Jiří Sovák (1920 –2000) was a Czech actor, best known for
his comedy roles.
Jiří Sovák was born Jiří Schmitzer (he changed his –German- name
to Sovák as a protest against Nazi Germany and its occupation of
Czechoslovakia). In 1941 – during WW2 – he graduated from Prague State
Conservatory where he had been studying drama. His father did not want him to
be an actor, so he worked as a clerk and played in an amateur theatre group.
In 1947 he went to Prague where he played in the E.F. Burian
Theatre (1947–1952), Vinohrady Theatre (1952–1966) and National Theatre
(1966–1983). He retired on 31 March 1983. He died in a Prague hospital before
his 80th birthday and is buried in Stříbrná Skalice, in a private
grave closed to the public.
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