Miloš Kopecký

Miloš Kopecký

Date of Birth:

Aug 22, 1922

Place of Birth:

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century.  He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life.  Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia.  Near the end of World War II, Kopecký’s mother was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage, while Miloš was interned in the labor camp Bystřice u Benešova.  He would later credit these experiences as the cause for his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, then known as Manic-Depressive Disease.   Following the liberation, Kopecký began acting in the avant-garde studio Větrník in 1945, before joining the Vinohrady Theatre in 1965 at the behest of then-director František Pavlíček.  Kopecký  continued to make guest appearances at theaters throughout Prague, working with many notable actors of his era before appearing on film and television.  His first minor role was in the historic film Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947), but he quickly graduated to more important characters and gradually became one of the most popular actors in Czechoslovakia.   He may be best known today as Dr. Štrosmajer in the Czech television series Nemocnice na kraji města.  During his career he played mainly negative roles of traitors, lechers, and villain, which he famously depicted with elegance and esprit.   In the mid-1980s Kopecký acted in a politically biased documentary film about emigrants, and also presented very critical speech against current communist régimes in May, 1987, at the Fourth Congress of Dramatic Artists.  He was married five times, at one point to Czech actress Stella Zázvorková.

filmography:

Hoří Hoří

1953

Flám Flám

1966

The Pipes The Pipes

1966

Ceiling Ceiling

1962

Sen Sen

1956

Red Lizard Red Lizard

1949

Zrcadlo Zrcadlo

1948

Klíč Klíč

1962

Grandle Grandle

1980

Eva Eva Eva Eva

1980

Trapasy Trapasy

1970

Trapasy II Trapasy II

1971

Deštník Deštník

1967

Křesadlo Křesadlo

1968

Čirok Čirok

1968

Bidýlko Bidýlko

1967

Miláček Miláček

1972

Fair Play Fair Play

1986

Panenka Panenka

1981

Straw Hat Straw Hat

1972

Kidnapped Kidnapped

1953

Jan Hus Jan Hus

1955

Puppies Puppies

1958

Úřad Úřad

1968

Lakomec Lakomec

1973

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