths People from Přelouč People from the Kingdom of Bohemia 20th-century Czech male actors Czech male film actors Czech male voice actors Czechoslovak male voice actors