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".
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Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je… | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-05 |
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Fimfárum – Do třetice všeho dobrého | (voice) | 2011-02-10 |
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Fimfárum 2 | Narrator | 2006-02-23 |
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Fimfárum Jana Wericha | Vypravěč | 2002-11-28 |
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Až opadá listí z dubu | Narrator (voice) (archive sound) | 1991-01-01 |
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Pan Tau – der Film | (archive footage) | 1988-11-03 |
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Lakomá Barka | Vypravěč | 1987-07-28 |
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Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy | Self | 1968-01-01 |
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Assignment K | Dr. Spiegler | 1968-02-16 |
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Král a žena | Jindřich VIII. | 1967-12-30 |
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Pražská strašidla | Narrator (voice) | 1966-01-01 |
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Magnetické vlny léčí | léčitel Wohu | 1965-12-25 |
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Křik | Narrator (voice) | 1964-02-14 |
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Drahý zesnulý | Dědeček | 1964-12-25 |
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Slzy, které svět nevidí | Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov | 1963-10-18 |
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Kočár nejsvětější svátosti | 1963-10-18 | |
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Uspořená libra | vkladatel libry | 1963-12-31 |
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Až přijde kocour | Oliva | 1963-09-20 |
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Baron Prášil | kapitán holandské lodi | 1962-09-21 |
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Italienisches Capriccio | 1961-06-08 | |
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Medvěd | statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov | 1961-01-15 |
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Těžká Barbora | druhý žoldnéř | 1960-06-13 |
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Balada z hadrů | strážný Holofern | 1960-08-17 |
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Stvoření světa | Narrator (voice) | 1958-04-04 |
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To jsou Bratři v triku | Himself | 1957-01-01 |
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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase | Narrator (voice) | 1956-09-21 |
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Vzorný kinematograf Haška Jaroslava | Commentary (voice) | 1956-06-01 |
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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka | Narrator | 1956-10-04 |
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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku | Narrator (voice) | 1955-01-01 |
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Psohlavci | 1955-03-25 | |
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Byl jednou jeden král... | král Já I. | 1955-02-11 |
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Hudba z Marsu | Nadšený divák | 1955-05-27 |
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Dva mrazíci | Brave Frost (voice) | 1955-04-22 |
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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče | Narrator (voice) | 1954-07-11 |
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Pouť noci silvestrovské | 1953-12-31 | |
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Císařův pekař – Pekařův císař | Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker | 1952-01-04 |
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O zlaté rybce | Narrator (voice) | 1951-01-01 |
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Падение Берлина | Hermann Goering | 1950-01-21 |
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Crisis | 1939-03-13 | |
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Svět patří nám | kamelot | 1937-07-30 |
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Hej-Rup! | 1934-10-26 | |
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U nás v Kocourkově | Ferdinand Kaplan | 1934-11-23 |
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Peníze nebo život | Tonda | 1932-10-14 |
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Pudr a benzin | 1932-01-15 | |
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Silvestr 1957 |
