Biography
Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future business partner, Jiří Voskovec, also studied). He studied law at the Charles University Law School from 1924 to 1927, from which he made an early departure to begin his artistic career and forge one of the most important partnerships of his life.
For more than 10 years he worked in theatre Jiří Voskovec and Jaroslav Ježek. Their partnership was a platform for their numerous left-wing political satires, most notably in the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theatre). The trio's work took inspiration from Dada, with its love of the absurd, a reaction against bourgeois values and the horrors of World War I.
In 1955 he begun working in cinema, and 1960s were a peak in his actor career. From the creation of the ABC Theatre he moved to the City Theatres of Prague and then to the Musical Theatre of Karlin and Nusle. Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Upon his arrival at the Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert felt that he was a poor choice, resembling a "poor, benevolent Santa Claus".
Filmography
all 60
Movies 54
Narrator 8
Writer 8
self 7
TV Shows 6
Voice 6
Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je… (2021)
Červená (2017)
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy (2012)
Fimfarum - To the good of all (2011)
Fimfarum 2 (2006)
Tři strážníci (2005)
Jan Werich's Fimfarum (2002)
RumplCimprCampr (1997)
When the Oak Leaves Fall (1991)
Pan Tau – der Film (1988)
Mean Barbara (1987)
The Three Veterans (1984)
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth (1984)
Straw Hat (1972)
Pan Tau (1970)
Přiložte životopis (1968)
Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich? (1968)
Assignment K (1968)
Klapzubova jedenáctka (1968)
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy (1968)
King and Women (1967)
Golem (1967)
Pražská strašidla (1966)
Magnetické vlny léčí (1965)
The Dear Departed (1964)
Tři veteráni (1964)
The Cry (1964)
Uspořená libra (1963)
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti (1963)
Tears the World Can't See (1963)
When the Cat Comes (1963)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Italienisches Capriccio (1961)
Medvěd (1961)
Začátek konce (1961)
Balada z hadrů (1960)
Těžká Barbora (1960)
The Creation of the World (1958)
To jsou Bratři v triku (1957)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase (1956)
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph (1956)
Hudba z Marsu (1955)
Two Little Frosts (1955)
Dog's Heads (1955)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku (1955)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče (1954)
Pouť noci silvestrovské (1953)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
The Golden Fish (1951)
The Fall of Berlin (1950)
Crisis (1939)
The World Belongs to Us (1937)
The Golem (1936)
U nás v Kocourkově (1934)
Heave-Ho! (1934)
Your Money or Your Life (1932)
Powder and Petrol (1932)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1905-02-06
Deathday1980-10-31 (75 years old)
Birth NameJan Křtitel František Serafínský
Birth PlaceSmíchov, Czech Republic
ChildrenJana Werichová
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary
Also Known AsЯн Верих
AwardsNárodní umělec, Czech Medal of Merit
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