Karel Effa
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Bakaláři
1972
Film
Amadeus
Leporello
1984
Series
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
1976
Series
Pan Tau
1970
Series
Nemocnice na kraji města
1978
Film
The Pipes
1966
Series
The Flying Cestmir
1984
Film
A Great Road Ahead
archduke
1963
Film
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
důstojník pevnostní stráže
1962
Film
Straw Hat
1972
Dnes v jednom domě
Mánek
1980
Series
Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968
Film
The Princess with the Golden Star
pobočník Kazisvěta
1959
Film
Distant Journey
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Stolen Airship
Agent 13
1967
Film
The Borrowed Face
lupič Hmaták
1965
Film
Lemonade Joe
Pancho Kid
1964
Film
The Terribly Sad Princess
nápadník
1968
Film
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
špeh
1978
The Musician
1948
Film
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Pistolník
1966
Film
When the Cat Comes
Janek
1963
Film
Circus in the Circus
Veterinary
1976
Zpívající přístavy
1971
Film
The Feather Fairy
Troupe Principal
1985
Film
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970
Film
On the Comet
kaprál Ben
1970
Film
Old Ironside
1948
Film
A co ten ruksak, králi?
1986
Film
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
majitel baru Kovarski
1971
Film
Věčná Slavia
2016
Film
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
Series
Ze staré drogerie
Tauben Sr.
1983
Film
Nobody Knows Anything
1947
Film
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Porotce
1952
Film
Long Live Ghosts!
Mládek
1977
Film
The Jester's Tale
Captain Varga
1964
Film
The Circus Will Be
1954
Film
Of Things Supernatural
(segment "Tajemství písma")
1959
Film
The Proud Princess
Strážce pokladu
1952
Film
A Night at Karlstein
1974
Film
...and again that Lucy!
Electrician
1984
Film
...and again that Lucy!
1984
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Self - Actor
1985
Film
The Lost Photography
1960
Film
Secret of the Chinese Carnation
Blinky
1964
Film
The Wishing Machine
1968
Film
Pozor, ide Jozefína...
1977
Film
Almost King
1977
Film
Pochodně
Warden in prison
1961
Ztracená revue
1961
Film
May Stars
1959
Nad námi svítá
1953
Sám proti městu
1974
Film
Pan Novák
Vašek Kunc
1949
S Pydlou v zádech
komorník
1985
Film
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
1980
Film
Kidnapped
american journalist
1953
Film
You Are a Widow, Sir
zřízenec na patologii
1971
Film
Affairs of my Wife
1973
Náhodou je príma!
1988
Film
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961
Film
Hudba z Marsu
Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
1955
Film
Good-for-Nothing
1978
Parohy
1947
Film
Zlatá svatba
drobný chovatel Choleva
1972
Film
Sign of the Anchor
1947
Film
A Star Travels South
Egon Zejda - guitarist
1964
Film
Black Saturday
cestující ve vlaku
1961
Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
1966
Film
The Ninth Heart
Lackey
1979
Film
Sons of the Mountains
1956
Film
Muž v povětří
listonoš
1956
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984
Film
Růžový Hubert
1986
Film
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
sedlák
1949
Film
Florenc 13,30
Karel Koníček
1957
Film
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
1956
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
1963
Pražská romance
1969
Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
1949
Koncert pro mantinely
1977
Film
The False Prince
Vizier
1985
Film
The Last of the Mohicans
1947
Tlouštík
1961
Figurky ze šmantů
1988
Film
Ves v pohraničí
Jarda
1948
Film
Florián
kostelník Kalina
1961
Film
Three Men Travelling
1973
Paní Liška
otec
1988
Martin and Nine Fools
1966
Film
Red Lizard
1949
Film
The Stolen Border
závodčí
1947
Portáši
1947
Film
Every Penny Counts
1961
Marcelka
1971
Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
1949
Setkání s Hansem Sachsem
1954