Miloš Kopecký
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2000 · Příběhy slavných as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Magic Book as Regent
- 1995 · Učitel tance as Granfather of Richard
- 1995 · GENUS as Self
- 1994 · Angelic Eyes as Krause
- 1993 · The Canary Connection as Don Padre
- 1992 · Uctivá poklona, pane Kohn as Munk
- 1992 · La valle di pietra as
- 1991 · My Pragues Understand Me as Giacomo Casanova
- 1991 · Labyrint as Rabbi Löw
- 1990 · Devět kapitol ze starého dějepisu as
- 1989 · Utopím si ho sám as Chouň
- 1989 · Dokonalý muž, dokonalá žena aneb Návštěva mladé dámy as
- 1988 · Viktor Veliký as
- 1988 · Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra as Sepl Noowi
- 1988 · Mistr Kornelius as
- 1987 · Vyhnanství as
- 1987 · O nejchytřejší princezně as
- 1987 · Poslední leč Alfonse Karáska as
- 1987 · Španělská paradentóza as
- 1986 · Růžový Hubert as Lord Henry
- 1986 · Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft as Vetešník
- 1986 · Slavné historky zbojnické as Narrator
- 1986 · Sny kominíka Sazivce as kouzelník
- 1986 · Klobouk, měšec a láska as King
- 1986 · The Great Movie Robbery as
- 1986 · Fair Play as Bayer
- 1986 · Písničky Na zábradlí as Host
- 1985 · Jak se tančí brumbambule as
- 1985 · Když vy jste taková jiná... as
- 1985 · Extended Time as Karel Svozil
- 1985 · Paragrafy na kolech as
- 1985 · Prague – The Restless Heart of Europe as (uncredited)
- 1985 · Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval as Self - Host
- 1985 · Medvěd as
- 1984 · The Secret of an Old Attic as Boss
- 1984 · Bambinot as Nikolas Mitropulos
- 1984 · The Three Veterans as skřítek
- 1984 · Zbohom, sladké driemoty as
- 1984 · Angel in a Devil's Body as
- 1984 · Galasuperšou as
- 1984 · Dům na nebesích as otec
- 1984 · Bergman a Bergman, detektivní kancelář as
- 1983 · Cesta na Borneo as
- 1983 · Síť na bludičku as
- 1983 · Hearty Greetings from the Globe as Prof. Horowitz
- 1983 · Ze staré drogerie as Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · Možná přijde i kouzelník as
- 1982 · Románek za tři krejcary as
- 1981 · Christening as Čirůvka
- 1981 · The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians as Baron Gorc z Gorců
- 1981 · Vdova po dvou mužích as
- 1981 · Mature Wine as Weber
- 1981 · Zakázaný výlet as
- 1981 · Panenka as Mayer
- 1981 · Aucassin a Nicoletta as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový as Miloš Kopecký
- 1980 · Escape Home as Dr. Karel Chrástek
- 1980 · How to Dupe a Lawyer as JUDr. Horic
- 1980 · Už vám není dvacet, paní Bláhová as
- 1980 · Grandle as
- 1980 · Payment in Kind as JUDr. Lukášek
- 1980 · Eva Eva as
- 1980 · Přehlídka dobré pohody as
- 1979 · Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti as Self
- 1979 · The Divine Emma as Herold Samuel
- 1979 · I'll Be Good, Old Man! as herec Theodor "Dóďa" Bergner
- 1979 · Kouzelný svět divadla a melodií as Host
- 1979 · Vdovcovy intimní večery as
- 1978 · Silvestr 1978 as Self
- 1978 · Nemocnice na kraji města as
- 1978 · Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet as baron Rupert von Kratzmar
- 1978 · Úplně beznadějný případ as
- 1978 · Hokej je hra as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 · Báječné ženy na létajících strojích as
- 1977 · Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí as Self
- 1977 · Náš dědek Josef as
- 1977 · To byla svatba, strýčku as Alfons Karásek
- 1977 · Štipku soli as
- 1976 · Bohoušův syn as Hostinský
- 1976 · We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling... as Novák
- 1976 · Svůdnice na šest as
- 1976 · Thirty Cases of Major Zema as
- 1975 · Silvestr na Silvestru as Self
- 1975 · Tři muži se žralokem as
- 1975 · How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer as hlavní český vodník Wassermann
- 1975 · Štrnásty v rade as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1975 · Potulné pohádkové divadlo I. as
- 1974 · Egyptologové as
- 1974 · A Night at Karlstein as vévoda Štěpán
- 1974 · Prášilové as
- 1974 · Leporelo aneb Patero obrázků z pera Jaroslava Haška as
- 1974 · Potulné pohádkové divadlo as
- 1973 · Kufr čili Silvestrovské kousky Miloše Kopeckého a Františka Filipovského as
- 1973 · Lakomec as
- 1973 · Rambling Engelbert as
- 1972 · Six Bears and a Clown as ředitel cirkusu II
- 1972 · Ctná paní Lucie as
- 1972 · Hup a Hop as Pepa Bepa (voice) (uncredited)
- 1972 · Svět otevřený náhodám as
- 1972 · Straw Hat as Maurice Fadinard
- 1972 · Bakaláři as
- 1972 · Noc labutí as
- 1972 · Miláček as
- 1972 · O Bumbrlíčkovi as
- 1971 · Lásky Emanuela Přibyla as
- 1971 · Alfons Karásek v lázních as Alfons Karásek
- 1971 · Hry lásky šálivé as
- 1971 · Murder in the Excelsior Hotel as ředitel hotelu
- 1971 · Svatby pana Voka as Petr Vok z Rožmberka
- 1971 · You Are a Widow, Sir as profesor Somr, majitel sanatoria
- 1971 · Jak se dělá televizní soutěž as
- 1971 · Trapasy II as
- 1971 · Konec draka Kusodrápa as
- 1971 · There Was a Miller on a River as Songster (voice)
- 1970 · Námluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku as továrník Cyprián Kachle
- 1970 · Šest uprchlíků as
- 1970 · Psíčci lorda Carltona as
- 1970 · Pan Tau as
- 1970 · Země úsměvů a snů as
- 1970 · Jak se dělá divadlo as
- 1970 · Trapasy as
- 1970 · I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen as Wertheim
- 1970 · Silvestrovský trapas as
- 1969 · Blázinec v 1. poschodí as Josef
- 1969 · I, Mournful God as Adolf
- 1969 · Hříšní lidé města pražského as
- 1969 · Slasti Otce vlasti as Jan Lucemburský
- 1969 · Prague Nights as (segment "Fabricius a Zuzana")
- 1969 · Úsměvy světa as
- 1969 · Učitel a přítel zůstal veřejnosti neznám as
- 1969 · Historie blechatého psa as Narrator (voice)
- 1969 · Pražská romance as
- 1968 · Křesadlo as
- 1968 · Čirok as
- 1968 · Přísně tajné premiéry as módní návrhář Noiret
- 1968 · Klapzubova jedenáctka as
- 1968 · Úřad as doktor Campilli
- 1968 · Jindřich IV. as
- 1968 · Pučálkovic Amina as vypravěč
- 1968 · Na návštěvě u Horníčků as
- 1967 · Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou as
- 1967 · Deštník as
- 1967 · Já truchlivý bůh as Adolf
- 1967 · Ta naše písnička česká as
- 1967 · Bidýlko as
- 1967 · When You Have a Holiday Dominique as Nácelník detektivu
- 1967 · Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower as
- 1967 · Zločin a trik II. as Man with a Cigar (segment "Sirka")
- 1967 · Zločin a trik II. as (segment "Trik")
- 1966 · Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene! as
- 1966 · Flám as Architekt Jiří Donát
- 1966 · Martin Speaking as
- 1966 · The Pipes as George Randy (voice)
- 1966 · Vražda v ulici de Lourcine as
- 1966 · Bejvávalo as
- 1966 · Sedm koní a vavříny as
- 1965 · Odsouzený z Pinktownu as
- 1965 · The White Lady as tajemník MNV
- 1965 · Lov na mamuta as
- 1964 · Lemonade Joe as Horác Badman alias "Hogofogo"
- 1964 · Napravení Jima Valentina as Jim Valentin
- 1964 · A Star Travels South as Šoustek - tourist guide
- 1964 · Revue pro banjo as
- 1964 · Zkáza Jeruzaléma as
- 1964 · Trik aneb Jak dámu okouzlit aneb Jak manžela oblafnout as
- 1963 · Kočár nejsvětější svátosti as
- 1963 · The King of Kings as Izmail
- 1962 · Dva z onoho světa as
- 1962 · Green Street as Commentary (voice)
- 1962 · The Fabulous Baron Munchausen as baron Prášil
- 1962 · Kolik slov stačí lásce? as Frantisek Habrada
- 1962 · Man in Outer Space as Josef, calouník
- 1962 · Ceiling as (voice)
- 1962 · Klíč as
- 1962 · Žárlivost as Jaroslav Holoubek
- 1962 · Zhasněte lampióny as
- 1961 · Every Penny Counts as
- 1961 · Tisíc pohledů za kulisy as
- 1961 · Ztracená revue as
- 1960 · Konec cesty as Jirák
- 1960 · Zpívající pudřenka as Krásný Venca
- 1960 · Zlepšovák as
- 1960 · Caterwauling as Mr. K
- 1959 · Sny na neděli as
- 1959 · Občan Brych as Kamil Tajchman
- 1959 · Of Things Supernatural as (segment "Tajemství písma") / (segment "Právní případ")
- 1958 · Mezi nebem a zemí as
- 1958 · Puppies as Magistrate
- 1958 · O lidech před pultem a za ním III. as
- 1958 · O lidech okolo stolu as
- 1958 · O lidech před pultem a za ním II. as
- 1957 · The Good Soldier Švejk as feldkurát Katz
- 1957 · Legend of Love as Prodavachat na kilimi
- 1957 · Vintage Car as Albert de Dion
- 1957 · O lidech před pultem a za ním I. as
- 1957 · Konec jasnovidce as jasnovidec Matěj Šobolín
- 1956 · Kam s ním? as
- 1956 · Silvery Wind as Gerlic
- 1956 · Přihlašte své televizory as Neplatič
- 1956 · Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph as
- 1956 · Jan Žižka as Sir from Sternberk
- 1956 · The Windy Mountain as Melichar Hnátek
- 1956 · Bill, Please as
- 1956 · Sen as
- 1955 · Jan Hus as biskupský kancléř
- 1955 · Dog's Heads as
- 1955 · Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... as chytrý princ
- 1955 · Trojí setkání as (voice)
- 1954 · The Best Man as lekárník Valérian Kýla
- 1954 · The Circus Will Be as
- 1954 · Severní přístav as Berka
- 1954 · Olověný chléb as
- 1954 · Kavárna na hlavní třídě as Matějka
- 1954 · Příběh lásky plné as
- 1954 · Stará čínská opera as Commentary (voice)
- 1953 · The Secret of Blood as Lékar na prednásce
- 1953 · Anna the Proletarian as Komisar
- 1953 · Kidnapped as passenger Rychman, musician
- 1953 · Píseň o silnici as Commentary (voice)
- 1953 · Hoří as Commentary (voice)
- 1952 · Velké dobrodružství as
- 1952 · The Proud Princess as Kancléř
- 1952 · Mikoláš Aleš as
- 1952 · The Emperor and the Golem as An Alchemist
- 1951 · Posel úsvitu as
- 1949 · Revoluční rok 1848 as Komorník u Portheima
- 1949 · Distant Journey as Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
- 1949 · Red Lizard as
- 1949 · Lost in the Suburbs as
- 1948 · Až se vrátíš... as
- 1948 · Zrcadlo as
- 1947 · Nevíte o bytě? as
- 1947 · Warriors of Faith as student