Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a
Czech
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actor. He was born in
Prague
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. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková.
He passed his school-leaving exam in 1919 and became a member of the Central Office of posts. He was sent to Uzghorod on business matters (1920–1923).
He was a member of
Vlasta Burian
Josef Vlastimil Burian, better known as Vlasta Burian, (9 April 1891 – 31 January 1962) was a Czechs, Czech actor, singer, comedian, footballer and film director. He is among the most famous Czech actors and comedians of the first half of the 2 ...
's Theatre 1926–1943, then of the Vinohradské divadlo (1943–1950) and then of the Městská divadla pražská (1950–1954), from where he became a member of the Národní divadlo (National Theatre), where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.
Roles
Silent film era
His first roles in the silent film era include partaking in the following films:
*
Dobrý voják Švejk
*
Falešná kočička
* Pantáta Bezoušek
* Lásky Kačenky Strnadové
* Švejk v ruském zajetí
*
Páter Vojtěch
* Modrý démant
* Svatý Václav
* Plukovník Švec
Sound film era
Afterwards, in the sound era, he worked exclusively with Burian, in the following films:
*
C. a k. polní maršálek
*
To neznáte Hadimršku
* Funebrák
*
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec
*
Pobočník Jeho Výsosti
*
Revizor
*
Hrdinný kapitán Korkorán
* Nezlobte dědečka
*
Hrdina jedné noci
''Hrdina jedné noci '' is a Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Martin Frič. It was released in 1935.
A German-language version, ''Held einer Nacht'', was filmed at the same time.
Cast
* Vlasta Burian - Florián Svícicka
* Truda Grosslich ...
*
Tři vejce do skla
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Ducháček to zařídí
*
U pokladny stál...
* Ulice zpívá
*
Katakomby
* Baron Prášil
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Přednosta stanice
* Provdám svou ženu
* Ryba na suchu
* Zlaté dno
His most famous roles without Burian are roles of professors in the movies Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše (1939) and Škola, základ života (1938) and the role of tram inspector Anděl in the movies ''
Dovolená s Andělem'' (1952), ''
Anděl na horách
''Anděl na horách'' is a 1955 Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Bořivoj Zeman. This is the sequel to the 1952 film, ''Dovolená s Andělem''.
Plot Summary
The forever-grumpy transportation inspector Gustav Anděl finds hi ...
'' (1955), (though both movies include heavy pro communist propaganda, like showing the ideal union of workers at a workers summer resort, where they all rather work together on a kindergarten building then vacation).
Books
He died in 1974 in Prague, with his three books of memorials being published posthumously. These include:
* „Nejen o sobě“ ("Not only about myself") (1975)
* „Jaroslav Marvan vypravuje“ ("Jaroslav Marvan relates") (1975)
* „Herecké eso“ ("Ace Actor") (1995)
External links
Jaroslav Marvan in Czech National Theater Archive*
ČSFD.cz - Jaroslav Marvan (in Czech)
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1901 births
1974 deaths
Male actors from Prague
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Czech male film actors
Czech male silent film actors
20th-century Czech male actors
Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery
Czech male stage actors