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Otto Šimánek
Třešť, Československo
Otto Šimánek (April 28, 1925 Třešť - May 8, 1992 Prague) was a Czech mime, film and theater actor. He has starred in a number of comedies and several fairy tales. Probably his mos…
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Otto Šimánek (April 28, 1925 Třešť - May 8, 1992 Prague) was a Czech mime, film and theater actor. He has starred in a number of comedies and several fairy tales. Probably his most famous role was the title role in the series Pan Tau. He trained as an electrician at Tesla in Prague and has so far played the theater only amateuristically. He later got to the Theater on May 5 and also traveled for a few months at the Theater under the Placht of Jindřich Plachta. He gained acting experience in various theaters. He worked in theaters in Zlín, Ostrava and finally in 1958 he was engaged in the Municipal Theaters of Prague, where he lasted until 1990. He played a number of large roles on the stage. The character of the clown Jean Debureau remains unforgettable for the audience in the dramatization of Kožík's novel The Greatest of the Pierots, where he could fully use his love for pantomime. Acting in the Prague theater also meant an opportunity to win film and television roles. He mainly played smaller roles in about forty films. The most famous is probably the role from the movie I'll Get Up Tomorrow and Bake My Tea. His character, Mr. Tau, entered the European and, to some extent, world film consciousness in the co-production series of the same name by director Jindřich Polák and screenwriter Ota Hofman. He also taught pantomime at the Prague Conservatory and DAMU. Among his students was, among others, the actor Petr Čepek. On the site of the pharmacy where Otto Šimánek was born, an ash statue was installed in 2011 depicting an actor in the role of Mr. Tau with a typical hand movement near his hat. The author is Daniel Stejskal.
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1991
Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes
Movie Georges De Rillettes
- 1989
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1989
Trezor
Movie Adámek
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1988
Pan Tau – der Film
Movie Rudolf Karasek / Josef Novák
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1987
Merry Christmas Octopus
Movie učitel
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1987
Kde bydlí štěstí
Movie zlatník
- 1987
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1987
Ohnivé ženy se vracejí
Movie
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1986
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
TV show Teacher
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1986
Statečný Azmun
Movie
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1986
Young Wine
Movie
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1986
Území strachu
Movie
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1985
Santa Lucia
Movie
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1985
Stalo se jedné neděle
Movie
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1985
Šach mat
Movie
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1984
...and again that Lucy!
Movie Mall Detective
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1984
Lucy, the Menace of Street
Movie Mall Detective
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1983
Tři mušketýři
TV show
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1983
Malý pitaval z velkého města
TV show
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1983
The Visitors
TV show
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1983
Poslední návrat
Movie
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1983
Duch soudce Pauknera
Movie
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1983
O bílém jadýrku
Movie
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1982
Zelená vlna
Movie
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1982
Kamenný orchestr
Movie Matas
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1981
Poručík Petr
TV show
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1981
Mature Wine
Movie
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1981
Had z ráje
TV show Mr. Forchheim
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1980
Arabela
TV show
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1980
Inženýrská odysea
TV show
- 1979
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1979
No Magic from Tomorrow
Movie Pan Tau
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1978
Alarm in the Clouds
Movie Pan Tau
- 1978
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1977
Básník, služka a král
Movie
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1977
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Movie Patrick White
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1976
Panenka z vltavské tůně
Movie
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1976
Muž na radnici
TV show
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1976
Wine Working
Movie
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1975
Dva muži hlásí příchod
Movie
