Otto Šimánek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 28, 1925
- Died
- May 8, 1992 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Třešť, Československo
Biography
Otto Šimánek (April 28, 1925 Třešť - May 8, 1992 Prague) was a Czech mime, film and theater actor. He has starred in a number of comedies and several fairy tales. Probably his most famous role was the title role in the series Pan Tau. He trained as an electrician at Tesla in Prague and has so far played the theater only amateuristically. He later got to the Theater on May 5 and also traveled for a few months at the Theater under the Placht of Jindřich Plachta. He gained acting experience in various theaters. He worked in theaters in Zlín, Ostrava and finally in 1958 he was engaged in the Municipal Theaters of Prague, where he lasted until 1990. He played a number of large roles on the stage. The character of the clown Jean Debureau remains unforgettable for the audience in the dramatization of Kožík's novel The Greatest of the Pierots, where he could fully use his love for pantomime. Acting in the Prague theater also meant an opportunity to win film and television roles. He mainly played smaller roles in about forty films. The most famous is probably the role from the movie I'll Get Up Tomorrow and Bake My Tea. His character, Mr. Tau, entered the European and, to some extent, world film consciousness in the co-production series of the same name by director Jindřich Polák and screenwriter Ota Hofman. He also taught pantomime at the Prague Conservatory and DAMU. Among his students was, among others, the actor Petr Čepek. On the site of the pharmacy where Otto Šimánek was born, an ash statue was installed in 2011 depicting an actor in the role of Mr. Tau with a typical hand movement near his hat. The author is Daniel Stejskal.
Known For
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Filmography
Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes
Movie · as Georges De Rillettes
Trezor
Movie · as Adámek
The Train of Childhood and Expectation
TV · 1 ep
Pan Tau – der Film
Movie · as Rudolf Karasek / Josef Novák
Ohnivé ženy se vracejí
Movie
Kde bydlí štěstí
Movie · as zlatník
Merry Christmas Octopus
Movie · as učitel
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
Movie
Statečný Azmun
Movie
Young Wine
Movie
Území strachu
Movie
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
TV · as Teacher · 4 eps
Šach mat
Movie
Stalo se jedné neděle
Movie
Santa Lucia
Movie
Lucy, the Menace of Street
Movie · as Mall Detective
...and again that Lucy!
Movie · as Mall Detective
Poslední návrat
Movie
Duch soudce Pauknera
Movie
O bílém jadýrku
Movie
Malý pitaval z velkého města
TV · 1 ep
The Visitors
TV · 3 eps
Tři mušketýři
TV · 1 ep
Kamenný orchestr
Movie · as Matas
Zelená vlna
Movie
Mature Wine
Movie
Had z ráje
TV · as Mr. Forchheim · 1 ep
Poručík Petr
TV · 1 ep
Inženýrská odysea
TV · 2 eps
Arabela
TV · as (uncredited) · 1 ep
Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi
Movie
No Magic from Tomorrow
Movie · as Pan Tau
Alarm in the Clouds
Movie · as Pan Tau
Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat
Movie
Básník, služka a král
Movie
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Movie · as Patrick White
Wine Working
Movie
Panenka z vltavské tůně
Movie
Muž na radnici
TV · 1 ep
Honza a Růžová panenka
Movie · as táta
Dva muži hlásí příchod
Movie
Three Wishes for Cinderella
Movie · as King (voice) (uncredited)
Touha Sherlocka Holmese
Movie
Bakaláři
TV · 4 eps
One of Them Is the Murderer
Movie · as Adam (voice)
Svatby pana Voka
Movie
Lásky Emanuela Přibyla
Movie
You Are a Widow, Sir
Movie · as průmyslník Alfred Keletti
F. L. Věk
TV · 1 ep
Kalif čápem
Movie
Pan Tau
TV · as Pan Tau, Pan Tau / Alfons · 21 eps
Dobrodružství šesti trampů
TV · 1 ep
O kohoutovi, kose a kocourovi
Movie
Maryla
Movie
Vajíčko
Movie
Men About Town
Movie · as muž
Hříšní lidé města pražského
TV · 1 ep
Úsměvy světa
TV · 1 ep
Das Sonntagskonzert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vo modrým ptáčku
Movie
Údolie večných karaván
Movie
Přísně tajné premiéry
Movie · as lupič Mareček
Sňatky z rozumu
TV · 1 ep
The End of Agent W4C
Movie · as Inventor
Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou
Movie
Bidýlko
Movie
Ta naše písnička česká
Movie
Little Dorrit
TV · 2 eps
Pinocchiova dobrodružství
TV · as (voice) · 5 eps
Crime at the Girls School
Movie · as Prop Man (segment "Jak se koupe žena")
Poslední růže od Casanovy
Movie
The Phantom of Morrisville
Movie · as Miky
Sedm sestřiček
Movie
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Movie
Every Young Man
Movie · as voják
Cesta řeky k moři
Movie
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
Movie
Bejvávalo
TV · 5 eps
Bubny
Movie
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
Movie · as krejčí
Polka jede do světa
Movie
Případy komisaře Mejzlíka
TV · 1 ep
Začít znova
Movie
Zajatci tmy
Movie
The Hope
Movie · as Fojtar
Fear
Movie · as okrskář v Roudné
Šlechetný cowboy Sandy
Movie
Tři chlapi po roce
Movie · as (uncredited)
Tři chlapi v chalupě
Movie
Death Is Called Engelchen
Movie
Táto, přečti to!
Movie
Světáci
Movie
The Black Dynasty
Movie
Malý Bobeš ve městě
Movie
Objev na Střapaté hůrce
Movie
Sganarel lékařem
Movie
Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec
Movie
Chicken on Travels
Movie · as Teacher
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Michal Ardan
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
Movie · as Moravec
Black Saturday
Movie · as Slávek (voice)
Policejní hodina
Movie
Spadla s měsíce
Movie
Tři chlapi v chalupě
TV · as Arnošt Kacíř · 8 eps
Bajaja
Movie
Letiště nepřijímá
Movie · as Pilot Dvořák
Všude žijí lidé
Movie · as Rehák
Zkouška pokračuje
Movie · as Inspicient
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
TV · as Kaiser · 1 ep
Dařbuján a Pandrhola
Movie
Dům na Ořechovce
Movie
Měšťáci
Movie
Tlustý anděl z Rouenu
Movie
Desire
Movie · as Brother-in-law (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Movie · as The Man on the Train
Medvěd
Movie
Shoesmachine
Movie · as laborer
Nedělní dostaveníčko
Movie
I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost
Movie
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep