Andrzej Łapicki (11 November 1924 – 21 July 2012) was a Polish film actor, theater director and actor. He enjoyed a long career, appearing in 50 films between 1947 and 1999. Łapicki also served a term in the Sejm as a member of KO "Solidarity" after the 1989 Polish elections.
Łapicki was born to Zofia (nee Fromont) and , a professor and lecturer of Roman law at the universities of Saratov and Yaroslavl. When the family left Soviet Russia in 1922, they travelled to Poland through Latvia, where Andrzej was born, and Lithuania, and later worked at the University of Warsaw and the University of Łódź. However, they maintained close contact with the part of the family that remained in Latvia and spent the summers with Łapicki's aunt in Rīgas Jūrmala. In his last years, he wrote columns in the Polish press, where he described his childhood memories from Latvia with very warm feelings.
Łapicki played a large amount of roles on Polish theater stages. As an actor and director, the work of the 19th century Polish comedy writer Aleksander Fredro was especially close to him. He was a tutor, and later, rector (1981–1987 and 1993–1996) of the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.
He was married twice. His first marriage to Zofia Chrząszczewska lasted from 1947 to her death in 2005. He then married theatrologist Kamila Mścichowska in 2009 and remained with her until his death.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1946 Dwie godziny Lady's Date Uncredited1947 Zakazane piosenki Conspirator 1947 Jasne łany Leśniewski 1950 Dwie brygady Stanisz, actor playing Lojza 1950 Unvanquished City SS Officer 1953 Żołnierz zwycięstwa John Lane 1953 Sprawa do załatwienia Narrator Uncredited1954 Domek z kart Starosta 1960 Powrót Jurek 'Siwy' 1961 Tonight a City Will Die Piotr 1962 Spotkanie w "Bajce" (aka Cafe from the Past) Wiktor 1963 Pamiętnik pani Hanki Jacek Renowicki 1963 Naprawdę wczoraj Nowak 1965 Życie raz jeszcze Capt. Piotr Grajewski 1965 Salto Pietuch 1966 Sposób bycia Man 1966 Lekarstwo na miłość Andrzej 1967 Gdzie jest trzeci król Capt. Stefan Berent 1968 Poradnik matrymonialny Dr. Bogumil 1968 Dancing w kwaterze Hitlera Niemiecki turysta 1968 Lalka Kazimierz Starski 1969 Everything for Sale Andrzej 1970 Jarzębina czerwona Lt. Gorczyński 1971 Epilog norymberski R. H. Jackson 1972 How Far Away, How Near Andrzej 1973 The Wedding Poet 1973 Zazdrość i medycyna Dr. Tamten 1975 The Promised Land Trawiński 1977 Sprawa Gorgonowej Kulczycki 1979 The Maids of Wilko Doctor 1980 Urodziny młodego warszawiaka Jerzy's father Stanisław Bielecki 1981 From a Far Country 1982 Debiutantka Jerzy 1986 Dziewczęta z Nowolipek Professor 1987 W zawieszeniu Dr. Ruczyński 1988 Wherever You Are... Hulanicki 1989 Inventory Tomek's Father 1989 A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve' Tzar 1999 Pan Tadeusz Priest
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