Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish film actor and director. He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1936. He starred in the 1929 film Father Vojtech, which was the directorial debut of Martin Frič. He died during filming of Virginity. According to Otakar Vávra he died of cocaine overdose. His last film Watchman No. 47 was then completed by Jan Sviták.