Jaroslav Marvan


Jaroslav Marvan was a Czechoslovak actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter with Alena Jančaříková.
He passed his school-leaving exam in 1919 and became a member of the Central Office of posts. He was sent to Uzghorod on business matters.
He was a member of Vlasta Burian's Theatre 1926–1943, then of the Vinohradské divadlo and then of the Městská divadla pražská, from where he became a member of the Národní divadlo, where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.

Roles

Silent film era

His first roles in the silent film era include partaking in the following films:
Afterwards, in the sound era, he worked exclusively with Burian, in the following films:
His most famous roles without Burian are roles of professors in the movies Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše and Škola, základ života and the role of tram inspector Anděl in the movies Anděl na dovolené, Anděl na horách,.

Books

He died in 1974 in Prague, with his three books of memorials being published posthumously. These include: