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Otto Šimánek
Born · April 28, 1925
Died · May 8, 1992 (67 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Třešť, Československo
Bio
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.
Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes
Georges De Rillettes
8.0
1991
The Train of Childhood and Expectation
(1 episode)
8.8
1989
Trezor
Adámek
0.0
1989
Pan Tau – der Film
Josef Novak (Pan Tau) and Rudolf Karasek
6.4
1988
Merry Christmas Octopus
učitel
6.9
1987
Ohnivé ženy se vracejí
7.0
1987
Kde bydlí štěstí
zlatník
0.0
1987
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
Teacher · (4 episodes)
7.0
1986
Statečný Azmun
0.0
1986
Santa Lucia
6.0
1985
Šach mat
0.0
1985
Stalo se jedné neděle
0.0
1985
...and again that Lucy!
Mall Detective
6.6
1984
Lucy, the Menace of Street
Mall Detective
7.2
1984
Tři mušketýři
(1 episode)
0.0
1983
Malý pitaval z velkého města
(1 episode)
6.8
1983
The Visitors
(3 episodes)
7.7
1983
Poslední návrat
0.0
1983
Duch soudce Pauknera
0.0
1983
O bílém jadýrku
0.0
1983
Zelená vlna
5.0
1982
Kamenný orchestr
Matas
2.0
1982
Poručík Petr
(1 episode)
0.0
1981
Mature Wine
8.5
1981
Had z ráje
Mr. Forchheim · (1 episode)
0.0
1981
Arabela
(1 episode)
8.3
1980
Arabela
(uncredited) · (2 episodes)
8.3
1980
Inženýrská odysea
(2 episodes)
0.0
1980
Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi
0.0
1979
No Magic from Tomorrow
Pan Tau
7.5
1979
Alarm in the Clouds
Pan Tau
5.5
1978
Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat
5.0
1978
Básník, služka a král
1.0
1977
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Patrick White
6.2
1977
Panenka z vltavské tůně
0.0
1976
Muž na radnici
(1 episode)
0.0
1976
Wine Working
7.0
1976
Dva muži hlásí příchod
8.0
1975
Honza a Růžová panenka
táta
0.0
1975
Three Wishes for Cinderella
King (voice) (uncredited)
7.5
1973
Touha Sherlocka Holmese
4.0
1972
Bakaláři
(3 episodes)
7.0
1972
Lásky Emanuela Přibyla
0.0
1971
F. L. Věk
(1 episode)
6.8
1971
One of Them Is the Murderer
Adam (voice)
5.7
1971
Svatby pana Voka
6.0
1971
You Are a Widow, Sir
průmyslník Alfred Keletti
7.0
1971
Pan Tau
Pan Tau · (22 episodes)
6.6
1970
Pan Tau
Pan Tau / Alfons · (12 episodes)
6.6
1970
Dobrodružství šesti trampů
(1 episode)
6.0
1970
Kalif čápem
0.0
1970
Maryla
0.0
1969
Men About Town
muž
6.7
1969
Hříšní lidé města pražského
(1 episode)
8.4
1969
O kohoutovi, kose a kocourovi
0.0
1969
Úsměvy světa
(1 episode)
0.0
1969
Das Sonntagskonzert
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1969
Vo modrým ptáčku
0.0
1968
Sňatky z rozumu
(1 episode)
7.5
1968
Údolie večných karaván
0.0
1968
Přísně tajné premiéry
lupič Mareček
6.0
1968
Vajíčko
0.0
1968
Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou
4.5
1967
Malá Dorritka
(2 episodes)
0.0
1967
The End of Agent W4C
Inventor
6.3
1967
Ta naše písnička česká
8.0
1967
Bidýlko
1.0
1967
Pinocchiova dobrodružství
(voice) · (5 episodes)
0.0
1967
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
5.0
1966
Sedm sestřiček
0.0
1966
Cesta řeky k moři
0.0
1966
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
7.0
1966
Poslední růže od Casanovy
6.0
1966
The Phantom of Morrisville
7.1
1966
Every Young Man
voják
6.5
1966
Crime at the Girls School
Prop Man (segment "Jak se koupe žena")
6.4
1966
Bejvávalo
(5 episodes)
8.0
1966
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
krejčí
0.0
1965
Případy komisaře Mejzlíka
(1 episode)
0.0
1965
Bubny
0.0
1965
Polka jede do světa
8.0
1965
Tři chlapi po roce
(uncredited)
10.0
1964
Fear
okrskář v Roudné
5.3
1964
Začít znova
0.0
1964
The Hope
Fojtar
6.4
1964
Zajatci tmy
0.0
1964
Šlechetný cowboy Sandy
10.0
1964
Tři chlapi v chalupě
4.0
1963
Death Is Called Engelchen
6.0
1963
Světáci
6.0
1963
Táto, přečti to!
0.0
1963
Sganarel lékařem
0.0
1962
Malý Bobeš ve městě
7.0
1962
Černá dynastie
0.0
1962
Objev na Střapaté hůrce
0.0
1962
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Michal Ardan
7.4
1962
Chicken on Travels
Teacher
0.0
1962
Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec
0.0
1962
Tři chlapi v chalupě
(1 episode)
5.0
1961
Spadla s měsíce
0.0
1961
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
Moravec
0.0
1961
Policejní hodina
4.0
1961
Black Saturday
Slávek (voice)
5.0
1961
Bajaja
0.0
1960
Všude žijí lidé
Rehák
0.0
1960
Zkouška pokračuje
Inspicient
0.0
1960
Letiště nepřijímá
Pilot Dvořák
5.0
1960
Dařbuján a Pandrhola
0.0
1959
Dům na Ořechovce
0.0
1959
Desire
Brother-in-law (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
6.0
1958
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
The Man on the Train
7.1
1958
Tlustý anděl z Rouenu
0.0
1958
Měšťáci
0.0
1958
Medvěd
0.0
1956
Shoesmachine
laborer
0.0
1954
Nedělní dostaveníčko
0.0
1954
I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost
0.0
1949
Bambi Awards
Self · (1 episode)
9.0
1948