Milos Kopecky

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Miloš Kopecký (22 August, 1922, Prague - 16 February, 1996, Prague) was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. As musician he sang songs some songs for czech movies (especially "Limonádový Joe") and at the theatre with Lasica + Satinský. His popular songs are "Mackie Messer" (czech cover of "Mack the Knife"), "Bramborová placka", "Chodidla (feat. Lasica+Satinský) and songs from Limonádový Joe as "Není větší potešení", "Horácuv pohrební blues" and others. He was born into the family of a furrier, his mother was a hatter. Since his childhood he was involved with the theatre and music, and after some unsuccessful attempts to study he chose the career of an actor. He began to appear on the stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocutionary group. During the German occupation he acted with the collective of young artists Tvar (The Shape). On the end of the World War 2 he was as a Jew interned in the labor camp in Bystřice u Benešova. Following the liberation he took up a career as a professional actor in avant-garde studio Větrník (from 1945 to 1946), and after that he was engaged in many Prague theatre scenes. A few years later he began to appear also in films, and gradually became one of the most popular actors in Czechoslovakia. In the middle of 80´s Kopecký acted in a politically biased documentary film about emigrants, but on the other side he presented very critical speech against communist régime in May, 1987, at the IV. Congress of Dram

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