IP
Photo of Ilja Prachař

Ilja Prachař

Actor
Born April 30, 1924Died August 10, 2005 (81 years)
Ilja Prachař ( April 30, 1924, Malenovice – August 10, 2005, Prague ) was a Czech actor and playwright.

He was born in Malenovice near Zlín as the middle of three sons of František Prachar (1899–2001), an official of the district health insurance company in Zlín, and his wife Ludmila (1901–1981). The elder brother Drahomír (1922–2008) later worked in a foreign trade company, the younger Kamil (1931–2020) became a theater actor and worked almost his entire professional career in the theater in Cheb . In Zlín and Malenovice, the parents actively engaged in associational life and performed volunteer theater. His wife Jana (*1937) is a puppeteer, his son David (*1959), grandson Jakub (*1983), granddaughter Mariana (*1994) and great-granddaughter Alžběta Malá (*1997) are acting.

He began his acting career as a member of the drama group of the Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý (1945–1947), in the Workers' Theater in Zlín (1947–1952) and in the theater in Ostrava (1952–1954). From 1954 he performed at the S. K. Neumann Theater in Prague and from 1959 to 1990 at the Vinohrady Theatre. His best-known film role is probably the greedy and miserly landowner Trautenberk in the evening series Krkonošské pohádyky.

He is the author of several plays and television scripts. Already in 1951, he received the State Prize for the play " Hádajú se o rozumné " and for his acting he was awarded the award for outstanding work (1967), the title of meritorious artist (1983) and the František Filipovský Award for lifetime mastery in dubbing (1997).

Ilja Prachař was a member of the Communist Party . In November 1989, he gave a speech at the Summer Speech as a representative of the actors from the Vinohrady Theatre .

In his personal life, Ilja Prachař was a big supporter of the football club Slavia . At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, he was even the chairman of the civic association of the Friends of Slavia for seven years.

Known For

  • The Cremator
  • Transport z ráje
  • ...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear
  • All My Good Countrymen
  • A Girl Fit to Be Killed
  • On the Trail of Blood
  • The Medal
  • The Motive for Murder
  • Sign of the Cancer

Filmography

1990
Squandered Sunday · as Grizzly (voice)
1986
Galose stastia · as Councilman
1986
1985
Embarrassment Cook Svatopluk (TV Series) · as Kuchař Tesárek
1985
1980
The Medal · as General Berger
1979
Indiáni z Vetrova · as Pplk. Pávek
1978
Zákony pohybu (TV Series)
1978
Shadows of a Hot Summer · as Poručík Grygar
1977
Hra o jablko · as Train Passenger
1976
1975
1975
30 cases of Major Zeman (TV Series) · as Továrník Čadek
1975
The Cottagers (TV Series)
1975
The Motive for Murder · as Karas (segment "víkend")
1974
Giant Mountains Fairy Tales (TV Series) · as Trautenberk
1973
Prijela k nám pout · as Tony (voice)
1973
1972
1971
F. L. Věk (TV Series)
1970
1970
On the Trail of Blood · as Podplukovník Vb Tesař
1970
1969
Popelka · as Tatínek
1969
Svetáci · as Kapitán Vb
1969
All My Good Countrymen · as Plécmera, Fotograf
1969
The Cremator · as Walter Reinke
1968
1968
1967
1967
Sign of the Cancer · as Docent
1967
The Treasure of a Byzantine Merchant · as Profesor Archeologie Docent Černý
1967
1965
Modlitba pro Katerinu Horovitzovou · as Oskar Löwenstein
1965
Bílá paní · as Přednosta Úřadu Na Ministverstvu (pepík)
1965
1963
The King of Kings · as Novák - Officer Of Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
1963
Transport z ráje · as Moric Herz
1959
Král Sumavy · as District Commander Of The Snb Burda

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices