Jan Werich
Acting
1905-02-06 · Praha - Československo
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".
Filmography
Cecílie
2025 · Movie
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
2021 · Movie
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
2012 · Series
Fimfarum - To the good of all
2011 · Movie
Fimfarum 2
2006 · Movie
Tři strážníci
2005 · Series
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
2002 · Movie
RumplCimprCampr
1997 · Movie
When the Oak Leaves Fall
1991 · Movie
Mean Barbara
1989 · Movie
Pan Tau – der Film
1988 · Movie
Jonáš a Melicharová
1986 · Movie
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984 · Movie
The Three Veterans
1984 · Movie
Echoes of the Blue Room
1983 · Movie
Přišel na večeři
1981 · Movie
Královna Koloběžka první
1981 · Movie
Herecké Vánoce
1970 · Movie
Pan Tau
1970 · Series
Přiložte životopis
1968 · Series
Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
1968 · Series
Assignment K
1968 · Movie
Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968 · Series
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
1968 · Movie
King and Women
1967 · Movie
The 25th Hour
1967 · Movie
Golem
1967 · Movie
Pražská strašidla
1966 · Movie
Magnetické vlny léčí
1965 · Movie
The Dear Departed
1964 · Movie
Three veterans
1964 · Movie
The Cry
1964 · Movie
Uspořená libra
1963 · Movie
Tears the World Can't See
1963 · Movie
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
1963 · Movie
When the Cat Comes
1963 · Movie
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962 · Movie
Italienisches Capriccio
1961 · Movie
Medvěd
1961 · Movie
Těžká Barbora
1960 · Movie
Balada z hadrů
1960 · Movie
The Creation of the World
1958 · Movie
Silvestr 1957
1957 · Movie
To jsou Bratři v triku
1957 · Movie
The Good Soldier Svejk
1956 · Movie
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956 · Movie
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956 · Movie
Hudba z Marsu
1955 · Movie
Two Little Frosts
1955 · Movie
Dog's Heads
1955 · Movie
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955 · Movie
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955 · Movie
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954 · Movie
Pouť noci silvestrovské
1953 · Movie
The Secret of Blood
1953 · Movie
Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem
1953 · Movie
The Emperor and the Golem
1951 · Movie
The Golden Fish
1951 · Movie
The Fall of Berlin
1950 · Movie
Crisis
1939 · Movie
The World Belongs to Us
1937 · Movie
The Golem
1936 · Movie
Here in Kocourkov
1934 · Movie
Heave-Ho!
1934 · Movie
Your Money or Your Life
1932 · Movie
Powder and Petrol
1932 · Movie