Vladimír Pucholt
Vladimír Pucholt (born 30 December 1942) is a Czech-Canadian actor and physician.[1]
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Occupation | Actor, Physician |
Years active | 1952-1970, 1999 |
Life
Vladimír Pucholt was born in Prague, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (present-day Czech Republic). His father was a lawyer. He wasn't allowed to study medicine so he became an actor.[1] After acting in supporting roles in a few films he gained fame as Čenda in Miloš Forman's Black Peter. His next movies Starci na chmelu and Loves of a Blonde turned him to one of the most famous young actors in Czechoslovakia. At the height of his popularity he decided to emigrate to United Kingdom to study medicine.[2] He was admitted to the university thanks to the recommendation letter by Lindsay Anderson.[3] The writer John Le Carré lent him money for tuition.[4] He graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1974. In 1981 he moved to Canada where he worked as a pediatrician until his retirement.[1]
Selected filmography
- Kdyby ty muziky nebyly (1963)
- Black Peter (1963)
- Starci na chmelu (1964)
- První den mého syna (1964)
- Diamonds of the Night (1964) - voice
- Loves of a Blonde (1965)
- Svatba jako řemen (1965)
- Malatesta (1970)
- Návrat ztraceného ráje (1999)
References
- "Vladimír Pucholt". csfd.cz.
- Liehm, Antonín J. (1975). The Miloš Forman stories. Routledge.
- "Interview: Lord Robert Kilpatrick of Kincraig" (PDF). Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2003.
- Le Carré, John (2016). The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life. Viking.