Karel Effa
Karel Effa, originally named Karel Effenberger (May 23, 1922 in Prague - June 11, 1993 in Prague), was a Czech actor.
As a professional soldier during World War II, he served in the Government Army during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which was deployed to Italy. Here he later ran to the Czechoslovak troops fighting on the side of the Western Allies. After the war, he remained in the army with the rank of sergeant, playing and singing for two years in the newly formed Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý. From there he went to the Theater of Satire, from there to the Theater of State Film, from there to the Music Theater in Karlín, from where he briefly jumped to the ABC Theater to return to the Karlín Theater. He has been a member of the Semafor Theater since 1979.
Karel Effa was a very prominent comedian who created 71 smaller and episodic film roles during his life - such as the villain Pancho Kid in the Czech comedy Lemonade Joe or Horse Opera, the black Gustav in Zeman's famous film The Stolen Airship, or the treasure keeper in the fairy tale film Proud princess. Karel Effa worked for many years as a member of the Czechoslovak State Film Ensemble, resp. Film studio in Barrandov, he also performed in the Theater in Fidlovačka, or in the former musical theater in Prague's Nusle, he also worked in the post-war Theater of Satire.
In addition to performing in theater and film, he has given six thousand touring performances during his lifetime, where he has used his folk humor, playing the guitar and singing tramp songs. He also remained a hiker all his life, he went to Brdy, often to the settlement of Ztracenka.
In 1964, he became a founding member of the Department of Friends and Supporters of Slavia, which aimed to save and lift football Slavia, which at the time lived in the Second Football League.
Known for
Bakaláři
Amadeus
Leporello
May Stars
Florenc 13,30
Karel Koníček
The Lost Photography
The Borrowed Face
lupič Hmaták
A Great Road Ahead
archduke
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
The False Prince
Vizier
Kidnapped
american journalist
Sám proti městu
Ztracená revue
Long Live Ghosts!
Mládek
S Pydlou v zádech
komorník
The Wishing Machine
Sons of the Mountains
A Night at Karlstein
Black Saturday
cestující ve vlaku
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
Florián
kostelník Kalina
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Self - Actor
Koncert pro mantinely
The Stolen Airship
Agent 13
Good-for-Nothing
Pražská romance
The Proud Princess
Strážce pokladu
Pan Tau
The Feather Fairy
Troupe Principal
Zpívající přístavy
Sign of the Anchor
Tlouštík
Figurky ze šmantů
Pochodně
Warden in prison
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
majitel baru Kovarski
Old Ironside
Hudba z Marsu
Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
Růžový Hubert
On the Comet
kaprál Ben
The Princess with the Golden Star
pobočník Kazisvěta
Every Penny Counts
The Flying Cestmir
When the Cat Comes
Janek
Red Lizard
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
Nemocnice na kraji města
Portáši
The Last of the Mohicans
A co ten ruksak, králi?
Affairs of my Wife
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
špeh
Dnes v jednom domě
Mánek
Parohy
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Almost King
The Terribly Sad Princess
nápadník
The Pipes
You Are a Widow, Sir
zřízenec na patologii
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Pistolník
The Jester's Tale
Captain Varga
Zlatá svatba
drobný chovatel Choleva
Muž v povětří
listonoš
Circus in the Circus
Veterinary
Nad námi svítá
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
Nobody Knows Anything
Three Men Travelling
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Straw Hat
Pan Novák
Vašek Kunc
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
důstojník pevnostní stráže
Lemonade Joe
Pancho Kid
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Blinky
The Ninth Heart
Lackey
Of Things Supernatural
(segment "Tajemství písma")
The Stolen Border
závodčí
...and again that Lucy!
Electrician
...and again that Lucy!
A Star Travels South
Egon Zejda - guitarist
Paní Liška
otec
The Circus Will Be
Bulldogs and Cherries
Martin and Nine Fools
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
sedlák
The Musician
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
Klapzubova jedenáctka
Náhodou je príma!
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
Věčná Slavia
Distant Journey
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Marcelka
Ze staré drogerie
Tauben Sr.
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Porotce
Ves v pohraničí
Jarda