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 Branislav Nušić, 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 Silvana Armenulić guest starred), ''Kamiondžije'' and '' Vruć vetar''. Čkalja retired in the late 1980s and spent his last years peacefully. His last public appearance was during the DOS election campaign in 2000 in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević. In 2005, a statue of Čkalja was placed in front of his birth house in Kruševac. In 2006, a street in the Zvezdara 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 Vruc Vetar'' (1980) - Blagoje Popović 'Firga' *''Kamiondžije opet voze'' (1984) - Živadin Jarić 'Jare'

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