Miloš Kopecký
Actor
Born August 22, 1922 in 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
Příběhy slavných
Self (archive footage)
The Magic Book
Regent
Učitel tance
Granfather of Richard
Angelic Eyes
Krause
The Canary Connection
Don Padre
La valle di pietra
My Pragues Understand Me
Giacomo Casanova
Labyrinth
Rabbi Löw
Utopím si ho sám
Chouň
An Angel Seduces the Devil
Viktor Veliký
Poslední leč Alfonse Karáska
Alfons Karásek
Fair Play
Bayer
The Great Movie Robbery
Klobouk, měšec a láska
King
Růžový Hubert
Lord Henry
Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
Vetešník
Slavné historky zbojnické
Narrator
Jak se tančí brumbambule
Král
Extended Time
Karel Svozil
Paragrafy na kolech
The Secret of an Old Attic
Boss
Bambinot
Nikolas Mitropulos
The Three Veterans
skřítek
Angel in a Devil's Body
Síť na bludičku
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Prof. Horowitz
Ze staré drogerie
Narrator (voice)
Možná přijde i kouzelník
Christening
Čirůvka
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Baron Gorc z Gorců
Mature Wine
Weber
Escape Home
Dr. Karel Chrástek
How to Dupe a Lawyer
JUDr. Horic
Payment in Kind
JUDr. Lukášek
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
Self
The Divine Emma
Herold Samuel
I'll Be Good, Old Man!
herec Theodor "Dóďa" Bergner
Nemocnice na kraji města
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
baron Rupert von Kratzmar
Náš dědek Josef
To byla svatba, strýčku
Alfons Karásek
Bohoušův syn
Hostinský
We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
Novák
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
Kloc
Tři muži se žralokem
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
hlavní český vodník Wassermann
Egyptologové
A Night at Karlstein
vévoda Štěpán
Leporelo aneb Patero obrázků z pera Jaroslava Haška
Six Bears and a Clown
ředitel cirkusu II
Hup a Hop
Pepa Bepa (voice) (uncredited)
Svět otevřený náhodám
Straw Hat
Maurice Fadinard
Bakaláři
Alfons Karásek v lázních
Alfons Karásek
Hry lásky šálivé
Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
ředitel hotelu
Svatby pana Voka
Petr Vok z Rožmberka
You Are a Widow, Sir
profesor Somr, majitel sanatoria
There Was a Miller on a River
Songster (voice)
Námluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku
továrník Cyprián Kachle
Pan Tau
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Wertheim
I, Mournful God
Adolf
Hříšní lidé města pražského
Slasti Otce vlasti
Jan Lucemburský
Prague Nights
(segment "Fabricius a Zuzana")
Přísně tajné premiéry
módní návrhář Noiret
Klapzubova jedenáctka
Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou
Ta naše písnička česká
Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower
Martin Speaking
The Pipes
George Randy (voice)
Bejvávalo
The White Lady
tajemník MNV
Lemonade Joe
Horác Badman alias "Hogofogo"
A Star Travels South
Šoustek - tourist guide
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
The King of Kings
Izmail
Dva z onoho světa
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
baron Prášil
Love Without Words
Frantisek Habrada
Man in Outer Space
Josef, calouník
Ceiling
(voice)
Every Penny Counts
Tisíc pohledů za kulisy
Konec cesty
Jirák
Zpívající pudřenka
Krásný Venca
Caterwauling
Mr. K
Sny na neděli
Občan Brych
Kamil Tajchman
Of Things Supernatural
(segment "Tajemství písma") / (segment "Právní případ")
Mezi nebem a zemí
Puppies
Magistrate
The Good Soldier Švejk
feldkurát Katz
Legend of Love
Prodavachat na kilimi
Vintage Car
Albert de Dion
Konec jasnovidce
jasnovidec Matěj Šobolín
Kam s ním?
Silvery Wind
Gerlic
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Jan Žižka
Sir from Sternberk
The Windy Mountain
Melichar Hnátek
Jan Hus
biskupský kancléř
Dog's Heads
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
chytrý princ
Directive
The Best Man of All
lekárník Valérian Kýla
The Circus Will Be
Severní přístav
Berka
The Secret of Blood
Lékar na prednásce
Anna the Proletarian
Komisar
Kidnapped
passenger Rychman, musician
Velké dobrodružství
The Proud Princess
Kancléř
Mikoláš Aleš
The Emperor and the Golem
An Alchemist
Posel úsvitu
Distant Journey
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Red Lizard
Lost in the Suburbs
Nevíte o bytě?
Warriors of Faith
student