Miloš Kopecký
1922-08-22 ( 102 years old ) in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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.

Movies

The Magic Book 1996-02-22
Učitel tance 1995-01-26
Angelic Eyes 1994-01-20
Labyrint 1991-11-27
Viktor Veliký 1988-01-01
Fair Play 1987-08-01
Extended Time 1985-10-01
Medvěd 1985-01-01
Christening 1981-12-25
Mature Wine 1981-07-31
Panenka 1981-03-14
Escape Home 1980-10-17
Grandle 1980-04-06
Eva Eva 1980-01-01
Silvestr 1978 1978-12-31
Hokej je hra 1978-01-01
Bohoušův syn 1976-12-31
Egyptologové 1974-09-01
Lakomec 1973-02-11
Straw Hat 1972-03-24
Noc labutí 1972-01-06
Miláček 1972-01-01
Trapasy II 1971-01-01
Trapasy 1970-05-21
Prague Nights 1969-06-06
Křesadlo 1968-12-25
Čirok 1968-04-06
Úřad 1968-01-03
Jindřich IV. 1968-01-01
Deštník 1967-12-16
Bidýlko 1967-05-24
Flám 1966-12-09
The Pipes 1966-08-30
The White Lady 1965-09-24
Lov na mamuta 1965-04-23
Lemonade Joe 1964-10-16
Green Street 1962-08-03
Ceiling 1962-03-15
Žárlivost 1962-01-01
Klíč 1962-01-01
Konec cesty 1960-03-11
Zlepšovák 1960-01-01
Caterwauling 1960-01-01
Sny na neděli 1959-08-28
Občan Brych 1959-02-20
Puppies 1958-03-21
Legend of Love 1957-08-09
Vintage Car 1957-03-29
Kam s ním? 1956-12-14
Silvery Wind 1956-11-30
Jan Žižka 1956-02-05
Bill, Please 1956-01-01
Sen 1956-01-01
Jan Hus 1955-04-29
Dog's Heads 1955-03-25
The Best Man 1954-12-25
Kidnapped 1953-01-30
Hoří 1953-01-01
Posel úsvitu 1951-09-28
Red Lizard 1949-02-11
Zrcadlo 1948-01-01