Name
Otto Šimánek
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-04-28
Deathday
1992-05-08 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
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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Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house ...
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As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure ...
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Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use...
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In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleepin...
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The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a...
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Pan Tau, the friend of all children, now also helps the adults. A movie producer is in tr...
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Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague....
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Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olm...
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After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of...
- 1958 Měšťáci
- 1958 Tlustý anděl z Rouenu
- 1959 Dařbuján a Pandrhola
- 1961 Where an Alibi Is Not Everything as Moravec
- 1977 Básník, služka a král
- 1968 Vo modrým ptáčku
- 1963 Tři chlapi v chalupě
- 1959 Dům na Ořechovce
- 1967 The End of Agent W4C as Inventor
- 1979 Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi
- 1977 Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea as Patrick White
- 1982 Kamenný orchestr as Matas
- 1961 Black Saturday as Slávek (voice)
- 1985 Šach mat
- 1961 Policejní hodina
- 1969 O kohoutovi, kose a kocourovi
- 1962 The Black Dynasty
- 1981 Mature Wine
- 1962 Malý Bobeš ve městě
- 1962 Objev na Střapaté hůrce
- 1963 Death Is Called Engelchen
- 1964 Začít znova
- 1960 Bajaja
- 1963 Táto, přečti to!
- 1962 Sganarel lékařem
- 1962 Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec
- 1965 Bubny
- 1982 Zelená vlna
- 1983 Poslední návrat
- 1984 Lucy, the Menace of Street as Mall Detective
- 1964 Zajatci tmy
- 1966 Crime at the Girls School as Prop Man (segment "Jak se koupe žena")
- 1966 Poslední růže od Casanovy
- 1966 The Phantom of Morrisville as Miky
- 1966 Sedm sestřiček
- 1966 Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
- 1975 Honza a Růžová panenka as táta
- 1967 Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou
- 1968 Údolie večných karaván
- 1970 Kalif čápem
- 1969 Maryla
- 1971 One of Them Is the Murderer as Adam (voice)
- 1971 Svatby pana Voka
- 1988 Pan Tau – der Film as Rudolf Karasek / Josef Novák
- 1960 Letiště nepřijímá as Pilot Dvořák
- 1972 Touha Sherlocka Holmese
- 1971 Lásky Emanuela Přibyla
- 1979 No Magic from Tomorrow as Pan Tau
- 1978 Alarm in the Clouds as Pan Tau
- 1967 Bidýlko
- 1963 Světáci
- 1966 Every Young Man as voják
- 1975 Dva muži hlásí příchod
- 1983 Duch soudce Pauknera
- 1976 Wine Working
- 1984 ...and again that Lucy! as Mall Detective
- 1987 Ohnivé ženy se vracejí
- 1969 Vajíčko
- 1964 The Hope as Fojtar
- 1962 Chicken on Travels as Teacher
- 1962 The Fabulous Baron Munchausen as Michal Ardan
- 1958 Desire as Brother-in-law (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
- 1969 Men About Town as muž
- 1958 The Fabulous World of Jules Verne as The Man on the Train
- 1971 You Are a Widow, Sir as průmyslník Alfred Keletti
- 1987 Kde bydlí štěstí as zlatník
- 1983 O bílém jadýrku
- 1976 Panenka z vltavské tůně
- 1965 A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova as krejčí
- 1964 Fear as okrskář v Roudné
- 1987 Merry Christmas Octopus as učitel
- 1989 Trezor as Adámek
- 1961 Spadla s měsíce
- 1954 Shoesmachine as laborer
- 1985 Stalo se jedné neděle
- 1964 Šlechetný cowboy Sandy
- 1965 Polka jede do světa
- 1966 Cesta řeky k moři
- 1960 Všude žijí lidé as Rehák
- 1964 Tři chlapi po roce as (uncredited)
- 1966 Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
- 1967 Ta naše písnička česká
- 1949 I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost
- 1986 Statečný Azmun
- 1968 Přísně tajné premiéry as lupič Mareček
- 1954 Nedělní dostaveníčko
- 1978 Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat
- 1985 Santa Lucia
- 1991 Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes as Georges De Rillettes
- 1956 Medvěd
- 1960 Zkouška pokračuje as Inspicient
- 1973 Three Wishes for Cinderella as King (voice) (uncredited)
- 1987 The Octopuses from the Second Floor
- 1986 Young Wine
- 1986 Území strachu
- 1972 Bakaláři ( 4 episodes )
- 1980 Inženýrská odysea ( 2 episodes )
- 1970 Pan Tau ( 21 episodes ) as Pan Tau
- 1981 Had z ráje ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Forchheim
- 1980 Arabela ( 1 episode )
- 1980 Arabela ( 2 episodes ) as (uncredited)
- 1983 Malý pitaval z velkého města ( 1 episode )
- 1986 The Octopuses from the Second Floor ( 4 episodes ) as Teacher
- 1961 Tři chlapi v chalupě ( 8 episodes ) as Arnošt Kacíř
- 1965 Případy komisaře Mejzlíka ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Little Dorrit ( 2 episodes )
- 1966 Bejvávalo ( 5 episodes )
- 1969 Hříšní lidé města pražského ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Sňatky z rozumu ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Pinocchiova dobrodružství ( 5 episodes ) as (voice)
- 1970 Dobrodružství šesti trampů ( 1 episode )
- 1970 Pan Tau ( 12 episodes ) as Pan Tau / Alfons
- 1971 F. L. Věk ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Úsměvy světa ( 1 episode )
- 1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 Muž na radnici ( 1 episode )
- 1983 The Visitors ( 3 episodes )
- 1983 Tři mušketýři ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Poručík Petr ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Das Sonntagskonzert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 The Train of Childhood and Expectation ( 1 episode )
- 1960 The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Kaiser
