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Otto Šimánek

Otto Šimánek

  • Schauspiel
  • 28. April 1925 – 8. Mai 1992 · im Alter von 67
  • Třešť, Československo

Otto Šimánek (April 28, 1925 Třešť - May 8, 1992 Prague) was a Czech mime, film and theater actor. He has starred in a number of comedies and several fairy tales. Probably his most famous role was the title role in the series Pan Tau. He trained as an electrician at Tesla in Prague and has so far played the theater only amateuristically. He later got to the Theater on May 5 and also traveled for a few months at the Theater under the Placht of Jindřich Plachta. He gained acting experience in various theaters. He worked in theaters in Zlín, Ostrava and finally in 1958 he was engaged in the Municipal Theaters of Prague, where he lasted until 1990. He played a number of large roles on the stage. The character of the clown Jean Debureau remains unforgettable for the audience in the dramatization of Kožík's novel The Greatest of the Pierots, where he could fully use his love for pantomime. Acting in the Prague theater also meant an opportunity to win film and television roles. He mainly played smaller roles in about forty films. The most famous is probably the role from the movie I'll Get Up Tomorrow and Bake My Tea. His character, Mr. Tau, entered the European and, to some extent, world film consciousness in the co-production series of the same name by director Jindřich Polák and screenwriter Ota Hofman. He also taught pantomime at the Prague Conservatory and DAMU. Among his students was, among others, the actor Petr Čepek. On the site of the pharmacy where Otto Šimánek was born, an ash statue was installed in 2011 depicting an actor in the role of Mr. Tau with a typical hand movement near his hat. The author is Daniel Stejskal.

Bekannt für

  • Serie7.0

    Bakaláři

    1972 · 2 votes

  • Serie7.1

    Pan Tau

    1970 · 17 votes

  • Serie8.2

    Arabela

    Die Märchenbraut

    1980 · 48 votes

  • Film7.2

    Vynález zkázy

    Die Erfindung des Verderbens

    1958 · 97 votes

  • Serie7.6

    Návštěvníci

    Die Besucher

    1983 · 24 votes

  • Serie7.3

    Malý pitaval z velkého města

    Bezirksverwaltung der „K“ Prag

    1983 · 6 votes

  • Serie8.0
  • Serie7.0

    F. L. Věk

    1971 · 5 votes

Filmografie43

  1. 1989
  2. 1988
  3. 1986
  4. 1984
  5. 1983
  6. 1981
  7. 1980
  8. 1978
  9. 1977
  10. 1976
  11. 1973
  12. 1972
  13. 1971
  14. 1970
  15. 1969
  16. 1968
  17. 1967
  18. 1966
  19. 1964
  20. 1963
  21. 1962
  22. 1961
  23. 1960
  24. 1958
  25. 1954