František Filipovský (23 September 1907 – 26 October 1993) was a Czech actor and voice actor. Since 1994, Czech actors have been awarded the annual František Filipovský Award for best voice acting.
Life and family Filipovský was born on 23 September 1907 in the Czech town of Přelouč, then part of Austria-Hungary. His father was musician František Filipovský Sr., who was 62 at the time his son was born.
Filipovský died on 26 October 1993 in Prague. He is buried at the Olšany Cemetery in Prague.
Filipovský's daughter is actress and singer Pavlína Filipovská. Her daughter is journalist Pavlína Wolfová.
Career
The young Filipovský was interested in acting from an early age and began performing in theatre in the 1930s, with stints in Emil František Burian's Voiceband and at Osvobozené divadlo. Among other engagements, he worked as stage director in Jára Kohout's U Nováků Theatre in 1939, later moving to Švanda Theatre in Smíchov.
From 1945 to 1992, for 47 years, he performed at the National Theatre in Prague. He played mostly small roles, often comic ones. His most famous stage role was that of Harpagon in the adaptation of Molière's The Miser, which the National Theatre staged from 1950.
Throughout his career, Filipovský acted in more than a hundred Czechoslovak films and television productions. He dubbed many roles for the Czech versions of foreign films and became known primarily as the exclusive voice provider for French actor Louis de Funès.
Legacy
The František Filipovský Awards (), named after the actor, are an annual Czech prize for voice acting, held in Filipovský's hometown of Přelouč. Officially launched in 1995, an inaugural event was held in 1994, when Filipovský was awarded in memoriam for his lifelong contribution to Czech voice acting.
Filipovského street in Prague's Satalice district is named after the actor.
A memorial plaque was erected at Filipovský's birth house in Přelouč in 1994.
Selected filmography
Film + Year Title Role Notes1934Workers, Let's GoShufferU nás v Kocourkověcouncilor1937Lidé na křeAgent HvězdaLawyer VeraApacheThe World Is OursPinkerVirginityJenda1938Škola základ životaVáclav Krhounek1939U pokladny stál...clerkChristianDvoráčekCesta do hlubin študákovy dušeMazánek1940Studujeme za školouaccountantThe CatacombsŠmídBaron PrášilwaiterPro kamarádalegal trainee1941RukavičkaA Charming ManJaroslav StárekThe Hard Life of an AdventurerStaříkProvdám svou ženuZmatlíkThe Blue Star HotelaccountantFrom the Czech MillsKrákoraTurbinaUncredited1942GabrielaFrantišek KalistaRyba na suchuRypáčekPrijdu hnedsolicitorMěstečko na dlaniStýblo1943Experimentguest at the vernissageFourteen at the TableKiliánBarbora HlavsováBartyzalUncredited1944The Respectable Ladies of PardubiceFlaška1945ProsťáčektrampRozina, the Love Childbarber1946Řeka čarujebarber The AvalancheCernýThe Heroes Are SilentVilém KoltaA Big CaseRedaktor1947Čapek's Talespolice agent Pistora Nobody Knows AnythingPetr Nivý1948Getting on in the Worldservant1952The Emperor and the Golemcourt astrologer1953Divotvorný kloboukjudge (voice)The Secret of Blooddoctor at lecture1954Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářstvíchaplainKomediantireeveCirkus bude!Ostrý1956Muž v povětříZatrapaFocus, Please!secretaryThe Good Soldier SchweikBretschneider1957I Dutifully ReportDub1958O věcech nadpřirozenýchinsurance agent1959Jak se Franta naučil bátghost Cyril1960Zpívající pudřenkaDr. ŠvarcU nás v MechověDr. Hertl1961Procesí k PanencePrskavec1963Something Different1964Mezi námi zlodějiBéďa Musil1965The House in Karp LaneAlter Kauders1966The Phantom of MorrisvilleDoctor Stolly1967The Stolen AirshipjudgeSvatba jako řemenfather of the bride1971You Are a Widow, SirKing Oscar XV.Four Murders Are Enough, DarlingShediran1972Dívka na koštětiRoušek1974How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the LawyerBertík Vodička1975Circus in the Circusreporter1976Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!LapáčekNáš dědek JosefJan Pokorný1977Což takhle dát si špenátGrandfather Liška1979The Ninth HeartclownThe Prince and the Evening StarKacafírek1980The Tale of John and Marydwarves (voices)1982How the World Is Losing PoetsValerián1985How Poets Are Losing Their IllusionsValerián1986Young WineMarustík1988How Poets Are Enjoying Their LivesValerián
Television + Year Title Role Notes1968–69The Sinful People of PragueDetective Mrázek10 episodes1970Fantom operetyPianist4 episodes1970–74O klukovi z plakátuNarrator11 episodes1970–75Pan TauGrandfather Urban14 episodes1976–77Thirty Cases of Major ZemanBína / Houdek3 episodes1976–85Bakalářivarious4 episodes1978Zákony pohybuBohuslav Tomášek11 episodes1980Dnes v jednom domeMr. Týfa5 episodes1980–81ArabelaStunk8 episodes1982Dobrá Vodawrangler4 episodes1983Létající ČestmírKoloušek5 episodes1984BambinotJoachim2 episodes1986Panoptikum města pražskéhoMrázek3 episodes1987–88Jája a PájaNarrator / Jája / Pája13 episodes1988O Kubovi a StáziněKačmar13 episodes1993–94Arabela se vracíBlekota3 episodes
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