Acting · Praha - Československo · Born February 6, 1905
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".
Cecílie
2025
as voice
MovieJan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy
2012
as self
MovieFimfarum - To the good of all
2011
as (voice)
MovieFimfarum 2
2006
as Narrator
Tři strážníci
2005
as self
MovieJan Werich's Fimfarum
2002
as Vypravěč
MovieWhen the Oak Leaves Fall
1991
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
MovieMean Barbara
1989
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
MoviePan Tau – der Film
1988
as (archive footage)
Jonáš a Melicharová
1986
as (archive footage)
MovieEchoes of the Blue Room
1983
Královna Koloběžka první
1981
as Narrator (archive footage) (voice)
Herecké Vánoce
1970
as Jan Werich
TVPan Tau
1970
Přiložte životopis
1968
as Self
Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?
1968
as Self
MovieAssignment K
1968
as Dr. Spiegler
TVKlapzubova jedenáctka
1968
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
1968
as Self
King and Women
1967
as Jindřich VIII.
MovieThe 25th Hour
1967
as Sgt. Constantin
Pražská strašidla
1966
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMagnetické vlny léčí
1965
as léčitel Wohu
The Dear Departed
1964
as Dědeček
MovieThe Cry
1964
as Narrator (voice)
MovieUspořená libra
1963
as Sam Adams
MovieKočár nejsvětější svátosti
1963
MovieTears the World Can't See
1963
as Fedor Akimič Rjebrotěsov
MovieWhen the Cat Comes
1963
as Oliva
MovieThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962
as kapitán holandské lodi
MovieItalienisches Capriccio
1961
as Don Marzio
MovieMedvěd
1961
as statkář Grigorij Stěpanovič Smirnov
Těžká Barbora
1960
MovieBalada z hadrů
1960
as strážný Holofern
MovieThe Creation of the World
1958
as Narrator (voice)
Silvestr 1957
1957
To jsou Bratři v triku
1957
as Himself
MovieThe Good Soldier Svejk
1956
as Narrator
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956
as Commentary (voice)
MovieHudba z Marsu
1955
as Nadšený divák
MovieTwo Little Frosts
1955
as Brave Frost (voice)
MovieDog's Heads
1955
MovieOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955
as král Já I.
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955
as Narrator (voice)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954
as Narrator (voice)
Pouť noci silvestrovské
1953
Večer s Jaroslavem Haškem
1953
MovieThe Emperor and the Golem
1951
as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
The Golden Fish
1951
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Fall of Berlin
1950
as Goering
MovieCrisis
1939
MovieThe World Belongs to Us
1937
as kamelot
Here in Kocourkov
1934
as Ferdinand Kaplan
MovieHeave-Ho!
1934
MovieYour Money or Your Life
1932
as Tonda
MoviePowder and Petrol
1932
