Stanislav Fišer

Stanislav Fišer (14 December 1931 – 11 June 2022) was a Czech actor and voice actor.

Life Fišer was born in Hořice. He started as an amateur actor, after World War II. He first played in the Theatre for Youth, run by Míla Mellanová. He then went on to work at the Vinohrady Theatre, the Jiří Wolker Theatre and the E. F. Burian Theatre. From 1959 he worked for Jan Werich at the ABC Theatre, which was later incorporated into the Prague City Theatres, where he remained under the direction of Ota Ornest until his retirement in 1993.

He played his first episodic roles in the famous Czech films The Stone Table Inn (1948) and Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky (Family troubles of Mr.Tříška, a clerk, 1949). From the second half of the 1950s until the 1990s, he was one of the most widely cast film and television actors. He often played episodic comic or negative roles.

In 1999, he received the František Filipovský Award for lifetime achievement in voice acting.

Illness and death In 2004, he was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer by doctors and had to undergo a radical procedure in which his vocal cords were removed, thus losing his unmistakable voice. ''The Death of Black King (1971 episode of The Sinful People of Prague) and Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther film series. He is also known for voice acting Paul Villagio in the comedies about the accountant Fantozzi, as well as the Asterix character in the French comix series.