Jan Werich
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".
Known for
ActingBirthday
February 6, 1905Deathday
October 31, 1980Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
68Place of birth
Praha - ČeskoslovenskoAlso known as
Ян Верих
Cast credits
The Emperor and the Golem
Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
Fimfarum 2
Narrator
Jan Werich's Fimfarum
Vypravěč
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
král Já I.
Fimfarum - To the good of all
(voice)
The Creation of the World
Narrator (voice)
Your Money or Your Life
Tonda
Hudba z Marsu
Nadšený divák
Powder and Petrol
Heave-Ho!
The World Belongs to Us
kamelot
Uspořená libra
Sam Adams
When the Cat Comes
Oliva
The Good Soldier Schweik
Narrator
When the Oak Leaves Fall
Narrator (voice) (archive sound)Crew credits
Fimfarum - To the good of all
Original Story
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti
Screenplay
RumplCimprCampr
Author
The World Belongs to Us
Theatre Play, Screenplay, Lyricist
Your Money or Your Life
Screenplay, Story
Uspořená libra
Screenplay, Adaptation
Powder and Petrol
Screenplay, Story, Producer
The Good Soldier Schweik
Adaptation
Heave-Ho!
Story, Screenplay
The Emperor and the Golem
Screenplay, Story, Creative Producer
The Golem
Theatre Play
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
The Secret of Blood
Screenstory
Fimfarum 2
WriterImages
