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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 6, 1905
Died
October 31, 1980
Place of Birth
Praha - Československo
Also Known As
- Ян Верих
Jan Werich
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future business partner, Jiří Voskovec, also studied). He studied law at the Charles University Law School from 1924 to 1927, from which he made an early departure to begin his artistic career and forge one of the most important partnerships of his life. For more than 10 years he worked in theatre Jiří Voskovec and Jaroslav Ježek. Their partnership was a platform for their numerous left-wing political satires, most notably in the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theatre). The trio's work took inspiration from Dada, with its love of the absurd, a reaction against bourgeois values and the horrors of World War I. In 1955 he begun working in cinema, and 1960s were a peak in his actor career. From the creation of the ABC Theatre he moved to the City Theatres of Prague and then to the Musical Theatre of Karlin and Nusle. Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Upon his arrival at the Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert felt that he was a poor choice, resembling a "poor, benevolent Santa Claus".
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
2021
🎬
0.0
self
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
2012
6.8
(voice)
Fimfarum - To the good of all
2011
7.4
Narrator
Fimfarum 2
2006
🎬
0.0
self
Tři strážníci
2005
6.9
Vypravěč
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
2002
8.3
Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
When the Oak Leaves Fall
1991
🎬
7.8
Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Mean Barbara
1989
6.2
(archive footage)
Pan Tau – der Film
1988
🎬
0.0
(archive footage)
Jonáš a Melicharová
1986
Credits
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
🎬
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
as self
2012
0.0
Fimfarum - To the good of all
as (voice)
2011
6.8
Fimfarum 2
as Narrator
2006
7.4
🎬
Tři strážníci
as self
2005
0.0
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
as Vypravěč
2002
6.9
When the Oak Leaves Fall
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1991
8.3
🎬
Mean Barbara
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1989
7.8
Pan Tau – der Film
as (archive footage)
1988
6.2
🎬
Jonáš a Melicharová
as (archive footage)
1986
0.0
🎬
Královna Koloběžka první
as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)
1981
0.0
🎬
Herecké Vánoce
as Jan Werich
1970
0.0
Pan Tau
1970
6.8
🎬
Přiložte životopis
as Self
1968
0.0
🎬
Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
as Self
1968
10.0
Assignment K
as Dr. Spiegler
1968
5.9
Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968
7.0
🎬
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
as Self
1968
0.0
🎬
King and Women
as Jindřich VIII.
1967
8.0
The 25th Hour
as Sgt. Constantin
1967
7.7
🎬
Pražská strašidla
as Narrator (voice)
1966
0.0
Magnetické vlny léčí
as léčitel Wohu
1965
6.5
🎬
The Dear Departed
as Dědeček
1964
6.0
The Cry
as Narrator (voice)
1964
6.9
🎬
Uspořená libra
as Sam Adams
1963
7.8
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
1963
6.0
Tears the World Can't See
as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov
1963
7.5
When the Cat Comes
as Oliva
1963
7.0
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
as kapitán holandské lodi
1962
7.3
Italienisches Capriccio
as Don Marzio
1961
10.0
Medvěd
as statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov
1961
9.0
🎬
Těžká Barbora
1960
6.2
Balada z hadrů
as strážný Holofern
1960
7.0
The Creation of the World
as Narrator (voice)
1958
6.7
🎬
Silvestr 1957
1957
0.0
🎬
To jsou Bratři v triku
as Himself
1957
0.0
The Good Soldier Schweik
as Narrator
1956
7.2
🎬
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
as Narrator (voice)
1956
0.0
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
as Commentary (voice)
1956
5.4
Hudba z Marsu
as Nadšený divák
1955
5.9
Two Little Frosts
as Brave Frost (voice)
1955
6.5
Dog's Heads
1955
5.0
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
as král Já I.
1955
8.0
🎬
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
as Narrator (voice)
1955
0.0
🎬
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
as Narrator (voice)
1954
0.0
🎬
Pouť noci silvestrovské
1953
0.0
🎬
Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem
1953
0.0
The Emperor and the Golem
as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
1952
6.9
🎬
The Golden Fish
as Narrator (voice)
1951
5.7
The Fall of Berlin
as Hermann Goering
1950
4.8
Crisis
1939
0.0
The World Belongs to Us
as kamelot
1937
6.8
🎬
Here in Kocourkov
as Ferdinand Kaplan
1934
7.5
Heave-Ho!
1934
6.6
Your Money or Your Life
as Tonda
1932
7.0
Powder and Petrol
1932
7.0