
Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life. Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia. Near the end of World War II, Kopecký’s mother was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage, while Miloš was interned in the labor camp Bystřice u Benešova. He would later credit these experiences as the cause for his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, then known as Manic-Depressive Disease. Following the liberation, Kopecký began acting in the avant-garde studio Větrník in 1945, before joining the Vinohrady Theatre in 1965 at the behest of then-director František Pavlíček. Kopecký continued to make guest appearances at theaters throughout Prague, working with many notable actors of his era before appearing on film and television. His first minor role was in the historic film Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947), but he quickly graduated to more important characters and gradually became one of the most popular actors in Czechoslovakia. He may be best known today as Dr. Štrosmajer in the Czech television series Nemocnice na kraji města. During his career he played mainly negative roles of traitors, lechers, and villain, which he famously depicted with elegance and esprit.
In the mid-1980s Kopecký acted in a politically biased documentary film about emigrants, and also presented very critical speech against current communist régimes in May, 1987, at the Fourth Congress of Dramatic Artists. He was married five times, at one point to Czech actress Stella Zázvorková.
Gerlic
Lékar na prednásce
JUDr. Lukášek
lekárník Valérian Kýla
Čirůvka
baron Prášil
skřítek
Jan Lucemburský
Maurice Fadinard
George Randy (voice)
Berka
ředitel hotelu
Magistrate
Josef Břoušek
An Alchemist
doktor Campilli
Herold Samuel
Boss
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Laroche
Giacomo Casanova
(voice)
Horác Badman alias "Hogofogo"
(segment "Fabricius a Zuzana")
passenger Rychman, musician
chytrý princ
Komorník u Portheima
biskupský kancléř
Weber
Novák
Bayer
(segment "Tajemství písma") / (segment "Právní případ")
(voice)
Architekt Jiří Donát
Frantisek Habrada
Albert de Dion
ředitel cirkusu II
Sir from Sternberk
Jaroslav Holoubek
Self
Prof. Horowitz
(voice)
profesor Somr, majitel sanatoria
Krause
Mr. K
tajemník MNV
Adolf
Commentary (voice)
(uncredited)
Josef, calouník
Chouň
Miloš Kopecký
King
feldkurát Katz
Man with a Cigar (segment "Sirka")
(segment "Trik")
Kloc
Baron Gorc z Gorců
Jirák
student
Self (archive footage)
Prosecuting Attorney
Matějka
hlavní český vodník Wassermann
herec Theodor "Dóďa" Bergner
Vetešník
Self
Wertheim
Commentary (voice)
Krásný Venca
Josef
Prodavachat na kilimi
Self - Host
otec
Sepl Noowi
vévoda Štěpán
Šoustek - tourist guide
Král
baron Rupert von Kratzmar
Nikolas Mitropulos
Jim Valentin
Commentary (voice)
Narrator
Alfons Karásek
Commentary (voice)
Pepa Bepa (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice)
Munk
Regent
Petr Vok z Rožmberka
Kancléř
Host
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Kouzelník
Adolf
Mayer
Karel Svozil
Songster (voice)
Self
Dr. Karel Chrástek
Don Padre
JUDr. Horic
Self
kouzelník
Melichar Hnátek
Komisar
Nácelník detektivu
Izmail
módní návrhář Noiret
Self
Lord Henry
Granfather of Richard
Kamil Tajchman
Rabbi Löw
Narrator (voice)
Alfons Karásek
Neplatič
továrník Cyprián Kachle
Hostinský
Host
vypravěč
jasnovidec Matěj Šobolín
Alfons Karásek