| Vladimír Pucholt | |
| Birth Date: | 30 December 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
| Occupation: | Actor, physician |
| Years Active: | 1952–1970, 1999 |
Vladimír Pucholt (born 30 December 1942) is a Czech-Canadian actor and physician.[1]
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. 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.