Josef Abrhám (14 December 1939 – 16 May 2022) was a Czech film and theatre actor.

Biography

He originally began studying acting at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and later moved to

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Department of Dramatic Theatre (DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV school and the Department of Music). The academy was opened in 1945 immediately after the Second World ...

, where he graduated in 1962. While still a student, he played at the National Theatre, after graduation he performed for three seasons at the Vinohrady Theater. In 1965–1982 he was one of the leading actors in The Drama Club in

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and has been noted as one of the Czech Republic's best performers. Then he briefly performed at the National Theater, but he ended his long-term commitment in August 1994 and (with two exceptions) quit theatre acting completely. He was also a popular film and television actor. In 1962 he was given his first major film role in the film ''

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'' directed by director

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. This was followed by the major roles in '' The Cry'' (1963) and the role of writer

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in Velká cesta (1963). In the Czech Republic his most famous roles were seductive physician Blažej in the television series '' Hospital at the End of the City'' (1978 - 1981) and fake waiter Vrána in '' Waiter, Scarper!'' (1981). In 1994 he won the

Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role Czech Lion Award The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of memb ...

for his role of Prokop in the film Big Beat. He was also nominated in 2006 for the Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''

Beauty in Trouble ''Beauty in Trouble'' ( cz, Kráska v nesnázích) is a 2006 Czech tragicomedy directed by Jan Hřebejk. Eddie Cockrell, writing in ''Variety'', said the " tle comes from the Robert Graves poem, itself adapted into a Czech popular song in the 19 ...

'' and in 2011 for the

for Leaving. In 2020, he received the Thalia Award for Lifetime Achievement. Between 1968 and 1976 his partner was the actress , he was married to actress

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 a ...

from 1976 until her death in 2021.

Filmography

* ' (1960) * ''

'' (1962) * ' (1962) * ''

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'' (1962) * '' The Cry'' (1963; cs, Křik) * '' Courage for Every Day'' (1964) * '' Happy End'' (1966) * ' (1967) * '' Pensión pro svobodné pány'' (1967) * ' (1970) * ''

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'' (1970) * '' Ezop (''1970) * '' Chance'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1972) * ' (1973) * ' (1974) * ''

Byl jednou jeden dům ''Byl jednou jeden dům'' (''Once There Was a House'') is a television series first broadcast 1975. It takes place in a house located in fictional Bagounova Street. Context The series covers the period from 1936 to 1945, i.e. the period before, ...

'' (1974) TV Series * '' A Girl Fit to Be Killed'' (1975) * '' Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!'' (1976) * '' Hospital at the End of the City'' (1977; cs, Nemocnice na kraji města) TV Series * ''

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'' (1978; cs, Kulový blesk) * '' Upír ve věžáku'' (1979) * ''

30 Cases of Major Zeman ''Thirty Cases of Major Zeman'' (''Třicet případů majora Zemana'') is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The series were f ...

'' (1979) TV Series * ''

Run Waiter Run! ''Waiter, Scarper!'' ( cs, Vrchní, prchni!) is a 1981 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is also known in English as 'Run, Waiter, Run!'. Plot At his high school reunion, the mild-mannered Dalibor Vrána learns, to his ...

'' (1980) * '' The Hit (1980; cs, Trhák) * '' Malý pitaval z velkého města'' (1982) TV Series * '' Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping'' (1983) * ''

Svatební cesta do Jiljí ''Svatební cesta do Jiljí '' is a Czech television romantic comedy film. It was directed by Hynek Bočan and released in 1983. It stars a real life couple Josef Abrhám and Libuše Šafránková. Production The film was shot in summer 1982 ...

'' (1983) * '' Záchvěv strachu'' (1983) * '' Dissolved and Effused'' (1984) * '' The C.K.Deserters'' (1985) * '' Druhý dech'' (1988) TV Series * '' Člověk proti zkáze'' (1989) * ''

The End of Old Times ''The End of Old Times'' ( cs, Konec starých časů) is a 1989 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. Cast * Josef Abrhám - Duke Alexej * Marián Labuda - Stoklasa * Jaromír Hanzlík - Spera * Rudolf Hrušínský - Jakub Lhota * ...

'' (1989) * '' In the Light of the King's Love'' (1990) * ''

The Beggar's Opera ''The Beggar's Opera'' is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of sa ...

'' (1991) * ''

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'' (1991) * '' St. Nicholas Is in Town'' (1992) * '' Very Credible Stories 2'' (1992) * '' Big Beat'' (1993; cs, Šakalí léta) * '' Angelic Eyes'' (1994; cs, Andělské oči) * '' Halt, or I'll Miss!'' (1998; cs, Stůj, nebo se netrefím!) * ''

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'' (1999; cs, Návrat ztraceného ráje) * '' All My Loved Ones'' (1999; cs, Všichni moji blízcí) * '' Elixír a Halíbela'' (2001) * '' ELFilm'' (2001) * '' O Víle Arnoštce'' (2002) * ''

Nemocnice na kraji města po dvaceti letech ''Hospital at the End of the City'' ( cs, Nemocnice na kraji města) is a Czechoslovak television series first released in 1978 by Czechoslovak Television. It featured an ensemble cast and received much viewer praise in Central Europe. The ser ...

'' (2003) * '' Pánská jízda'' (2004) * '' Konečná stanica'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006; cs, Kráska v nesnázích) * ''

I Served the King of England ''I Served the King of England'' ( cs, Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) is a novel by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in Prague in the 1940s, during the Nazi occupation and early communism, and follows a young man who alterna ...

'' (2006; cs, Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) * '' Leaving'' (2011) * '' Přijde Letos Ježíšek (2013 film)'' (2013) * ' (2015) * '' Angel of the Lord 2'' (2016) * ''

How Poets Wait for a Miracle ''How Poets Wait for a Miracle'' ( cs, Jak básníci čekají na zázrak) is a 2016 Czech comedy film directed by Dušan Klein and written by Ladislav Pecháček. The final installment in the "Poets hexalogy", the title is preceded by ''How the ...

'' (2016)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrham, Josef 1939 births 2022 deaths People from Zlín Czech people of Slovak descent Czech male film actors Czech male stage actors Czech male television actors Czech male voice actors Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Czech Lion Awards winners 20th-century Czech male actors 21st-century Czech male actors Recipients of the Thalia Award