{{Short description|Czech actor (1922–1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Karel Effa | image = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = Karel Effenberger | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|5|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|6|11|1922|5|23|df=y}} | death_place = Prague, Czech Republic | death_cause = | resting_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | spouse = | partner = | children = | awards = }}
'''Karel Effa''' (born '''Karel Effenberger'''; 23 May 1922 – 11 June 1993) was a Czech character actor who appeared in some 65 films.<ref name=CSFD>{{cite web|title=Karel Effa|url=http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/1537-karel-effa/|work=Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze|accessdate=10 February 2013|language=cs}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''Uloupená hranice'' (1947) – Závodcí * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1947) * ''Parohy'' (1947) * ''Znamení kotvy'' (1947) * ''Ves v pohranicí'' (1948) – Jarda * ''Muzikant'' (1948) – Musician * ''Old Ironside'' (1948) – Seller * ''Cervená jesterka'' (1949) * ''Pan Novák'' (1949) – Vasek Kunc * ''Rodinné trampoty oficiála Trísky'' (1949) * ''Distant Journey'' (1950) – Prisoner building a gas chamber #2 * ''The Proud Princess'' (1952) – Guard of King's treasure * ''Únos'' (1953) – American journalist * ''Nad námi svítá'' (1953) – Kuba * ''Haskovy povidky ze stareho mocnarstvi'' (1954) – Porotce * ''Cirkus bude!'' (1954) – Taxikár Karel * ''Music from Mars'' (1955) – Kulhánek, hrác na cello a kytaru * ''Muž v povětří'' (1956) – Postman * ''Vzorný kinematograf Haska Jaroslava'' (1956) * ''Synove hor'' (1956) – Photographer * ''Florenc 13:30'' (1957) – Mr. Konícek * ''O věcech nadpřirozených'' (1959) – Detective (segment "The Secret of a Handwriting") * ''Hvězda jede na jih'' (1959) – Egon Zejda – guitarist * ''May Stars'' (1959) – Řezník * ''The Princess with the Golden Star'' (1959) – Adjutant of King Kazisvet * ''Poteryannaya fotografiya'' (1959) * ''Cerná sobota'' (1959) * ''Pochodne'' (1961) – Dozorce ve vezení * ''Procesí k Panence'' (1961) – chalupník Slapák * ''Kazdá koruna dobrá'' (1961) – False medium * ''Florián'' (1961) * ''The Fabulous Baron Munchausen'' (1962) – Adjutant * ''Velká cesta'' (1963) – Arcivédova * ''The Cassandra Cat'' (1963) – druzstevník Janek * ''Lemonade Joe'' (1964) – Pancho Kid – Gunslinger * ''The Secret of the Chinese Carnation'' (1964) * ''A Jester's Tale'' (1964) – Varga * ''Ztracená tvár'' (1965) * ''Who Wants to Kill Jessie?'' (1966) – Pistolník * ''The Pipes'' (1966) – Pastor * ''The Stolen Airship'' (1967) – Gustav – Cerny * ''Martin a devet bláznu'' (1967) – Kvasnák * ''The Incredibly Sad Princess'' (1968) – Nápadník * ''Automat na prání'' (1968) * ''I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen'' (1970) – Zástupce velitele policie * ''On the Comet'' (1970) – Kaprál Ben * ''You Are a Widow, Sir'' (1971) – Zrízenec na patologii * ''Four Murders Are Enough, Darling'' (1971) – Kovarski * ''Straw Hat'' (1972) – Mayor * ''Zlatá svatba'' (1972) – drobný chovatel Choleva * ''Aféry mé zeny'' (1973) – kostlivec – segment Vrazda Certove Mlýne * ''Tri chlapi na cestách'' (1973) – Valchar * ''A Night at Karlstein'' (1974) – Varlet * ''Circus in the Circus'' (1975) – Veterinár * ''Almost King'' (1977) – Robber * ''Long Live Ghosts!'' (1977) – Mládek * ''{{ill|Good-for-Nothing (1978 film)|de|3=Taugenichts (Film)|lt=Good-for-Nothing}}'' (1978) – Hofgesellschaft * ''Dinner for Adele'' (1978) – Baddy / Veteran * ''Deváté srdce'' (1979) – Chamberlain * ''Hodinárova svatební cesta korálovým morem'' (1979) * ''Buldoci a tresne'' (1981) – Pepa * ''Amadeus'' (1984) * ''...a zase ta Lucie!'' (1984) – Electrician * ''The Feather Fairy'' (1985) – Prinzipal * ''Falosny princ'' (1985) – Vezír * ''Figurky ze smantu'' (1987) – waiter Liborek (segment "Návraty") {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0250551}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Effa, Karel}} Category:1922 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Male actors from Prague Category:Czech male film actors Category:Czech male stage actors Category:20th-century Czech male actors Category:Czechoslovak male actors