Oldřich Nový

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1899-08-07

Deathday 1983-03-15 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Praha

Also Known As Олдржих Новый

Oldřich Nový

Biography

Oldřich Nový was a Czech film and theatre actor, director, composer, dramaturge and singer. He is considered one of the greatest actors of the Czech cinema in the first half of the 20th century.  At the encouragement of his uncle, Miloš Nový, a well-known actor of the National Theatre in Prague, Oldřich joined amateur theatre group "Řemeslnická beseda" and appeared in numerous plays before moving to Brno to direct in 1918.   Following his fifteen year stay, Oldřich  co-founded the "Nové divadlo" (The New Theatre) together with his wife Alice Valentová-Nová.  There he explored new and modern expressions of theatre by combining spoken word with operetta stylings to develop the "musical comedy" genre. In 1937 he met and began collaborating with renowned pre-war director Mac Frič. Their first success came in 1939, with the comedy Kristián, the first of many popular comedies starring Nový. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Oldřich Nový became a target of the Nazi party, both for his celebrity, and his wife’s Jewish ancestry.  In 1944, after refusing to divorce, the couple was imprisoned in the the German concentration camp in Osterode. Following the liberation, Nový worked a dramaturge of Czechoslovakian film until the 1960s, when he began appearing on Czech television in the popular television series, "Taková normální rodinka" (1967-1971). His last theatre role was a title character of the play "Hodinový hoteliér" by Pavel Landovský, directed by Evald Schorm. During this time, Nový again collaborated with Mac Frič to create successful comedies, both conformist and parody, but these films are of minor note to his career. In his later years, Nový lived a life of isolation to avoid his celebrity status, almost never leaving his home.  

Known For

Actor

1980
V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový

as Oldřich Nový (voice)

1969
Men About Town

as Profesor

1966
The Phantom of Morrisville

as Sir Hannibal Morris

1966
Alibi on the Lake

as fotograf Laufr

1963
Věštec

as účetní Čeněk Šlik

1961
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

as Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotel

1961
Bílá spona

as Horák

1959
Of Things Supernatural

as (segment "Tajemství písma")

1957
Zlatý pavouk

as barman Charlie

1955
Hudba z Marsu

as Jiří Karas, skladatel

1947
Parohy

as Viktorin

1946
Abrakadabra

as Commentary (voice)

1945
Sobota

as Richard Herbert

1944
Paklíc

as Gabriel Anděl

1942
Valentin Dobrotivý

as Valentin Plavec

1941
The Blue Star Hotel

as Vladimír Rychta Rohan

1941
A Charming Man

as Viktor Bláha

1940
Život je krásný

as Jan Herold

1940
Burian the Liar

as tajemník Arnošt Benda, manžel Karly

1940
Přítelkyně pana ministra

as syn Jan Hrubý

1940
The Girl in Blue

as Jan Karas

1939
Eva Fools Around

as Michal Nor

1939
Kristian

as úředník Alois Novák alias pan Kristian

1939
1938
Třetí zvonění

as JUDr. Jan Hudec

1937
1937
Falešná kočička

as MUDr. Vladimír Přelouč

1937
Advokátka Věra

as Petr Kučera

1937
Rozkošný příběh

as Jaroslav Nerad

1937
1936
Uličnice

as hrabě Moretti

1936
Na tý louce zelený

as Gustav Horowitz

1935
Rozpustilá noc

as Monokl Fredy

1926

Writer

1977
Mam’zelle Nitouche

as Theatre Play

1953
1953
Slovo dělá ženu

as Lyricist

1953
Slovo dělá ženu

as Screenplay

Director

1943