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Jiří Sovák(1920-2000)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Soundtrack
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Jiří Sovák in The Man from London (1974)
Jiří Sovák was born on 27 December 1920 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for When the Cat Comes (1963), Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) and Na kolejích ceká vrah (1970). He died on 6 September 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic.
BornDecember 27, 1920
DiedSeptember 6, 2000(79)
BornDecember 27, 1920
DiedSeptember 6, 2000(79)
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Known for

When the Cat Comes (1963)
When the Cat Comes
7.2
  • reditel skoly Karel(as Jirí Sovák)
  • 1963
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
7.1
  • Klaus Abard
  • 1977
Regina Rázlová in Na kolejích ceká vrah (1970)
Na kolejích ceká vrah
6.8
  • Major Kalas(as Jirí Sovák)
  • 1970
Jiří Sovák and Magda Vášáryová in Hry lásky sálivé (1971)
Hry lásky sálivé
6.9
  • Count(segment "Náusnice", as Jirí Sovák)
  • 1971

Credits

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Actor

  • Return to Paradise Lost (1999)
    Return to Paradise Lost
    4.5
    • Strejcek (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1999
  • Zdeněk Svěrák in Kolya (1996)
    Kolya
    7.7
    • Ruzicka (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1996
  • Z hricek o královnách: Záskok pro Sissi (útrzek rakousko-uherský) (1995)
    Z hricek o královnách: Záskok pro Sissi (útrzek rakousko-uherský)
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Intendant (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1995
  • Divoké pivo (1995)
    Divoké pivo
    2.3
    • Old man (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1995
  • Navstívení
    TV Movie
    • (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1994
  • Arabela se vrací (1993)
    Arabela se vrací
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Vigo (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1993–1994
  • Sherlock Holmes v pánském klubu aneb Komisar Dreyfus zasahuje
    TV Short
    • Host (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1992
  • Domácí predstavení
    TV Movie
    • (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1991
  • Josef Bek, Jiřina Bohdalová, Iva Janžurová, Jirina Jirásková, and Zdeněk Řehoř in Talisman (1991)
    Talisman
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1991
  • Území bílých králu (1991)
    Území bílých králu
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Rousar (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1991
  • Zabí král (1991)
    Zabí král
    5.7
    • Hippolytus (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1991
  • Magdalena Reifová, Ivana Spundová, and Nada Vanátková in Pane králi, jdeme zdáli (1989)
    Pane králi, jdeme zdáli
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • Král (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1989
  • Primerená vecere
    TV Movie
    • (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1989
  • Ladislav Frej and Otto Šimánek in Trezor (1989)
    Trezor
    4.7
    TV Movie
    • Drábek (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1989
  • Karel Heřmánek, Naďa Konvalinková, and Petr Nárožný in V tomhle zámku strasí, séfe! (1989)
    V tomhle zámku strasí, séfe!
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Kastelán (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1989

Writer

  • Vladimír Menšík in Silvestr 1979 - Hrajeme si jako deti (1979)
    Silvestr 1979 - Hrajeme si jako deti
    TV Movie
    • skit "Diváci roku 2020" (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1979
  • Vladimír Menšík in Silvestr hravý a dravý (1978)
    Silvestr hravý a dravý
    TV Movie
    • skit "Imitátor ptactva" (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1978
  • Miroslava Horníček and Jiří Sovák in Byli jednou dva písari (1972)
    Byli jednou dva písari
    8.4
    TV Series
    • dialogue (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1972
  • Marie Drahokoupilová and Miroslava Horníček in Vera - nevera (1972)
    Vera - nevera
    6.6
    TV Short
    • Writer (as Jirí Sovák)
    • 1972
  • Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libíček, and Jiří Sovák in Svetáci (1969)
    Svetáci
    7.8
    • contribution (uncredited)
    • 1969

Soundtrack

  • Kam zmizel ten starý song
    7.1
    TV Series
    • performer: "Tam za vodou v rákosí"
    • 2005
  • Sovákoviny
    TV Special
    • performer: "Ó, hrebícku zahradnický"
    • 2001
  • To byl Jirí Sovák
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Usmejte se na me, slecno"
    • 2001
  • Divoké pivo (1995)
    Divoké pivo
    2.3
    • performer: "Dobromila dobré pivo pila"
    • 1995
  • Mature Wine (1981)
    Mature Wine
    5.8
    • performer: "Ovcáci ctveráci", "My cizinou jsme bloudili"
    • 1981
  • Kulaté písnicky
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Já mám doma gramofon"
    • 1980
  • Jiří Sovák in Jablko a jeho strom (1977)
    Jablko a jeho strom
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Je jaká je (Sereno è )"
    • 1977
  • Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
    Long Live Ghosts!
    7.6
    • performer: "Skrítkové tesari"
    • 1977
  • Hvezda pada vzhuru (1975)
    Hvezda pada vzhuru
    4.0
    • performer: "Pozor na závrat", "Usmejte se na me, slecno"
    • 1975
  • Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libíček, and Jiří Sovák in Svetáci (1969)
    Svetáci
    7.8
    • performer: "Tak trikrát whisky s ledem"
    • 1969
  • Cintamani & podvodník (1965)
    Cintamani & podvodník
    7.1
    • performer: "Krásný vzhled je na ten bozí svet"
    • 1965
  • Mezi námi zlodeji (1964)
    Mezi námi zlodeji
    6.6
    • performer: "Dále, jen dál"
    • 1964
  • Závory
    Short
    • performer: "Talinskej rybník", "Ó hrebícku zahradnický"
    • 1963
  • Václav Lohniský and Jiří Sovák in Darbuján a Pandrhola (1960)
    Darbuján a Pandrhola
    7.4
    • performer: "Lepsí je ten kovárícek umounenej", "Glo glo glo, Gloria"
    • 1960
  • Neporazení (1956)
    Neporazení
    5.7
    • performer: "Jeste si já"
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • J. Sovák
  • Height
    • 6′ 2¾″ (1.90 m)
  • Born
    • December 27, 1920
    • Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • September 6, 2000
    • Prague, Czech Republic
  • Children
    • Jiří Schmitzer

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of Jiří Schmitzer
  • Quotes
    [on working with Jan Werich]: "Werich was a giant for me. A giant of calm, of sovereignty. And I fell in love with him all the more when I found out on the set that this great Werich also had stage fright, that his soul was also fluttering."

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