--- name: "Josef Somr" canonical: "https://film.one/person/josef-somr" fi1m_id: "josef-somr" imdb_id: "nm0814162" tmdb_id: 11732 wikidata_id: "Q555650" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 April 1934" died: "16 October 2022" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T16:33:20.123239+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Josef Somr ## Identity Josef Somr - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josef-somr - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** josef-somr - **IMDb ID:** nm0814162 - **TMDB ID:** 11732 - **Wikidata ID:** Q555650 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Somr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814162/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11732 Actor. Born 15 April 1934 in Vracov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. Died 16 October 2022. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 April 1934, Vracov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] - **Died:** 16 October 2022 - **Also known as:** J. Somr - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Somr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814162/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11732 ## Biography Josef Somr was a Czech actor. He trained at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, graduating in 1956. He began his career in regional theatres before joining the Drama Club in Prague, where he worked with directors including Jiří Menzel. Somr made his film debut in *Accused* (1964) and gained prominence as train dispatcher Hubička in *Closely Watched Trains* (1966). He later played Ludvík Jahn in *The Joke* (1969). His other notable screen roles include appearances in *The Valley of the Bees* (1968) and the *How the World Is Losing Poets* series. He received the Medal of Merit in 2005, the Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film in 2012, and a Thalia lifetime achievement award for theatre work in 2014. Somr died on 16 October 2022. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Closely Watched Trains* (1966), Fi1m 82, as Train dispatcher Hubicka — [page](https://film.one/film/closely-watched-trains.md) ## Complete filmography (272) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Co se děje kolem nás?* (2017), series, as Narrator (voice) - *The Oddsockeaters* (2016), as professor René Kaderábek - *The Blacksmith from Woodham* (2013), as starosta - *Lucky Loser* (2012), as hrobník - *Oldies but Goldies* (2012), Actor - *Little Witch on a Broomstick* (2011), as ředitel školy kouzel Magistr - *Vodník a Karolínka* (2010), as Hastrbuch - *Dilino a čert* (2009), as Narrator (voice) - *Dům U Zlatého úsvitu* (2009), as Pučalík - *Pamětnice* (2009), as Jára Niederle - *Ďáblova lest* (2009), series, as Málek - *I'm All Good* (2008), as Balun - *Of Parents and Children* (2008), as Father - *Svatba na bitevním poli* (2008), as Antonín Doubrava - *Maharal – Tajemství talismanu* (2008), series, Actor - *Malvína* (2007), as prof. Christopher - *Madla a Ťap* (2007), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Maharal – Tajemství talismanu* (2007), as antikvář Schwarz - *Muž a stín* (2007), Actor - *Angel* (2005), as Rychtář - *Povodeň* (2005), as Arnošt - *Poutní místa* (2005), series, Actor - *Love Your Enemies* (2005), as Narrator (voice) - *Zlá minuta* (2005), Actor - *Konecná stanica* (2004), Actor - *Probuzená skála* (2004), Actor - *Místo nahoře* (2004), series, as Doskočil - *The Poets Never Lose Hope* (2004), as Libor Ječmen - *Bankrot* (2003), Actor - *Případ pro zvláštní skupinu* (2003), series, as Drnek - *Nemocnice na kraji města po dvaceti letech* (2003), series, Actor - *The Devil Knows Why* (2003), as král - *Říkadla Josefa Lady* (2003), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Společník* (2003), series, as otec Mikuláše - *Vyvraždění rodiny Greenů* (2002), Actor - *Zázračné meče* (2002), as Král - *Max, Sally and the Magic Phone* (2001), Actor - *Královský slib* (2001), Actor - *Zvonící meče* (2001), as král - *Spirála nenávisti* (2000), Actor - *Případy detektivní kanceláře Ostrozrak* (2000), series, Actor - *Zaniklý svět Karla Pecky* (2000), as Commentary (voice) - *Na zámku* (2000), as hrabě - *Velký případ* (2000), Actor - *Bubáci a hastrmani* (1999), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Píseň o lítosti* (1999), Actor - *Spravedlivý Bohumil* (1998), Actor - *O Johance s dlouhými vlasy* (1998), Actor - *Vzpomínky hraničářského psa* (1998), as Vypravěč - *Halt, Or I'll Miss!* (1998), as Pecka - *Zkřížené meče* (1998), as král, jeho otec - *Jak se Matěj učil čarodějem* (1998), as děda Dobroděda - *Zdivočelá země* (1997), as Holubec - *Čas jeřabin* (1997), Actor - *Doktor Munory a jiní lidé* (1997), Actor - *Akáty bílé* (1997), Actor - *Travis* (1997), Actor - *Dvě z policejní brašny* (1997), Actor - *Rok na vsi* (1997), Actor - *Zdivočelá země* (1997), series, Actor - *Arrowsmith* (1997), series, Actor - *Zelňačka* (1996), as Claude Ratinier - *O zvířatech a lidech* (1994), series, as Hanzel - *Třikrát baron Prášil* (1994), series, Actor - *Laskavý divák promine* (1994), series, as Father - *Cesty formana Šejtročka* (1993), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Noc pastýřů* (1993), Actor - *Paper Sleeve* (1993), as Viktor - *Konec básníků v Čechách...* (1993), as Libor Ječmen - *Šplhající profesor* (1993), Actor - *Helimadoe* (1993), as MUDr. Josef Hanzelín - *Kačenka a zase ta strašidla* (1993), as Weber - *Kačenka a strašidla* (1993), as Weber - *Prezident a anděl* (1993), Actor - *Královský život otroka* (1992), Actor - *Black Barons* (1992), as vedoucí nálevny - *Uctivá poklona, pane Kohn* (1992), series, as pan Blum - *Svědkyně* (1991), Actor - *Osudné dveře* (1991), Actor - *Zálety koňského handlíře* (1991), Actor - *Hřbitov pro cizince* (1991), Actor - *Radostný život posmrtný* (1990), Actor - *Eugene among Us* (1990), Actor - *Začátek dlouhého podzimu* (1990), as Laďa Havlíček (voice) - *Funeral Ceremony* (1990), Actor - *Skřivánčí ticho* (1990), as Jára, Vlastin manžel - *The End of Old Times* (1990), as Charousek - *Romance o vodníkovi* (1989), Actor - *Dobrodružství kriminalistiky* (1989), series, as John Haycock - *Evropa tančila valčík* (1989), as Count Leopold Berchtold - *Čestné kolo* (1989), Actor - *Dobří holubi se vracejí* (1989), as Primář Dobrotka - *The Third Daddy* (1988), Actor - *An Angel Seduces the Devil* (1988), Actor - *Zirkus Humberto* (1988), series, as Selnický - *Fools and a Girl* (1988), Actor - *How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives* (1988), as Libor Ječmen - *Pan Pickwick* (1988), as Stiggins - *Ghosts of the Dormers* (1988), as Mr. Napakunk - *Cucaracha* (1987), Actor - *Tajemství čínského velblouda* (1987), Actor - *Můj hříšný muž* (1987), Actor - *Bianka Braselli, dáma s dvěma hlavami* (1987), as Giakomo - *Kdo se bojí, utíká* (1987), as Smrček - *Where the Early Bird Catches the Worm* (1987), Actor - *Studentská balada* (1987), series, as strýc Josef - *Miliónová láska* (1987), as Harris - *Strom pohádek* (1987), series, as Emperor - *Třetí patro* (1986), series, Actor - *Young Wine* (1986), Actor - *Hele, on letí!* (1986), Actor - *Slavné historky zbojnické* (1986), series, Actor - *Cawdor a Fera* (1986), Actor - *The Good Soldier Schweik* (1986), series, as Bretschneider (voice) - *Hamlet* (1986), Actor - *Rainbow Kulick* (1985), Actor - *Věčný Faust* (1985), as Mefisto - *My Sweet Little Village* (1985), as ředitel Dřevoplechu - *Hubert the Smart Boy* (1985), Actor - *How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions* (1985), as Libor Ječmen - *Berete se dobrovolně?* (1985), Actor - *Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka* (1985), series, as kuchař Křikava - *O chytrém Honzovi* (1985), as Father - *Čardášová Julie* (1985), Actor - *Povídky malostranské* (1984), series, as Novák - *The Flying Cestmir* (1984), series, Actor - *The Three Veterans* (1984), as Servác - *Angel in a Devil's Body* (1984), Actor - *Modré z nebe* (1984), Actor - *Tažní ptáci* (1984), as Karlík - *The Snowdrop Festival* (1984), as kapitán VB Vyhnálek - *Malý pitaval z velkého města* (1983), series, Actor - *Únosy bez výkupného* (1983), Actor - *Švédská zápalka* (1983), Actor - *Doktor z vejminku* (1983), series, Actor - *Naši furianti* (1983), as Jakub Bušek - *Děkuju, pane profesore* (1983), Actor - *How the World Is Losing Poets* (1982), as Libor Ječmen - *Dynastie Nováků* (1982), series, Actor - *Můžeš mi odpustit?* (1982), Actor - *Vinobraní* (1982), Actor - *The Last One Will Go to Hell* (1982), Actor - *Pouť králů* (1982), series, Actor - *Attention, Rounds!* (1982), as dezinfektor Kafka - *Začalo to karafiátem* (1982), Actor - *Pytláci* (1982), as otec - *Velká sázka o malé pivo* (1982), Actor - *Spor herečky Kvapilové* (1982), as Director Schmoranz - *Netopýr* (1981), as Frank - *Jasnovidec* (1981), Actor - *Mature Wine* (1981), Actor - *Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci* (1981), Actor - *Něco je ve vzduchu* (1981), Actor - *Veteráni* (1981), Actor - *Half a House Without a Groom* (1981), as Sámek - *Povídka Malostranská* (1981), as Augusta, The Painter - *Ubohý pan Kufalt* (1981), series, as Beerboom - *Lakovka* (1980), Actor - *Můj nezdolný lev* (1980), Actor - *Nebožtíci na bále* (1980), as poslíček nemocnice - *Brontosaurus* (1980), Actor - *Jak si Jakub naposledy vystřelil* (1980), as Narrator (voice) - *Dnes v jednom domě* (1980), series, as Klimt - *Skapinova šibalství* (1980), as Argant - *Zastretý farebný svet* (1980), series, as Gryca - *Čas pracuje pro vraha* (1980), as instalatér Antonín Šimandl - *Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi* (1979), Actor - *Postavení mimo hru* (1979), Actor - *The Divine Emma* (1979), as nadporučík kontrašpionáže - *Kam nikdo nesmí* (1979), Actor - *Zákony pohybu* (1979), series, Actor - *Indians from Vetrov* (1979), as pan Podešva - *Those Wonderful Movie Cranks* (1979), Actor - *Já jsem Stěna smrti* (1979), Actor - *Zlaté rybičky* (1979), Actor - *The Secret of Steel City* (1979), as Vent - *The Ninth Heart* (1979), as Guard Hetman - *Radost až do rána* (1979), Actor - *Ve znamení Merkura* (1979), series, Actor - *Silvestr svobodného pána* (1979), as Oskar - *Nemocnice na kraji města* (1978), series, Actor - *Waiting for the Rain* (1978), as Pavlův otec - *Proč nevěřit na zázraky* (1978), Actor - *Nikola Šuhaj loupežník* (1978), Actor - *Monkey's Playtime* (1978), as Merta - *Já se vrátím* (1978), Actor - *Kam uhnout očima* (1977), as strýc - *Žena za pultem* (1977), series, Actor - *30 Maidens and Pythagoras* (1977), as ředitel školy - *Jak zničit vlastní mužstvo* (1977), Actor - *A Nice Plate of Spinach* (1977), as Pereira, snoubenec Lopezové - *The Liberation of Prague* (1977), as Dr. František Grospič - *Smoke on the Potato Fields* (1977), as Vlach - *Smrt mouchy* (1977), Actor - *Zlaté pometlo* (1977), Actor - *Slovácko sa nesúdí* (1976), series, Actor - *Summer with a Cowboy* (1976), Actor - *Plavení hříbat* (1976), Actor - *Boys Will Be Boys* (1976), as teacher - *Pomerančový kluk* (1976), Actor - *Thirty Cases of Major Zema* (1976), series, as Karel Prágr - *Na konci světa* (1975), Actor - *Sebechlebskí hudci* (1975), Actor - *Dva muži hlásí příchod* (1975), Actor - *A Star Is Falling Upwards* (1975), as Vocílka - *Hledám paní na hlídání* (1975), Actor - *The Motive for Murder* (1975), as Roček (segment "Kapsář") - *Vrtkavý král* (1975), Actor - *Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně* (1975), Actor - *Byl jednou jeden dům* (1975), series, Actor - *Zatykač na královnu* (1974), as Ing. Vaněček - *Jak přijít o život* (1974), Actor - *Krásná paní ševcová* (1974), Actor - *Lesní panna* (1973), as hospodský Barnabáš - *Don Juan* (1973), Actor - *Půlnoční kolona* (1973), Actor - *Poslední dopis* (1973), Actor - *Days of Betrayal* (1973), Actor - *Miss Golem* (1973), as Cheater - *Rodeo* (1973), Actor - *Byli jednou dva písaři...* (1973), series, as doktor Vankorbeil - *Svatba v terénu* (1972), Actor - *Cestující se připraví k odletu* (1972), Actor - *Nesmíš myslet na klokana* (1972), Actor - *Morgiana* (1972), as opilec - *Návraty* (1972), Actor - *V tieni vlkov* (1972), series, Actor - *The Death of Black King* (1972), Actor - *Touha Sherlocka Holmese* (1972), Actor - *Bakaláři* (1972), series, Actor - *Zdravá vdova 29/169* (1972), Actor - *Zvláštní případ* (1971), as Skorkovský - *Oil Lamps* (1971), as Vetter Jan (voice) - *Murder in the Excelsior Hotel* (1971), as Janouš - *Granny* (1971), Actor - *F. L. Věk* (1971), series, Actor - *Hlavní přelíčení* (1971), Actor - *One of Them Is the Murderer* (1971), as řidič Karel Jelínek - *Ta slepička kropenatá* (1971), Actor - *Kinoautomat* (1971), Actor - *Muž v pralese* (1971), as zásobovací důstojník - *Comrades* (1971), Actor - *Almara* (1971), Actor - *Revizor* (1971), Actor - *Mandragora* (1971), Actor - *Pan Tau* (1970), series, Actor - *The Great Unknown* (1970), as Lakomý - *Alexandr Dumas starší* (1970), series, Actor - *The Giants* (1970), as (voice) - *Fruit of Paradise* (1970), as Josef (voice) - *Bližní na tapetě* (1970), series, Actor - *Adelheid* (1970), as Guardsman Karel (voice) - *Drama na lovu* (1970), as Hrabě - *Kaviár jen pro přátele* (1970), Actor - *Svatební noc* (1970), Actor - *Long White Yard* (1970), Actor - *Adagio* (1970), Actor - *Prague Nights* (1969), as (segment "Chlebové střevíčky") - *The Joke* (1969), as Ludvik Jahn - *Spravedlnost pro Selvina* (1968), Actor - *A Man Who Rose in Price* (1968), Actor - *The Valley of the Bees* (1968), as Rotgier - *Piknik* (1968), Actor - *Windstorm* (1967), as Áda Vinš - *Hotel for Strangers* (1967), as Receptionist - *Dobrodružství Toma Sawyera* (1967), Actor - *Closely Watched Trains* (1966), as Train dispatcher Hubicka — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/closely-watched-trains.md) - *Černá ovce* (1966), as Ředitel školy - *Nápady čtenáře detektivek* (1966), as Reader (voice) - *Defendant* (1964), Actor - *Nanebevzetí plukovníka Heiliga* (1959), Actor - *Carps for Wehrmacht*, as Leo Popper ## Gallery - ![Josef Somr](https://film.one/media/person/3913743/gallery-54c18534db26.jpg) Josef Somr — che (Please credit as "Petr Novák, Wikipedia" in case you use this outside Wikimedia projects.), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Josef_Somr.jpg/1280px-Josef_Somr.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Josef Somr (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/3913743/gallery-ced99782d12c.jpg) Josef Somr (2018) — Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Josef_Somr_%282018%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Josef Somr na 17. mezinárodním knižním veletrhu Svět knihy v Praze (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/3913743/gallery-36a8feb53ca7.jpg) Josef Somr na 17. mezinárodním knižním veletrhu Svět knihy v Praze (2011) — Matěj Baťha, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sv%C4%9Bt_knihy_2011_-_Josef_Somr.jpg/1280px-Sv%C4%9Bt_knihy_2011_-_Josef_Somr.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Josef Somr ND1998 - Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/3913743/gallery-4d69cffb6477.jpg) Josef Somr ND1998 - Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (2023) — J.Broukal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Josef_Somr_ND1998.jpg/1280px-Josef_Somr_ND1998.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Josef Somr](https://film.one/media/person/3913743/gallery-393dc7bffffd.jpg) Josef Somr — Image via TMDB - ![Josef Somr](https://film.one/media/person/3913743/gallery-94e8e5c4f450.jpg) Josef Somr — Image via TMDB - ![Josef Somr](https://film.one/media/person/3913743/gallery-59eb89fa241b.jpg) Josef Somr — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 6 won - Annual award ACFK 2014: Annual award ACFK (won) - Thalia Awards 2013: Thalia Awards (won), for *play* - Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film 2011: Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film (won) - Czech Medal of Merit, 2nd class 2005: Czech Medal of Merit, 2nd class (won) - honorary citizen of Kyjov 2002: honorary citizen of Kyjov (won) - Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia 1987: Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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