Lubomír Lipský

Lubomír Lipský (19 April 1923 – 2 October 2015) was a Czech actor. He was known primarily for his comedic roles and also established himself as a voice actor. He was an active actor until the end of his life, playing over 300 film and stage roles. His brother was the film director Oldřich Lipský and he played in most of his brother's films.

Early life and family Lubomír Lipský was born on 19 April 1923 in Pelhřimov. His father was a confectioner and amateur actor. Lubomír had two younger brothers, including the actor Oldřich Lipský. Dalibor, his second brother, died at the age of 16, but appeared as an actor in two films. Lubomír's wife Věra Kittlerová (1926–2003) was a dancer and choreographer. Lipský had two children: a daughter, Taťána (born 1949), who became a translator, and a son, Lubomír Jr. (born 1951–1991), who was a film director. The son of Lubomír Jr., Matěj (born 1976), is a musician.

Education, theatre and death During his high school studies, Lipský mainly devoted himself to music and played several brass instruments. After he graduated in 1942, Lubomír Lipský, Oldřich Lipský and their friends from the Pelhřimov Gymnasium established the amateur theatre Dramatické studio mladých ('Youth Drama Studio'). From 1945 until its closure in 1949, it was a professional theatre and was called the Theatre of Satire. In 1949–1951, he studied aesthetics and theatre studies at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague, but left the school unfinished. He is buried at the Olšany Cemetery.