Karel Effa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 23, 1922
- Died
- June 11, 1993 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Praha, Československo
Biography
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
Filmography
Věčná Slavia
Movie
Paní Liška
Movie · as otec
Figurky ze šmantů
Movie
Náhodou je príma!
Movie
Růžový Hubert
Movie
A co ten ruksak, králi?
Movie
S Pydlou v zádech
Movie · as komorník
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Movie · as Self - Actor
The Feather Fairy
Movie · as Troupe Principal
The False Prince
Movie · as Vizier
...and again that Lucy!
Movie · as Electrician
Amadeus
Movie · as Leporello
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
Movie
The Flying Cestmir
TV · 4 eps
Ze staré drogerie
TV · as Tauben Sr. · 1 ep
Bulldogs and Cherries
Movie
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Movie
Dnes v jednom domě
TV · as Mánek · 2 eps
The Ninth Heart
Movie · as Lackey
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Movie · as špeh
Good-for-Nothing
Movie
Nemocnice na kraji města
TV · 2 eps
Koncert pro mantinely
Movie
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
Movie
Long Live Ghosts!
Movie · as Mládek
Almost King
Movie
Solo for Elephant With Orchestra
Movie · as Veterinary
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman
TV · 1 ep
Sám proti městu
Movie
A Night at Karlstein
Movie
Affairs of my Wife
Movie
Three Men Travelling
Movie
Straw Hat
Movie
Zlatá svatba
Movie · as drobný chovatel Choleva
Bakaláři
TV · 1 ep
Zpívající přístavy
Movie
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Movie · as majitel baru Kovarski
Marcelka
Movie
You Are a Widow, Sir
Movie · as zřízenec na patologii
On the Comet
Movie · as kaprál Ben
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Movie
Pan Tau
TV · 1 ep
Pražská romance
Movie
The Wishing Machine
Movie
The Terribly Sad Princess
Movie · as nápadník
Klapzubova jedenáctka
TV · 2 eps
The Stolen Airship
Movie · as Agent 13
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Movie · as Pistolník
The Pipes
Movie
Martin and Nine Fools
Movie
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
Movie
The Borrowed Face
Movie · as lupič Hmaták
Lemonade Joe
Movie · as Pancho Kid
The Jester's Tale
Movie · as Captain Varga
A Star Travels South
Movie · as Egon Zejda - guitarist
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Movie · as Blinky
When the Cat Comes
Movie · as Janek
A Great Road Ahead
Movie · as archduke
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
Movie
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Movie · as důstojník pevnostní stráže
Black Saturday
Movie · as cestující ve vlaku
Tlouštík
Movie
Florián
Movie · as kostelník Kalina
Every Penny Counts
Movie
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Movie
Ztracená revue
Movie
Pochodně
Movie · as Warden in prison
The Lost Photography
Movie
May Stars
Movie
The Princess with the Golden Star
Movie · as pobočník Kazisvěta
Of Things Supernatural
Movie · as (segment "Tajemství písma")
Florenc 13,30
Movie · as Karel Koníček
Muž v povětří
Movie · as listonoš
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Movie
Sons of the Mountains
Movie
Hudba z Marsu
Movie · as Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
The Circus Will Be
Movie
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
Movie
Kidnapped
Movie · as american journalist
Nad námi svítá
Movie
The Proud Princess
Movie · as Strážce pokladu
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Movie · as Porotce
Distant Journey
Movie · as Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
Movie · as sedlák
Pan Novák
Movie · as Vašek Kunc
Red Lizard
Movie
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
Movie
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
Movie
The Musician
Movie
Ves v pohraničí
Movie · as Jarda
Old Ironside
Movie
The Stolen Border
Movie · as závodčí
Nobody Knows Anything
Movie
Parohy
Movie
Portáši
Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie
Sign of the Anchor
Movie