| Dalimil Klapka | |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Death Place: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Dalimil Klapka (22 May 1933 – 14 June 2022) was a Czech actor and dubber.
He started getting involved with amateur theatre already during his high school studies.[1] In 1953 he was admitted to the Theatre School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU), from which he graduated in 1957.
For 33 years he was a key actor at the Smíchov Realistic Theatre (today's Švanda Theatre in Smíchov), where he began acting even before completing his studies at DAMU. In addition to theatre and acting, he was also teaching acting at the Prague Conservatory between 1972 and 1993. He also worked at the Karlín Musical Theatre, the Old Town Theatre, the Dlouhá Theatre, the Drama Club and since April 2005 he has worked at the Fidlovačka Theatre. Among other things, he has also worked with Czech Radio and Czech Television.
In addition to acting, Dalimil Klapka was in great demand as a foreign film dubber. For example, he lent his voice to the American actor Peter Falk in the role of Lieutenant Columbo in the well-known television series Columbo or to Grampa Simpson and Principal Skinner, characters from the popular American animated series The Simpsons.[2]
He lived with his wife Stanka Klapková in Smíchov, had two sons and three adult grandchildren.
In the last years of his life, he struggled with cancer. He died on 14 June 2022 in the Motol Hospital.[3]