Miroslav Horníček (10 November 1918 in Plzeň – 15 February 2003 in Liberec) was a Czech actor, writer, director, artist and theatre theoretician. He is well known in the Czech Republic for his on-stage partnership with Jan Werich, his talkshows (Hovory H ...) and many small roles in Czech movies and TV. Partial filmography Polibek ze stadionu (1948) Pan Novák (1949) - Jirotka Soudný den (1949) Mikolás Ales (1952) - Valek Mladá léta (1953) - Vaclav Svetly There Was Once a King... (1955) - Beautiful prince - son of Alabaster I. Z mého zivota (1955) - (voice, uncredited) When the Woman Butts In (1960) - Dr. Faust Kazdá koruna dobrá (1961) - Krytina Neschovávejte se, kdyz prsí (1962) - farár Tadeás Hora Bez svatozáre (1964) - Narrator (voice) Táto, sezen stene (1964) - Father Lov na mamuta (1965) - (voice) Ohne Pass in fremden Betten (1965) - Mr. Jelínek Smrt za oponou (1967) - kapitán Chrástek Kinoautomat (1967) - Pan Novak Hudba kolonád (1975) Barrandovské nocturno aneb Jak film zpíval a tancil (1984) - Himself - entertainer References External links Miroslav Horníček on Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze (Czechoslovak film database) 1918 births 2003 deaths Actors from Plzeň Czech male dramatists and playwrights Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Czech male stage actors Czech male film actors Czech male television actors 20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights 20th-century male writers Film people from Plzeň Czechoslovak writers Recipients of the Thalia Award