Gustav Nezval

Gustav Nezval by civil name Augustin Nezval, was a Czech stage and film actor.

Nezval was born to a locksmith family of Frantisek Nezval and his wife Aloisia. The parents wanted him to become a priest. However he managed to finish a technical college and for some time he earned his living as a building designer. He never attended any school of dramatic art. His enthusiastic passion for theatre brought him to make some acting attempts on the amateurish stage. Later he began to perform in various road show theatre companies. Still later he successively became a stage actor of Intimni Theatre in Prague , of South Bohemias Theatre in esk Budejovice , of Svandas Theatre in Prague , of Vlasta Burians Theatre in Prague , of National Theatre in Ostrava , of National Theatre in Brno , and finally of Vinohradys Theatre in Prague . Even after his retirement in 1977 he still from time to time performed on Vinohradys stage as a guestactor till his last and final appearance before the public in 1997.

Source: Wikipedia