Miloš Kopecký
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvPříběhy slavných
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Magic Book
1996
Regent
movieUčitel tance
1995
Granfather of Richard
GENUS
1995
Self
movieAngelic Eyes
1994
Krause
movieThe Canary Connection
1993
Don Padre
movieMy Pragues Understand Me
1991
Giacomo Casanova
movieLabyrinth
1991
Rabbi Löw
moviePoslední leč Alfonse Karáska
1987
Alfons Karásek
movieFair Play
1987
Bayer
movieRůžový Hubert
1986
Lord Henry
tvSlavné historky zbojnické
1986
Narrator
movieExtended Time
1985
Karel Svozil
tvBambinot
1984
Nikolas Mitropulos
movieThe Three Veterans
1984
skřítek
movieHearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
Prof. Horowitz
tvZe staré drogerie
1983
Narrator (voice)
movieChristening
1981
Čirůvka
movieThe Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981
Baron Gorc z Gorců
movieMature Wine
1981
Weber
Aucassin a Nicoletta
1981
Narrator (voice)
movieEscape Home
1980
Dr. Karel Chrástek
movieHow to Dupe a Lawyer
1980
JUDr. Horic
moviePayment in Kind
1980
JUDr. Lukášek
movieThe Divine Emma
1979
Herold Samuel
movieI'll Be Good, Old Man!
1979
herec Theodor "Dóďa" Bergner
movieAdela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
baron Rupert von Kratzmar
Hokej je hra
1978
Narrator (voice)
movieTo byla svatba, strýčku
1977
Alfons Karásek
movieBohoušův syn
1976
Hostinský
movieHow to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
1975
hlavní český vodník Wassermann
Štrnásty v rade
1975
Prosecuting Attorney
movieA Night at Karlstein
1974
vévoda Štěpán
movieSix Bears and a Clown
1972
ředitel cirkusu II
tvHup a Hop
1972
Pepa Bepa (voice) (uncredited)
movieStraw Hat
1972
Maurice Fadinard
Miláček
1972
Laroche
movieAlfons Karásek v lázních
1971
Alfons Karásek
movieMurder in the Excelsior Hotel
1971
ředitel hotelu
movieSvatby pana Voka
1971
Petr Vok z Rožmberka
movieYou Are a Widow, Sir
1971
profesor Somr, majitel sanatoria
movieThere Was a Miller on a River
1971
Songster (voice)
movieNámluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku
1970
továrník Cyprián Kachle
Herecké Vánoce
1970
Miloš Kopecký
movieSlasti Otce vlasti
1969
Jan Lucemburský
moviePrague Nights
1969
(segment "Fabricius a Zuzana")
Historie blechatého psa
1969
Narrator (voice)
moviePřísně tajné premiéry
1968
módní návrhář Noiret
Úřad
1968
doktor Campilli
Zločin a trik II.
1967
Man with a Cigar (segment "Sirka") / (segment "Trik")
Flám
1966
Architekt Jiří Donát
movieThe Pipes
1966
George Randy (voice)
movieThe White Lady
1965
tajemník MNV
movieLemonade Joe
1964
Horác Badman alias "Hogofogo"
movieA Star Travels South
1964
Šoustek - tourist guide
Green Street
1962
Commentary (voice)
movieThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
baron Prášil
movieLove Without Words
1962
Frantisek Habrada
movieMan in Outer Space
1962
Josef, calouník
movieCeiling
1962
(voice)
Žárlivost
1962
Jaroslav Holoubek
movieKonec cesty
1960
Jirák
movieZpívající pudřenka
1960
Krásný Venca
movieObčan Brych
1959
Kamil Tajchman
movieOf Things Supernatural
1959
(segment "Tajemství písma") / (segment "Právní případ")
moviePuppies
1958
Magistrate
movieThe Good Soldier Švejk
1957
feldkurát Katz
movieLegend of Love
1957
Prodavachat na kilimi
movieVintage Car
1957
Albert de Dion
movieKonec jasnovidce
1957
jasnovidec Matěj Šobolín
movieSilvery Wind
1956
Gerlic
movieJan Žižka
1956
Sir from Sternberk
movieThe Windy Mountain
1956
Melichar Hnátek
movieJan Hus
1955
biskupský kancléř
movieOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955
chytrý princ
movieThe Best Man of All
1954
lekárník Valérian Kýla
Stará čínská opera
1954
Commentary (voice)
movieThe Secret of Blood
1953
Lékar na prednásce
movieKidnapped
1953
passenger Rychman, musician
Píseň o silnici
1953
Commentary (voice)
Hoří
1953
Commentary (voice)
movieThe Proud Princess
1952
Kancléř
movieThe Emperor and the Golem
1951
An Alchemist
Year of the Revolution 1848
1949
Komorník u Portheima
movieDistant Journey
1949
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
movieWarriors of Faith
1947
student