Jan Werich1905 - 1980

usually

Actor

Popularity

1.1

Famous

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".

Credits

Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

2021

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

0
0.1
Fimfarum - To the good of all
Fimfarum - To the good of all

2011

Animation

as (voice)

6.8
0.1
Fimfarum 2
Fimfarum 2

2006

Animation • Family

as Narrator

7.4
0.1
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
Jan Werich's Fimfarum

2002

Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Vypravěč

6.9
0.1
When the Oak Leaves Fall
When the Oak Leaves Fall

1991

Animation • Comedy

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

8.3
0.1
Mean Barbara
Mean Barbara

1989

Animation

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

9.3
0.1
Pan Tau – der Film
Pan Tau – der Film

1988

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as (archive footage)

6.3
0.2
Jonáš a Melicharová
Jonáš a Melicharová

1986

Comedy • Music

as (archive footage)

0
0.1
Královna Koloběžka první
Královna Koloběžka první

1981

Animation

as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)

0
0
Assignment K
Assignment K

1968

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Dr. Spiegler

6
0.3
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
0
0.1
King and Women
King and Women

1967

Comedy • History

as Jindřich VIII.

8
0.1
The 25th Hour
The 25th Hour

1967

Drama • War

as Sgt. Constantin

7.7
0.6
Pražská strašidla
Pražská strašidla

1966

Animation • Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0
0
Magnetické vlny léčí
Magnetické vlny léčí

1965

Comedy • TV Movie

as léčitel Wohu

6.5
0.1
The Dear Departed
The Dear Departed

1964

TV Movie

as Dědeček

6
0.1
The Cry
The Cry

1964

Drama

as Narrator (voice)

6.9
0.2
Uspořená libra
Uspořená libra

1963

Comedy • TV Movie

as Sam Adams

7.8
0.1
Tears the World Can't See
Tears the World Can't See

1963

Comedy

as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov

7.5
0.2
When the Cat Comes
When the Cat Comes

1963

Comedy • Fantasy

as Oliva

7
0.7
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

1962

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Fantasy

as kapitán holandské lodi

7.4
0.6
Italienisches Capriccio
Italienisches Capriccio

1961

Drama

as Don Marzio

10
0.1
Medvěd
Medvěd

1961

Comedy • TV Movie

as statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov

9
0.1
Balada z hadrů
Balada z hadrů

1960

Comedy • Drama

as strážný Holofern

7
0.1
Těžká Barbora
Těžká Barbora

1960

Drama

as druhý žoldnéř

6.2
0.1
The Creation of the World
The Creation of the World

1958

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Narrator (voice)

6.9
0.1
Silvestr 1957
0
0.1
To jsou Bratři v triku
To jsou Bratři v triku

1957

Documentary

as Himself

0
0.1
The Good Soldier Schweik
The Good Soldier Schweik

1956

Animation • Comedy

as Narrator

7.2
0.1
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

1956

Animation • Comedy • War

as Narrator (voice)

0
0.2
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

1956

Comedy

as Commentary (voice)

5.4
0.2
Hudba z Marsu
Hudba z Marsu

1955

Comedy • Music

as Nadšený divák

5.9
0.3
Two Little Frosts
Two Little Frosts

1955

Animation • Comedy

as Brave Frost (voice)

6.5
0.1
Dog's Heads
Dog's Heads

1955

Drama • History

5
0.3
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

1955

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as král Já I.

8
0.3
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

1955

Animation • Comedy • War

as Narrator (voice)

0
0.2
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

1954

Animation • Comedy • War

as Narrator (voice)

0
0.1
The Emperor and the Golem
The Emperor and the Golem

1952

Comedy • Fantasy • Horror

as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker

6.9
0.5
The Golden Fish
The Golden Fish

1951

Animation

as Narrator (voice)

5.7
0.1
The Fall of Berlin
The Fall of Berlin

1950

Drama • War

as Hermann Goering

4.8
0.5
Crisis
Crisis

1939

Documentary

0
0.1
The World Belongs to Us
The World Belongs to Us

1937

Comedy

as kamelot

6.8
0.1
Here in Kocourkov
Here in Kocourkov

1934

Comedy

as Ferdinand Kaplan

7.5
0.2
Heave-Ho!
Heave-Ho!

1934

Comedy

7
0.1
Your Money or Your Life
Your Money or Your Life

1932

Comedy

as Tonda

7
0.1
Powder and Petrol
7
0.2

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