Stanislav Fišer (14 December 1931 – 11 June 2022) was a Czech theatre and film actor and
dubber.
Life
Fišer was born in
Hořice. He started as an amateur actor, after World War II. He first played in the Theatre for Youth, run by Míla Mellanová. He then went on to work at the
Vinohrady Theatre, the Jiří Wolker Theatre and the E. F. Burian Theatre.
From 1959 he worked for
Jan Werich at the ABC Theatre, which was later incorporated into the Prague City Theatres, where he remained under the direction of
Ota Ornest OTA or ota may stand for:
Art, entertainment, and media
* '' Off the Air'', an Adult Swim television series
* Otakon, an annual anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland
Electronics, science, and technology
* Ochratoxin A (also termed OTA), a myco ...
until his retirement in 1993.
He played his first episodic roles in the famous Czech films ''The Stone Table Inn'' (1948) and ''Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky'' (Family troubles of Mr.Tříška, a clerk, 1949). From the second half of the 1950s until the 1990s, he was one of the most widely cast film and television actors. He often played episodic comic or negative roles.
In 1999, he received the František Filipovský Award for lifetime achievement in
dubbing.
In 2004, he was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer by doctors and had to undergo a radical procedure in which his vocal cords were removed, thus losing his unmistakable voice.
He could not speak without a special device and lived in seclusion until his death.
Theatre roles, selection
* Těžká Barbora, (1960 in ABC Theatre)
* Thornton Wilder: Mrs Dolly, the Matchmaker, Barnabas Tucker, (1962 in ABC Theatre)
* Maurice Hennequin: Lying Ketty (1966)
* Mikhail Bulgakov: The Purple Island (1967)
* Brandon Thomas: Charley's Aunt (1969)
Film and television roles, selection
* ''
Lost Children'' (1956 film)
* ''Florenc 13.30'' (1957)
* ''
Pan Tau
Pan Tau ( Czech for "Mr. Tau") is a character created for a children's television series. There were 33 episodes in 3 series made by the Czechoslovak Television (ČST) in cooperation with Barrandov Studios and the West German TV network Westde ...
'' (1970 TV series)
* ''Burglar and Umbrella (1970 episode of
The Sinful People of Prague)''
* ''
The Death of Black King (1971 episode of
The Sinful People of Prague)
''
* ''The Star Falls Upward'' (1974)
* ''The Hic Party'' (1976)
* ''Poor Mr. Kufalt'' (1981)
* ''
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York
''Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York'' ( cs, Dobrodružství Robinsona Crusoe, námořníka z Yorku) is a 1982 Czechoslovak stop motion-animated film, with animated flashbacks, directed by Stanislav Látal. The film is based on the ...
'' (1982)
* ''
30 Cases of Major Zeman
''Thirty Cases of Major Zeman'' (''Třicet případů majora Zemana'') is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The series were f ...
''
Dubbing
One of the most sought-after Czech dubbing actors, he has lent his voice to
Pierre Brice
Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels.
Life and films
Brice was born in Brest, Brit ...
, who played
Winnetou in the German 1960's western series, and
Peter Sellers as
Inspector Clouseau in the
Pink Panther film series.
He is also known for dubbing Paul Villagio in the comedies about the accountant
Fantozzi, as well as the
Asterix character in the French comix series.
References
External links
*
ČSFD: Profile and list of roles
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Czech male film actors
Czech theatre people
Czech male voice actors
Czechoslovak male voice actors
1931 births
2022 deaths
People from Hořice