
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".
as Dr. Spiegler

1970

as Narrator (voice)
1958

as Dr. Spiegler
1968

1968

as kapitán holandské lodi
1962

as Sgt. Constantin
1967
as self
2005

as Don Marzio
1961

as Oliva
1963

as Goering
1950

as Nadšený divák
1955

as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
1951
as Narrator
2006
as voice
2025

as Self (archive footage)
2021

as (voice)
2011

as Narrator
2006

as Vypravěč
2002

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1991
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1989

as (archive footage)
1988
as (archive footage)
1986
as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)
1981
as Jan Werich
1970

as Dr. Spiegler
1968
as Self
1968
as Jindřich VIII.
1967

as Sgt. Constantin
1967
as Narrator (voice)
1966

as léčitel Wohu
1965
as Dědeček
1964

as Narrator (voice)
1964

as Sam Adams
1963

1963

as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov
1963

as Oliva
1963

as kapitán holandské lodi
1962
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