Otto Šimánek

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

101

Movies

Born: April 28, 1925 – May 8, 1992
From: Třešť, Československo

Biography

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.

Works

95 films

Three Wishes for Cinderella

19737.5

Dva muži hlásí příchod

19758.0

Death Is Called Engelchen

19636.4

The Hope

19646.7

No Magic from Tomorrow

19797.6

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

19627.4

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

19587.2

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea

19776.2

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

19667.0

Bidýlko

19671.0

Nedělní dostaveníčko

1954

The End of Agent W4C

19676.1

Maryla

1969

Desire

19586.5

Zajatci tmy

1964

...and again that Lucy!

19846.7

Mature Wine

19817.8

You Are a Widow, Sir

19716.8

Polka jede do světa

19658.0

Zkouška pokračuje

19605.0

Světáci

19636.0

Táto, přečti to!

1963

Shoesmachine

19548.0

Crime at the Girls School

19666.4

Black Saturday

19615.0

Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec

1962

Every Young Man

19666.7

Dařbuján a Pandrhola

19592.0

Men About Town

19696.7

Ta naše písnička česká

19677.7

I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost

1949

Pan Tau – der Film

19886.4

Malý Bobeš ve městě

19627.0

Objev na Střapaté hůrce

19627.5

Tlustý anděl z Rouenu

1958

Alarm in the Clouds

19786.0

The Octopuses from the Second Floor

19876.6

Touha Sherlocka Holmese

19726.0

Svatby pana Voka

19715.6

Všude žijí lidé

196010.0

Lucy, the Menace of Street

19847.3

Medvěd

1956

Policejní hodina

19617.0

Zelená vlna

19825.3

Poslední růže od Casanovy

19667.5

Tři chlapi v chalupě

19636.5

The Phantom of Morrisville

19667.0

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

19617.5

Merry Christmas Octopus

19876.8

Měšťáci

1958

Poslední návrat

1983

Kde bydlí štěstí

1987

Trezor

1989

Young Wine

19868.0

Santa Lucia

19856.0

Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou

19674.3

Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes

19918.0

Spadla s měsíce

196110.0

Bubny

1965

Ohnivé ženy se vracejí

19877.0

The Black Dynasty

19629.0

Wine Working

19767.7

Básník, služka a král

19771.0

Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

19666.0

Statečný Azmun

1986

Lásky Emanuela Přibyla

1971

Území strachu

1986

Letiště nepřijímá

19606.0

O bílém jadýrku

1983

Šach mat

1985

Bajaja

1960

Vajíčko

1969

Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi

1979

Sganarel lékařem

1962

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

19658.0

Panenka z vltavské tůně

1976

O kohoutovi, kose a kocourovi

1969

Šlechetný cowboy Sandy

196410.0

Přísně tajné premiéry

19687.0

Tři chlapi po roce

196410.0

Kamenný orchestr

19822.0

Chicken on Travels

19627.0

Fear

19645.3

Stalo se jedné neděle

1985

Údolie večných karaván

196810.0

Honza a Růžová panenka

1975

Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat

19783.7

Cesta řeky k moři

1966

Kalif čápem

1970

One of Them Is the Murderer

19715.6

Začít znova

196410.0

Duch soudce Pauknera

1983

Vo modrým ptáčku

1968

Dům na Ořechovce

195910.0

Sedm sestřiček

1966