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Born · April 28, 1925
Died · May 8, 1992 (67 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Třešť, Československo
Otto Šimánek (April 28, 1925 Třešť - May 8, 1992 Prague) was a Czech mime, film and theater actor. He has starred in a number of comedies and several fairy tales. Probably his most famous role was the title role in the series Pan Tau. He trained as an electrician at Tesla in Prague and has so far played the theater only amateuristically. He later got to the Theater on May 5 and also traveled for a few months at the Theater under the Placht of Jindřich Plachta. He gained acting experience in various theaters. He worked in theaters in Zlín, Ostrava and finally in 1958 he was engaged in the Municipal Theaters of Prague, where he lasted until 1990. He played a number of large roles on the stage. The character of the clown Jean Debureau remains unforgettable for the audience in the dramatization of Kožík's novel The Greatest of the Pierots, where he could fully use his love for pantomime. Acting in the Prague theater also meant an opportunity to win film and television roles. He mainly played smaller roles in about forty films. The most famous is probably the role from the movie I'll Get Up Tomorrow and Bake My Tea. His character, Mr. Tau, entered the European and, to some extent, world film consciousness in the co-production series of the same name by director Jindřich Polák and screenwriter Ota Hofman. He also taught pantomime at the Prague Conservatory and DAMU. Among his students was, among others, the actor Petr Čepek. On the site of the pharmacy where Otto Šimánek was born, an ash statue was installed in 2011 depicting an actor in the role of Mr. Tau with a typical hand movement near his hat. The author is Daniel Stejskal.
Georges De Rillettes
8.0
1991
(1 episode)
8.8
1989
Adámek
0.0
1989
Josef Novak (Pan Tau) and Rudolf Karasek
6.4
1988
učitel
6.9
1987
7.0
1987
zlatník
0.0
1987
Teacher · (4 episodes)
7.0
1986
0.0
1986
6.0
1985
0.0
1985
0.0
1985
Mall Detective
6.6
1984
Mall Detective
7.2
1984
(1 episode)
0.0
1983
(1 episode)
6.8
1983
(3 episodes)
7.7
1983
0.0
1983
0.0
1983
0.0
1983
5.0
1982
Matas
2.0
1982
(1 episode)
0.0
1981
8.5
1981
Mr. Forchheim · (1 episode)
0.0
1981
(1 episode)
8.3
1980
(uncredited) · (2 episodes)
8.3
1980
(2 episodes)
0.0
1980
0.0
1979
Pan Tau
7.5
1979
Pan Tau
5.5
1978
5.0
1978
1.0
1977
Patrick White
6.2
1977
0.0
1976
(1 episode)
0.0
1976
7.0
1976
8.0
1975
táta
0.0
1975
King (voice) (uncredited)
7.5
1973
4.0
1972
(3 episodes)
7.0
1972
0.0
1971
(1 episode)
6.8
1971
Adam (voice)
5.7
1971
6.0
1971
průmyslník Alfred Keletti
7.0
1971
Pan Tau · (22 episodes)
6.6
1970
Pan Tau / Alfons · (12 episodes)
6.6
1970
(1 episode)
6.0
1970
0.0
1970
0.0
1969
muž
6.7
1969
(1 episode)
8.4
1969
0.0
1969
(1 episode)
0.0
1969
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1969
0.0
1968
(1 episode)
7.5
1968
0.0
1968
lupič Mareček
6.0
1968
0.0
1968
4.5
1967
(2 episodes)
0.0
1967
Inventor
6.3
1967
8.0
1967
1.0
1967
(voice) · (5 episodes)
0.0
1967
5.0
1966
0.0
1966
0.0
1966
7.0
1966
6.0
1966
7.1
1966
voják
6.5
1966
Prop Man (segment "Jak se koupe žena")
6.4
1966
(5 episodes)
8.0
1966
krejčí
0.0
1965
(1 episode)
0.0
1965
0.0
1965
8.0
1965
(uncredited)
10.0
1964
okrskář v Roudné
5.3
1964
0.0
1964
Fojtar
6.4
1964
0.0
1964
10.0
1964
4.0
1963
6.0
1963
6.0
1963
0.0
1963
0.0
1962
7.0
1962
0.0
1962
0.0
1962
Michal Ardan
7.4
1962
Teacher
0.0
1962
0.0
1962
(1 episode)
5.0
1961
0.0
1961
Moravec
0.0
1961
4.0
1961
Slávek (voice)
5.0
1961
0.0
1960
Rehák
0.0
1960
Inspicient
0.0
1960
Pilot Dvořák
5.0
1960
0.0
1959
0.0
1959
Brother-in-law (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
6.0
1958
The Man on the Train
7.1
1958
0.0
1958
0.0
1958
0.0
1956
laborer
0.0
1954
0.0
1954
0.0
1949
Self · (1 episode)
9.0
1948