Ladislav Smoljak
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ladislav Smoljak (9 December 1931 – 6 June 2010) was a Czech film and theater director, actor and screenwriter. He was born in Prague. Smoljak tried to study at an art academy but failed the admission process. He went on to study physics and mathematics, and later worked as journalist and scriptwriter. Together with Zdeněk Svěrák he founded the Theater of Jára Cimrman (Divadlo Járy Cimrmana, DJC) in Prague, named after a fictitious genius. Smoljak wrote scripts and directed several films; these became very successful in the Czech Republic. He died of cancer on 6 June 2010 in Kladno.
Movie Appearances
Ostrov plný písniček
1977
Ball Lightning
as Ing. Severín
1979
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
as Headmaster
1998
Lijavec
as Inspektor starobinců
1997
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as Tuček
1976
An Uncertain Season
1988
Secluded, Near Woods
as Radim Zvon
1976
The Hit
as Kohoutek, Director
1981
Posel z Liptákova
as Standa
1997
Posel z Liptákova
as Grim Reaper
1997
Joseph Kilian
1964
Jiří z Poděbrad
as narrator
2009
Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský
2008
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
1997
Pub in the Glade
as Escapee Kulhánek
1997
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
as Inspector Trachta
1997
The Conquest of the North Pole
as Varel Frištenský
2007
Plum Tree
as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
1997
The Nude
as Láďa Pýcha
1998
Blaník
as Veverka z Bitýšky
1997
