Vladimír Pucholt

Vladimír Pucholt
Vladimír Pucholt
Born	30 December 1942 (age 81); Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Alma mater	Academy of Performing Arts in Prague; University of Sheffield;
Occupation(s)	Actor, physician
Years active	1952–1970, 1999

Vladimír Pucholt (born 30 December 1942) is a Czech-Canadian actor and physician.^[1]

Life

Vladimír Pucholt was born in Prague, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (present-day Czech Republic). His father was a lawyer. He was not 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 films, 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 the United Kingdom to study medicine.^[2] He was admitted to study at the University of Sheffield thanks to a recommendation letter by the film director Lindsay Anderson.^[3] The writer John Le Carré lent him money for tuition.^[4] He graduated with a degree in medicine from Sheffield in 1974. In 1981 he moved to Canada where he worked as a paediatrician 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

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.