Years active 1914 - 1953 Grandchildren Vaclav Vydra Children Vaclav Vydra | Role Film actor Name Vaclav Vydra | |
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Born April 29, 1876 ( 1876-04-29 ) Plzen, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) Occupation Film actor, stage actor Died April 7, 1953, Prague, Czech Republic Movies Skeleton on Horseback, Old Czech Legends, Okouzlena, Za svobodu naroda Similar People Dana Medricka, Hugo Haas, Otakar Vavra, Jiri Trnka, Vaclav Binovec | ||
Václav Vydra (April 29, 1876 – April 7, 1953), was a Czech film and stage actor. He starred in 31 films between 1914 and 1953.
Vydra was also a noted stage actor, acting in the Vinohrady Theater and National Theater playing major roles of the characters in plays (King Lear and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, White disease from Karel Čapek and others). In the years 1945 - 1949 he was director of the National Theater. In 1946 he became the first actor awarded the National Artist title.
His grandson, Václav Vydra, born 1956, is also a notable actor.
Selected filmography
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