Ilja Prachař
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-04-30
Day of Death
2005-08-10 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Malenovice u Zlína, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Ilja Prachař
Biography
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
Acting
(1998)
(1994)
(1990)
Squandered Sunday
as Grizzly (voice)
(1989)
(1988)
(1988)
Uloupené dětství
as Pleschke
(1988)
(1987)
Kdo se bojí, utíká
as Fores
(1986)
(1985)
(1984)
(1984)
(1984)
(1983)
(1982)
(1981)
(1981)
(1981)
(1980)
The Medal
as General Berger
(1980)
(1980)
(1979)
(1979)
Indians from Vetrov
as pplk. Pávek
(1979)
(1979)
Chased and Suspected
as Hardt
(1978)
Shadows of a Hot Summer
as Poručík Grygar
(1978)
(1978)
(1978)
Penelopa
as Mišo Bajzík
(1978)
(1978)
The Apple Game
as Train Passenger
(1978)
(1978)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1976)
(1976)
A Girl Fit to Be Killed
as Sláma
(1976)
(1975)
The Motive for Murder
as Karas (segment "Víkend")
(1975)
Dobrodruh a kavalír
as Zaremba
(1975)
(1974)
Družina černého pera
as Karel Světlan (voice)
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
The Fair Is Here
as Tony (voice)
(1974)
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1971)
Dogs and People
as (segment "Věrnost")
(1971)
(1971)
One of Them Is the Murderer
as referent ministerstva kultury Novák
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
Kam slunce nechodí...
as Vik
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
On the Trail of Blood
as podplukovník VB Tesař
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
The Cremator
as Walter Reinke
(1969)
Men About Town
as kapitán VB
(1969)
All My Good Countrymen
as Plécmera, fotograf
(1969)
Cinderella
as tatínek
(1969)
Přehlídce velím já!
as Pejša
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
On Zizka's Battle Waggon
as General Zizka of Trocnov
(1968)
(1968)
Pučálkovic Amina
as pan Karlovský
(1968)
(1967)
Poklad byzantského kupce
as profesor archeologie docent Černý
(1967)
(1967)
Death Behind a Curtain
as ředitel divadla Macek
(1967)
Sign of the Cancer
as Docent
(1967)
(1966)
Sign of the Virgin
as kpt. Pazourek
(1966)
(1966)
People From Caravans
as Reimann
(1966)
(1966)
Transit Carlsbad
as Kapitán
(1966)
The Hero Is Afraid
as náměstek ředitele
(1966)
The Angel of Blissful Death
as Pathologist (voice)
(1965)
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
as Oskar Löwenstein
(1965)
(1965)
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
as Sidlak
(1965)
The White Lady
as Přednosta úřadu na ministverstvu (Pepík)
(1965)
(1965)
Tales About Children
as (segment "Kapr")
(1965)
(1964)
(1963)
Transport from Paradise
as Moric Herz
(1963)
(1963)
The King of Kings
as Novák - Officer of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
as Jelínek
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
Pouta
as Dr. Martínek
(1960)
Zkouška pokračuje
as member of the Young Scene
(1959)
King of the Sumava
as district commander of the SNB Burda
(1958)
Bomba
as doctor
(1951)