Acting
Jaroslav Marvan
Born 1901-12-11
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Department: Acting
Biography
Jaroslav Marvan was a Czechoslovakian actor. He was born in Prague and married in the 1920s to Marie Marvanov. He was a member of numerous Czech theatres of note throughout the early 20th century, including the Vlasta Burian's theatre, Vinohradské Divadlo (1943-1950), Městská Divadla Pražská (1950-1954), and finally Národní Divadlo (national theatre), where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Jaroslav Marvan
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Hříšní lidé města pražského
1969
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The Fake Sweetheart
1926
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I Dutifully Report
1958
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Silent Barricade
1949
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The Terribly Sad Princess
1968
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Happy Journey
1943
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Burian the Liar
1940
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F. L. Věk
1971
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Young Love
1933
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A Night at Karlstein
1974
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (241 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Night at Karlstein | purkrabí | Movie | 1974 |
 | Bláznova smrt | Josef Krempa | Movie | 1973 |
| Svatba v terénu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 | |
 | Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
| Příliš velká výhra | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 | |
 | The Death of Black King | Vacátko, Police Councilor | Movie | 1972 |
| Růže a prsten | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 | |
 | Murder in the Excelsior Hotel | Policejní rada Vacátko | Movie | 1971 |
 | F. L. Věk | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon | Policejní rada Vacátko | Movie | 1971 |
 | Burglar and Umbrella | Policejní rada Vacátko | Movie | 1971 |
 | Adrift | Michal Bóci | Movie | 1971 |
| Nechcete jet do Bembrly? | Reserved Passenger | Movie | 1970 | |
| Kaktus, bomba, letadlo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 | |
| Obžalovaná | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 | |
 | Hříšní lidé města pražského | Vacátko | TV Series | 1969 |
| Široká cesta spravedlnosti | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 | |
 | The Terribly Sad Princess | král Jindřich | Movie | 1968 |
| Klec pro dva | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 | |
| Prodej | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 | |
| Bidýlko | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 | |
| Falešní hráči | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 | |
 | Broučci | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
| Tonka Šibenice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 | |
| Zločin a trik I. | (segment "Zločinec") | Movie | 1967 | |
| Obrácení Ferdyše Pištory | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 | |
| Když se čerti rojili | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 | |
| Starý Burgunďan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 | |
 | The Phantom of Morrisville | Inspektor Brumpby ze Scotland Yardu | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Borrowed Face | komisař | Movie | 1965 |
 | Noc na Karlštejně | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Čintamani & podvodník | policejní rada | Movie | 1965 |
 | Story of Souls | revident Koláč | Movie | 1965 |
 | Horký vzduch | pantáta Mareček | Movie | 1965 |
 | Táto sežeň štěně | šéfredaktor | Movie | 1964 |
 | Einstein kontra Babinský | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
| Favorit | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 | |
| Zkáza Jeruzaléma | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 | |
| Metelice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 | |
 | Světáci | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | A Great Road Ahead | general | Movie | 1963 |
| Byli jste při tom? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 | |
| Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 | |
| Sganarel lékařem | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 | |
 | Every Day - Sunday | Válek | Movie | 1962 |
| Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 | |
| Měšťáci | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 | |
| Jejich den | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 | |
| Tlouštík | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
| Šibalství Scapinova | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
| Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
| Sedmý kontinent | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
| Zdravý nemocný | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 | |
 | Chlap jako hora | Fabián | Movie | 1960 |
| Lucerna | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 | |
| Záhady aneb S Karlem Čapkem v soudní síni | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 | |
 | The Young Lady from the Riverside | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | King of the Sumava | manager of the financial guard Beran | Movie | 1959 |
| Vysoké činžáky | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 | |
 | Pět z milionu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Of Things Supernatural | (segment "Tajemství písma") | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Bear and the Ghosts | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
| Metoda rady Pitra | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 | |
 | I Dutifully Report | strážmistr Flanderka | Movie | 1958 |
| Chudý kejklíř | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 | |
 | The Case Is Not Yet Closed | Zouplna | Movie | 1957 |
 | Váhavý střelec | Jakub Něnička, Martin's father | Movie | 1957 |
 | Kudy kam? | Macek | Movie | 1956 |
 | Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Angel in the Mountains | Gustav Anděl | Movie | 1955 |
 | Hudba z Marsu | Václav Řehák, truhlář, předseda závodní organizace | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Circus Will Be | Liška, ředitel cirkusu | Movie | 1954 |
| Ještě svatba nebyla... | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 | |
 | Expres z Norimberka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
| Večer s Dikobrazem | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 | |
| Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička | Jestráb | Movie | 1953 | |
 | Plavecký mariáš | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Holiday with Angel | Gustav Anděl | Movie | 1953 |
 | Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy | Rada Benzet | Movie | 1952 |
 | Velké dobrodružství | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | It was in May | Jan Šebesta | Movie | 1951 |
 | Veselý souboj | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
| Year of the Revolution 1848 | Petr Fastr, hostinský | Movie | 1949 | |
 | Silent Barricade | Strázník Brucek | Movie | 1949 |
 | Old Ironside | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 |
 | Nobody Knows Anything | Martin Plechatý | Movie | 1947 |
 | Capek's Tales | Bartošek | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Last of the Mohicans | Bořivoj Kohout | Movie | 1947 |
 | Právě začínáme | Bohouš Vosáhlo | Movie | 1946 |
 | The Adventurous Bachelor | Jan Písecký | Movie | 1946 |
 | The Avalanche | Urban | Movie | 1946 |
 | Průlom | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1946 |
 | 13th district | policejní revírní inspektor Čadek | Movie | 1946 |
 | Magical River | Jindřich Lebeda | Movie | 1946 |
 | Prstýnek | farář | Movie | 1945 |
 | Paklíc | Vilibald Škarda aka inspektor Čepelka | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice | purkmistr | Movie | 1944 |
 | Neviděli jste Bobíka? | Matyáš Čtvrtek | Movie | 1944 |
 | The House of the Five Squirrels | hostinský "U děravého džbánu" Jan Pulec | Movie | 1944 |
 | Happy Journey | ředitel obchodního domu | Movie | 1943 |
 | Bláhový sen | Otakar Stárek | Movie | 1943 |
 | Tanečnice | ředitel ND | Movie | 1943 |
| Žíznivé mládí | četnický strážmistr Hora | Movie | 1943 | |
 | Skill of Gold | Josef Skudla | Movie | 1943 |
 | Karel a já | Tonda | Movie | 1942 |
 | Městečko na dlani | Rudolf Zimmerheier | Movie | 1942 |
 | Fish out of Water | Jaroslav Horánek, starosta | Movie | 1942 |
 | Valentin Dobrotivý | Bureš, přednosta kanceláře | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Hard Life of an Adventurer | Tichý, policejní inspektor | Movie | 1941 |
 | Chalk and Cheese | průmyslník Bartoš | Movie | 1941 |
 | Nocturnal Butterfly | Martin zamestnavatel | Movie | 1941 |
 | Tetička | Arnost Dusbaba, prokurista | Movie | 1941 |
 | I‘ll Marry Off My Wife | generální ředitel Kamil Merhaut | Movie | 1941 |
| Střevíčky slečny Pavlíny | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1941 | |
 | A Charming Man | JUDr. Kouřil | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Station Master | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Incendiary's Daughter | Podleský | Movie | 1941 |
 | Dva týdny štěstí | Cyril Novák | Movie | 1940 |
 | Poznej svého muže | velkostatkář Králíček | Movie | 1940 |
 | Pelikán má alibi | inspektor | Movie | 1940 |
 | Burian the Liar | Bedřich Emanuel Benda, Arnoštův otec | Movie | 1940 |
 | Konečně sami | JUDr. Karel Lehovec | Movie | 1940 |
 | Muzikantská Liduška | Liška | Movie | 1940 |
 | Přítelkyně pana ministra | ministr obchodu Dr. Jaroslav Horák | Movie | 1940 |
| Love Song | MUDr. Slezák | Movie | 1940 | |
 | The Catacombs | Sýkora, přednosta úřadu | Movie | 1940 |
 | To byl český muzikant | Hrubý | Movie | 1940 |
 | We Study After School | ředitel | Movie | 1940 |
 | Srdce v celofánu | Herodes | Movie | 1940 |
 | Paní Kačka zasahuje... | starosta | Movie | 1939 |
 | Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul | profesor matematiky Vobořil | Movie | 1939 |
 | U svatého Matěje | Drbovzal | Movie | 1939 |
 | Svátek věřitelů | JUDr. Losman | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Street is Singing | klaun Revelli, zpěvák a hráč na kytaru Josef Rozhuda | Movie | 1939 |
 | Kristian | ředitel cestovní kanceláře Král | Movie | 1939 |
 | Dobře situovaný pán | Rudolf Samek | Movie | 1939 |
 | Tulák Macoun | Vach | Movie | 1939 |
 | The White Yacht in Split | Rudže | Movie | 1939 |
 | Její hřích | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1939 |
 | Teď zas my | Vladislav Hložek | Movie | 1939 |
 | Paní Morálka kráčí městem | zpěv (voice) (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
| Paní Morálka kráčí městem | Černý | Movie | 1939 |
 | Venoušek a Stázička | Josef Huňáček | Movie | 1939 |
| Děvče z předměstí anebo Všecko příjde na jevo | Květínský | Movie | 1939 | |
 | Cash Claim Chaos | MUDr. Osvald Bruner | Movie | 1939 |
 | Lízino štěstí | Brdička | Movie | 1939 |
| In Temptation | Kolár | Movie | 1939 | |
 | Umlčené rty | Šimon Urban | Movie | 1939 |
| Soud boží | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1939 | |
 | Zborov | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1939 |
 | Pozor straší | Jan Setunský | Movie | 1938 |
| Bláhové děvče | Kosina | Movie | 1938 | |
 | School Is the Foundation of Life | profesor češtiny Kolísko | Movie | 1938 |
| Manželka něco tuší | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 | |
| Stříbrná oblaka | MUDr. Moravec | Movie | 1938 | |
 | Vandiny trampoty | policejní inspektor | Movie | 1938 |
 | Klabzuba‘s Eleven | fotbalový nadšenec Novák | Movie | 1938 |
 | Duchacek Will Fix It | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 |
| The Way of the Cross | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 | |
 | Děti na zakázku | Pavlík | Movie | 1938 |
 | Její pastorkyně | c. a k. plukovní doktor | Movie | 1938 |
 | Milování zakázáno | Jan Brejcha | Movie | 1938 |
| Klatovští dragouni | JUDr. Antonín Chytra | Movie | 1938 | |
| Boží mlýny | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 | |
 | Líza Soars to the Skies | Brdlička | Movie | 1938 |
 | Armádní dvojčata | Václav Novák | Movie | 1938 |
| The Hordubals | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 | |
 | Battalion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1937 |
 | Three Eggs in a Glass | lékař | Movie | 1937 |
| Poručík Alexander Rjepkin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1937 | |
 | Důvod k rozvodu | ředitel zastavárny | Movie | 1937 |
 | Jarčin profesor | ředitel baru | Movie | 1937 |
| Švanda dudák | Trnka | Movie | 1937 | |
| Advokátka Věra | majitel koloniálu | Movie | 1937 | |
 | Srdce na kolejích | Marek | Movie | 1937 |
| Harmonika | Pač | Movie | 1937 | |
| Lidé pod horami | František Havrda | Movie | 1937 | |
| Rozvod paní Evy | MUDr. Mudroň, Rybiakův asistent | Movie | 1937 | |
 | Vzdušné torpédo 48 | Herold | Movie | 1937 |
 | People adrift | Bedřich Peterka | Movie | 1937 |
 | Father Vojtech | Dvorecký | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Seamstress | The Teacher | Movie | 1936 |
 | Manželství na úvěr | Navrátil | Movie | 1936 |
| Lojzička | Pacák | Movie | 1936 | |
 | Passage in the Paradise | magistrátní úředník | Movie | 1936 |
| Trhani | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 | |
 | Wild Girl | Otto Pechan | Movie | 1936 |
 | Three Men in the Snow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 |
 | Sextánka | ředitel gymnázia | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Comedian's Princess | advokát | Movie | 1936 |
 | Jánošík | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 |
 | Milan Rastislav Štefánik | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Eleventh Commandment | starosta | Movie | 1935 |
| První políbení | lékař profesor Donát | Movie | 1935 | |
| Pan otec Karafiát | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1935 | |
 | Hero of One Night | Starosta Zdislavic | Movie | 1935 |
 | Jägerblut | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1935 |
 | One in a Million | policejní inspektor | Movie | 1935 |
 | Long Live the Dead Man | Duriex | Movie | 1935 |
 | Na růžích ustláno | Hubáček | Movie | 1935 |
| Grandhotel Nevada | Cogan | Movie | 1935 | |
 | Don't Make Grandpa Angry | ředitel nervového sanatoria | Movie | 1934 |
 | Here in Kocourkov | ředitel věznice | Movie | 1934 |
 | Pokušení paní Antonie | sekční šéf | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Heroic Captain Korkoran | Inspektor paroplavební společnosti | Movie | 1934 |
 | Three Steps from the Body | předseda spolku věřitelů | Movie | 1934 |
| Za řádovými dveřmi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1934 | |
 | Anita v ráji | Durdík | Movie | 1934 |
 | Mazlíček | dozorce | Movie | 1934 |
 | Young Love | Reditel hotelu | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Inspector-General | hejtman Anton Skvoznik Dmuchanovský | Movie | 1933 |
 | With the exception of the public | režisér | Movie | 1933 |
| Svítání | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 | |
 | His Majesty's Adjutant | plukovník | Movie | 1933 |
 | Okénko | policejní komisař | Movie | 1933 |
 | Záhada modrého pokoje | Gent | Movie | 1933 |
 | Anton Špelec, Sharp-Shooter | Kačaba | Movie | 1932 |
 | Ballad-Singer | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Ideal Schoolmaster | Suchý's classmate | Movie | 1932 |
| Růžové kombiné | JUDr. Fojt | Movie | 1932 | |
 | The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty' | Konrád | Movie | 1932 |
| Small-sided musketeers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 | |
 | The Undertaker | otec svedené dívky ženichem | Movie | 1932 |
 | Don't Say No, Girl! | policejní komisař | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Last Bohemian | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 |
| Third Company | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1931 | |
 | Business in Distress | generální ředitel Bruckmann | Movie | 1931 |
| Karel Havlíček Borovský | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1931 | |
| The Dogheads | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1931 | |
 | Men on the Offsides | policejní komisař | Movie | 1931 |
 | Darling of the Regiment | Růžička | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Case of Colonel Redl | Examining Judge | Movie | 1931 |
 | Imperial and Royal Field Marshal | sluha pravého polního maršálka | Movie | 1930 |
| Her Boy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1930 | |
 | St. Wenceslas | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1930 |
| Colonel Svec | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1930 | |
 | Father Vojtech | Josef Knotek | Movie | 1929 |
| Schweik in Russian Captivity | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 | |
 | The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová | Senator David Hradecký | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Fake Sweetheart | Policeman | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Good Soldier Švejk | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1926 |