Václav Neckář
Václav Neckář (born October 23, 1943 in Prague ) is a Czech singer and actor.
Career
Václav Neckář became enthusiastic about acting when he was five when he went to the theater with his parents. He took part in competitions in singing and declamation . In the opera house of Ústí nad Labem he sang the shepherd boy in the opera Tosca .
After graduating from high school, he enrolled for exams at the Prague Art School, which he failed, however. Because he was still drawn to acting, he went to Most and worked there as a lighting technician and took on small roles as an extra . In the play The Dragon is a Dragon he was able to carry a piece of paper across the stage and in the Singspiel The Singing Venice he was needed as the sixth child.
Václav Neckář became internationally known with the lead role in the 1968 Oscar-winning film Love According to the Schedule by Jiří Menzel . He then played next to Helena Vondráčková in the poetic love comedy The madly sad princess . With the song Krokodil Theophil he had a success in 1973 in the GDR . This was followed by other successful songs in the GDR such as "Jorika" and "Nautilus", which showed a different style of music than the crocodile. In 1981 he played in the DEFA western comedy Sing, Cowboy, sing together with Dean Reed .
A stroke in 2002 put his career at an end for the first time, he learned to speak again for several years and learned some of his lyrics.
He made a comeback with the song “Midnight” (Půlnoční) in 2012, which became an anthem in the Czech Republic.
Since then he has been giving concerts again with his group Bazillen, led by his brother Jan Neckář. His current concert program leads through 50 years of his career and the songs of those 50 years.
With 8 million records sold at Supraphon, he is number 2 in sales in his home country.
The musical "mydlovy princ" is running in Prague - a musical with its hits.
Discography (selection)
Singles
- 1965 Bim bam / Hříbě
- 1966 Dlouhej nos / Až louky rozkvětou
- 1966 Ša-la-la-la-li / Stříbrná fletna
- 1966 Pláč / Když vítr zafouká
- 1966 Crazy love / Why don´t you bring him to dance
- 1966 Proč se ptáš / Zvoňte o patro níž
- 1966 Tenhle bílej měsíc / Stín katedrál
- 1967 Lelkuju po městě / Zaklínej se třeba ďablem
- 1967 Svatovítský chrám / Lady Jane
- 1968 Mrs. Applebee / Pojď se vzít
- 1969 Where's the clown / We live with the sunshine
- 1969 Papagallo Baby / Carolina
- 1970 Suzanne / Když ti nejsem hezkej
- 1970 Mrs.Robinson / Šel sen kolem nás
- 1970 Bungalow Bill / Časy se mění
- 1971 Dr Dam di dam / Dám ti diamant
- 1973 Giving, Giving, Giving / Love Song ( Klaus Renft Combo )
- 1973 Kitten is fine / Crocodile Theophil
- 1973 Doctor Dam Didam / girl one dreams of you
- 1974 Where's the girl / Ali Baba
- 1975 dreams / yes, the ways
- 1976 Křižovatky / Ten chléb je tvůj i můj
- 1976 Co je to svět / Jorika
- 1976 Dítě snů / Nautilus
- 2011 Půlnoční (together with "Umakart")
- Pár dnů prázdnin (I Hear You Knocking) / Mýdlový Princ (Needles and Pins)
Albums
- 1974 Vaclav Neckar & Bacilli
- 1975 Hello, Vasek!
- 1981 Who goes through the night of your dreams
- 2005 Oci koni (The eyes of the horses)
- 2011 Dobrý časy (Good Times)
Other songs
- Dostal jsem kuli (1965)
- Vlčí máky (1965)
- Ze soboty na nedělí (1965)
- Den žen (1965)
- Čtyřlístek (1966)
- Moře to není Tálinskej rybník (1966)
- Rytíř svý doby (1966)
- Hello Mademoiselle (1965)
- Tu kytaru jsem koupil kvůli Tobě (1965)
- Since friendly to each other (1970)
- Naruk Kras (give, give, give) (1972)
- Comet Kohutek (1974)
- My dance teacher (1978)
Radio plays
- The Selva (1989) as Nicodemus, the eagle's chicken
Filmography (selection)
- 1966: Love according to the timetable (Ostre sledované vlaky)
- 1967: The Insanely Sad Princess (Šíleně smutná princezna)
- 1969: Lanfieri Colony
- 1969: Larks on a thread (Skřivánci na niti)
- 1970: Pan Tau is wanted (Pan Tau a tisíc kouzel)
- 1981: Sing, cowboy, sing
literature
- HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Performers, authors, technical terms . VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, Berlin (East) 1977.
Web links
- Václav Neckář in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature and other media by and about Václav Neckář in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neckář, Václav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |