Karel Effa
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 23, 1922 (104 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2016 | Věčná Slavia | |
| 1988 | Paní Liškaotec | |
| 1988 | Figurky ze šmantů | |
| 1988 | Náhodou je príma! | |
| 1986 | Růžový Hubert | |
| 1986 | A co ten ruksak, králi? | |
| 1985 | S Pydlou v zádechkomorník | |
| 1985 | Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpívalSelf - Actor | |
| 1985 | The Feather FairyTroupe Principal | |
| 1985 | The False PrinceVizier | |
| 1984 | ...and again that Lucy!Electrician | |
| 1984 | AmadeusLeporello | |
| 1984 | Byt je vykraden, maminko... | |
| 1984 | ...and again that Lucy! | |
| 1984 | The Flying Cestmir | |
| 1983 | Ze staré drogerieTauben Sr. | |
| 1981 | Bulldogs and Cherries | |
| 1980 | Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem | |
| 1980 | Dnes v jednom doměMánek | |
| 1979 | The Ninth HeartLackey | |
| 1978 | Adela Has Not Had Supper Yetšpeh | |
| 1978 | Good-for-Nothing | |
| 1978 | Nemocnice na kraji města | |
| 1977 | Koncert pro mantinely | |
| 1977 | Pozor, ide Jozefína... | |
| 1977 | Long Live Ghosts!Mládek | |
| 1977 | Almost King | |
| 1976 | Circus in the CircusVeterinary | |
| 1976 | Thirty Cases of Major Zema | |
| 1974 | Sám proti městu | |
| 1974 | A Night at Karlstein | |
| 1973 | Affairs of my Wife | |
| 1973 | Three Men Travelling | |
| 1972 | Straw Hat | |
| 1972 | Zlatá svatbadrobný chovatel Choleva | |
| 1972 | Bakaláři | |
| 1971 | Zpívající přístavy | |
| 1971 | Four Murders Are Enough, Darlingmajitel baru Kovarski | |
| 1971 | Marcelka | |
| 1971 | You Are a Widow, Sirzřízenec na patologii | |
| 1970 | On the Cometkaprál Ben | |
| 1970 | I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen | |
| 1970 | Pan Tau | |
| 1969 | Pražská romance | |
| 1968 | The Wishing Machine | |
| 1968 | The Terribly Sad Princessnápadník | |
| 1968 | Klapzubova jedenáctka | |
| 1967 | The Stolen AirshipAgent 13 | |
| 1966 | Who Wants to Kill Jessie?Pistolník | |
| 1966 | The Pipes | |
| 1966 | Martin and Nine Fools | |
| 1966 | Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene! | |
| 1965 | The Borrowed Facelupič Hmaták | |
| 1964 | Lemonade JoePancho Kid | |
| 1964 | The Jester's TaleCaptain Varga | |
| 1964 | A Star Travels SouthEgon Zejda - guitarist | |
| 1964 | Secret of the Chinese CarnationBlinky | |
| 1963 | When the Cat ComesJanek | |
| 1963 | A Great Road Aheadarchduke | |
| 1963 | Ticho! Ticho! Ticho! | |
| 1962 | The Fabulous Baron Munchausendůstojník pevnostní stráže | |
| 1961 | Black Saturdaycestující ve vlaku | |
| 1961 | Tlouštík | |
| 1961 | Floriánkostelník Kalina | |
| 1961 | Every Penny Counts | |
| 1961 | The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin | |
| 1961 | Ztracená revue | |
| 1961 | PochodněWarden in prison | |
| 1960 | The Lost Photography | |
| 1959 | May Stars | |
| 1959 | The Princess with the Golden Starpobočník Kazisvěta | |
| 1959 | Of Things Supernatural(segment "Tajemství písma") | |
| 1957 | Florenc 13,30Karel Koníček | |
| 1956 | Muž v povětřílistonoš | |
| 1956 | Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph | |
| 1956 | Sons of the Mountains | |
| 1955 | Hudba z MarsuKulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru | |
| 1954 | The Circus Will Be | |
| 1954 | Setkání s Hansem Sachsem | |
| 1953 | Kidnappedamerican journalist | |
| 1953 | Nad námi svítá | |
| 1952 | The Proud PrincessStrážce pokladu | |
| 1952 | Hasek’s Tales from the Old MonarchyPorotce | |
| 1949 | Distant JourneyGas Chamber Builder (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříškysedlák | |
| 1949 | Pan NovákVašek Kunc | |
| 1949 | Red Lizard | |
| 1949 | Zrcadlo byrokratické 2 | |
| 1949 | Zrcadlo na vesnici 3 | |
| 1948 | The Musician | |
| 1948 | Ves v pohraničíJarda | |
| 1948 | Old Ironside | |
| 1947 | The Stolen Borderzávodčí | |
| 1947 | Nobody Knows Anything | |
| 1947 | Parohy | |
| 1947 | Portáši | |
| 1947 | The Last of the Mohicans | |
| 1947 | Sign of the Anchor |












