Rudolf Hrušínský
Birthday: 1920-10-17 | Place of Birth: Nová Vcelnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]Rudolf Hrušínský was an acclaimed Czech actor during his country's era of communism. He was born in Nová Včelnice to Hermina Červičková and Rudolf Hrušinský (original name Rudolf Böhm, also took the stage name Otomar Otovalský). He was born, literally, back stage during a showing of the play Taneček panny Marinky. Initially he travelled from place to place, wherever his father could find a gig, but eventually his family settled in Prague. He dropped out of law school to pursue acting. Initially he starred in minor plays, but managed to escalate to famous film roles, many of which won him fame abroad
Known For
Acting
Role
as Děda
as doktor
as Otec Hlaváček
as vynálezce Orfánik
as komisař Ledvina
as Antonín Důra
as Mr. Kurka
as sultán
as Odon, nejstarší syn Tříškových
