Miloš Kopecký
Biography
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.
Acting (99 movies)
Tisíc pohledů za kulisy
1961
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Lemonade Joe
1964
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
The Proud Princess
1952
The Emperor and the Golem
1952
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970
The Three Veterans
1984
Svatby pana Voka
1971
Vintage Car
1957
I'll Be Good, Old Man!
1979
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955
Straw Hat
1972
Sny na neděli
1959
A Night at Karlstein
1974
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981
Ceiling
1962
The Magic Book
1996
The Good Soldier Švejk
1957
We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
1976
Angel in a Devil's Body
1984
Bohoušův syn
1976
Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
1986
Martin Speaking
1966
The Pipes
1966
Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower
1967
My Pragues Understand Me
1991
Angelic Eyes
1994
Payment in Kind
1980
Silvery Wind
1956
Legend of Love
1957
The Great Movie Robbery
1987
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
Man in Outer Space
1962
Svět otevřený náhodám
1972
The Windy Mountain
1956
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
1979
Christening
1981
The Best Man of All
1954
Slasti Otce vlasti
1969
Six Bears and a Clown
1972
Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
1971
Prague Nights
1969
Náš dědek Josef
1977
The King of Kings
1963
Fair Play
1987
The Secret of an Old Attic
1984
Učitel tance
1995
The White Lady
1965
Distant Journey
1949
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
1963
How to Dupe a Lawyer
1980
I, Mournful God
1969
Mature Wine
1981
Růžový Hubert
1986
Escape Home
1980
Konec cesty
1960
Konec jasnovidce
1957
Extended Time
1985
Caterwauling
1960
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
1975
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971
Of Things Supernatural
1959
There Was a Miller on a River
1971
Utopím si ho sám
1989
The Divine Emma
1979
Warriors of Faith
1947
Námluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku
1970
The Circus Will Be
1954
Dva z onoho světa
1962
Velké dobrodružství
1952
Every Penny Counts
1961
Mikoláš Aleš
1952
A Star Travels South
1964
Nevíte o bytě?
1947
La valle di pietra
1992
The Canary Connection
1993
Hry lásky šálivé
1971
Anna the Proletarian
1953
Kidnapped
1953
The Secret of Blood
1953
Severní přístav
1954
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956
Občan Brych
1959
Puppies
1958
Jan Hus
1955
Jan Žižka
1956
Klobouk, měšec a láska
1986
Red Lizard
1949
Lost in the Suburbs
1949
Ta naše písnička česká
1967
Posel úsvitu
1951
Love Without Words
1962
Kam s ním?
1956
Přísně tajné premiéry
1968
Dog's Heads
1955
Zpívající pudřenka
1960
Mezi nebem a zemí
1958
An Angel Seduces the Devil
1988
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